Jimmy Noel (May 15, 1903â€"January 31, 1985) was a Massachusetts-born
actor and stuntman who appeared in hundreds of largely uncredited
roles in film and television between 1949 and 1975. He appeared 202
times on CBS's western series, Gunsmoke, starring James Arness, and in
144 episodes of the ABC/Desilu production, The Life and Legend of
Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of deputy Marshal
Wyatt Earp. Buddy Roosevelt made similar appearances in sixty-five
Wyatt Earp episodes. On Gunsmoke, Noel also served as a stand-in and
stuntman for Milburn Stone.His other multiple appearances, mainly in
westerns, included Annie Oakley (13 times), The Gene Autry Show (ten),
The Texan and Have Gun, Will Travel (eight each), The Adventures of
Jim Bowie (six), The Range Rider (five), Death Valley Days, The
Rifleman, and Outlaws (four each), Buffalo Bill, Jr. and The Big
Valley (three each), and Tales of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, Johnny Ringo,
and Wanted: Dead or Alive (twice each).Among the many parts Noel
played were hotel clerk, rancher, cowhand, courtroom spectator,
henchman, prisoner, bartender, gambler, dinner and party guest, circus
worker, church member, guard, bank clerk, miner, vigilante, and
numerous others.He also had bit parts, most uncredited, in such films
as The Younger Brothers (1949, his first part), Ride the Man Down
(1952), Pack Train and Jack McCall Desperado (both 1953), Masterson of
Kansas and Battle of Rogue River (both 1954), and Quantrill's Raiders
(1958)
actor and stuntman who appeared in hundreds of largely uncredited
roles in film and television between 1949 and 1975. He appeared 202
times on CBS's western series, Gunsmoke, starring James Arness, and in
144 episodes of the ABC/Desilu production, The Life and Legend of
Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of deputy Marshal
Wyatt Earp. Buddy Roosevelt made similar appearances in sixty-five
Wyatt Earp episodes. On Gunsmoke, Noel also served as a stand-in and
stuntman for Milburn Stone.His other multiple appearances, mainly in
westerns, included Annie Oakley (13 times), The Gene Autry Show (ten),
The Texan and Have Gun, Will Travel (eight each), The Adventures of
Jim Bowie (six), The Range Rider (five), Death Valley Days, The
Rifleman, and Outlaws (four each), Buffalo Bill, Jr. and The Big
Valley (three each), and Tales of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, Johnny Ringo,
and Wanted: Dead or Alive (twice each).Among the many parts Noel
played were hotel clerk, rancher, cowhand, courtroom spectator,
henchman, prisoner, bartender, gambler, dinner and party guest, circus
worker, church member, guard, bank clerk, miner, vigilante, and
numerous others.He also had bit parts, most uncredited, in such films
as The Younger Brothers (1949, his first part), Ride the Man Down
(1952), Pack Train and Jack McCall Desperado (both 1953), Masterson of
Kansas and Battle of Rogue River (both 1954), and Quantrill's Raiders
(1958)
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