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Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham
Noble Willingham
Born: Aug 31, 1931 in Mineola, Texas
Died: Jan 17, 2004 in Palm Springs, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: The Last Boy Scout, Blind Fury, Aloha, Bobby and Rose
First Major Screen Credit: Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1974)
29 Videos for Noble Willingham
Blind Horizon (2004) The Last Boy Scout (1991) Follow That Car (1980)
The Corndog Man (1999) Blind Fury (1990) Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) The Heist (1988) Norma Rae (1979)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Born in East L.A. (1987) Greased Lightning (1977)
Article 99 (1992) La Bamba (1987) Chinatown (1974)
Of Mice and Men (1992) Summer Heat (1987) Paper Moon (1973)
Career Opportunities (1991) Badge of the Assassin (1985) The Last Picture Show (1971)
City Slickers (1991) First Monday in October (1981) My Sweet Charlie (1970)
Sweet Poison (1991) The Howling (1981)
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Biography:

Formerly a schoolteacher, Texas-born Noble Willingham has been essaying crusty character roles since 1969. Willingham's resumé includes a brace of location-filmed Peter Bogdanovich films, The Last Picture Show (1971) and Paper Moon (1973), and the role of Clay Stone in both of Billy Crystal's City Slickers comedies.

Among his TV-movie credits is the part of President James Knox Polk in 1985's Dream West. A regular on several TV series (The Ann Jillian Show, Texas Wheelers, Cutter to Houston, AfterMASH, When the Whistle Blows), Willingham is best known to 1990s viewers as Mr.

Binford (of Binford Tools) in Home Improvement and C. D. Parker in Walker, Texas Ranger. Noble Willingham's most recent film assignments include Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994) Up Close and Personal (1996) and Space Jam (1996). In 2000, Willingham left Walker, Texas Ranger to run for Congress in Texas.

After losing the election to his Democratic opponent, Max Sandlin, Willingham returned to acting with a supporting role in the Val Kilmer thriller Blind Horizon. Sadly, the part would be the actor's last. In early 2004, at the age of 72, Willingham passed away at home from natural causes.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.