James Noble is an American

United States

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 actor best known for his portrayal of the slightly daffy Governor Eugene Gatling on the 1980s sitcom Benson

Benson (TV series)

Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986, on ABC. The series was a spin-off from the soap opera parody Soap ; however, Benson discarded the...

. He began his career in soap operas, most notably, The Brighter Day

The Brighter Day

The Brighter Day is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954 to September 28, 1962. Originally created for NBC radio by Irna Phillips in 1948, the radio and television versions ran simultaneously from 1954-1956...

; As the World Turns

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

, The Doctors and A World Apart

A World Apart (TV series)

A World Apart is an American daytime drama which ran from March 30, 1970 to June 25, 1971 on the ABC television network.-Overview:The initial stories were written by Katherine Phillips, adopted daughter of soap legend Irna Phillips...

. In 1985 he appeared as King Rupert in the Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

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production of Cinderella. He played Reverend John Witherspoon in the movie 1776

1776 (film)

1776 is a 1972 American musical film directed by Peter H. Hunt. The screenplay by Peter Stone was based on the 1969 stage musical of the same name. Portions of the dialogue and some of the song lyrics were taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants of the Second...

. In 2005 James Noble co-founded Open The Gate Pictures with actress Colleen Murphy and produced and starred in the highly acclaimed short film Glacier Bay with veteran actress Dorothy Brice. Glacier Bay has won several awards in a variety of film festival around the country. Noble appeared in the 1987 film A Tiger's Tale

A Tiger's Tale

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James Noble also played the live action version of Archie Comics

Archie Comics

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

 character Hiram Lodge

Hiram Lodge

Hiram Lodge is a fictional character by Archie Comics. He is married to Hermione Lodge and they have a daughter, Veronica Lodge. He is also the richest man in Riverdale . Bob Montana, creator of the original Archie characters, knew the Lodges, a Massachusetts Brahmin political family because he...

 in the movie, Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again was a live-action television movie based on comic book characters published by Archie Comics...

(1990).

Before moving out to the West Coast, Noble resided with his family in Leonia, New Jersey

Leonia, New Jersey

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