Noble studied acting and engineering at
Southern Methodist University before leaving to serve in the
United States Navy during
World War II. Returning from the war, Noble studied acting under
Lee Strasberg and made appearances in
Broadway theater. His television career started in soap operas such as
The Brighter Day,
As the World Turns,
The Doctors as Dr. Bill Winters and
A World Apart. His big screen roles included Reverend John Witherspoon in the film version of the Broadway musical
1776 (1972); assorted roles as doctors in films such as
One Summer Love (1976),
10 (1979) and
Promises in the Dark (1979); Kaufman, the president's chief of staff, in
Being There (1979); Father O'Flanagan in the comedy sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Sinclair in ''
A Tiger's Tale (1987); Chief Wilkins in the comedy Paramedics (1988) and Dr. Bailey in Chances Are'' (1989). He was also the spokesman in various
Pepto-Bismol commercials in the 1970s. Benson (1979-1986) as the governor Eugene Gatling. Noble played the father of Larry Appleton in the 1980s sitcom
Perfect Strangers. Noble played the live-action version of
Archie Comics character
Hiram Lodge in the movie
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990). ==Personal life==