Ron Soble | |
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Born | Ronald Norman Soble March 28, 1928 |
Died | May 2, 2002 74) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1955–1999 |
Organization | Screen Actors Guild |
Spouse | Elynor |
Parents |
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Ronald Norman Soble, also known and credited as Ron Soble, (March 28, 1928 – May 2, 2002) [1] was an American actor in films and television for forty-five years.
The son of Aaron Soble and Dorothy Turk, Soble was born and raised in Chicago, where he was Golden Gloves boxing champ in 1944 and played football for the University of Michigan. From 1946 to 1948 he served in the United States Army Airborne. At the 1952 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he became a U.S. national champion in the long jump. [1] [2] [3]
Soble studied acting at the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He underwent further study in New York, and performed in classical plays, including those of William Shakespeare. [1]
Soble screen debut was in 1958. He appeared in the films I Mobster , Al Capone , Walk Tall , Gun Fight , Navajo Run , The Cincinnati Kid , True Grit , Chisum , Joe Kidd , Papillon , When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? , The Beast Within and Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills , among others. [1]
His television debut came in 1961. Soble had a recurring role on the ABC Western series The Monroes . He played a Native American character called Dirty Jim. [4]
Other television appearances include series such as The Aquanauts , Baretta , Bonanza , Bronco , Cain's Hundred , Charlie's Angels , CHiPs , Combat! , Death Valley Days , The Deputy , Fantasy Island , Gunslinger , Gunsmoke , Harry O , Have Gun Will Travel , The Islanders , Knight Rider , Lawman , Markham , The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo , Mission: Impossible , Not for Hire , Planet of the Apes , Rawhide , The Rebel , The Rockford Files , Sara , Shazam! , Shotgun Slade , Star Trek , The Streets of San Francisco , Tales of Wells Fargo , The Tall Man , The Texan , Tightrope! , Two Faces West , The Virginian , and Wagon Train , among others. [5]
Soble was wed to Elynor in 1952 for 49 years until his death. The couple had two daughters. [1]
Off screen, Soble was active with, and served on the Board for, the Screen Actors Guild. Among other awards, he received the Ralph Morgan Award for Distinguished Service to the Hollywood Branch in 1998, and in 2002 received a Golden Boot award. [2] [1]
He died of lung and brain cancer on May 2, 2002, in Los Angeles, California at age 74. [2]
A partial filmography follows.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1959 | Rawhide | Hansho | "Incident of the Tinker's Dam" |
1962 | The Virginian | Mungo | "It Tolls for Thee" |
1966 | The Monroes | Dirty Jim | Recurring role, 19 episodes (1966-1967) |
1968 | Star Trek | Wyatt Earp | "Spectre of the Gun" |
1970 | The Virginian (TV series) | Deputy Royal Wainwright | saison 9 episode 08 (Lady at the bar) |
1972 | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe [1] | Arnie | TV Movie |
1974 | Gunsmoke | Clatch | "Town in Chains" (S20E2) |
1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Queng-Dri | "The Coward" (S1E12) |
1987 | Convicted: A Mother's Story [1] | TV Movie | |
1984 | The Mystic Warrior [1] | Wanagi | TV Movie |
1986 | Knight Rider | Dr. Thorne | "Burial Ground" (S4E5) |
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