Ron Soble

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Ron Soble
Ron Soble in Mission Impossible 1973.jpg
Ron Soble in Mission Impossible 1973
Born
Ronald Norman Soble

(1928-03-28)March 28, 1928
DiedMay 2, 2002(2002-05-02) (aged 74)
OccupationActor
Years active19551999
Organization Screen Actors Guild
SpouseElynor
Parents
  • Aaron Soble (father)
  • Dorothy Turk (mother)

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.

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Early 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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Death

He died of lung and brain cancer on May 2, 2002, in Los Angeles, California at age 74. [2]

Filmography

A partial filmography follows.

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 Rawhide Hansho"Incident of the Tinker's Dam"
1962 The Virginian Mungo"It Tolls for Thee"
1966 The Monroes Dirty JimRecurring role, 19 episodes (1966-1967)
1968 Star Trek Wyatt Earp"Spectre of the Gun"
1970 The Virginian (TV series) Deputy Royal Wainwrightsaison 9 episode 08 (Lady at the bar)
1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe [1] ArnieTV Movie
1974 Gunsmoke Clatch"Town in Chains" (S20E2)
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man Queng-Dri"The Coward" (S1E12)
1987Convicted: A Mother's Story [1] TV Movie
1984 The Mystic Warrior [1] WanagiTV Movie
1986 Knight Rider Dr. Thorne"Burial Ground" (S4E5)

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  3. Ron Soble at Track and Field Statistics  [ d ](registration required)
  4. Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present, 1st Edition, pages 413 - 414, Ballantine Books, 1979
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