Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham was an actor who played in the second season episode .
He was best known for his role as C.D. Parker on the television series . His many other TV credits include guest appearances on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, , Mary Tyler Moore, , Alice, , , , , , Home Improvement, and . He also co-starred with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in a 1991 episode of .
Willingham was also among the many Star Trek performers to star in the 1986 mini-series . Among his co-stars were F. Murray Abraham, Jeff Allin, , Lee Bergere, James Cromwell, Michael Ensign, Alice Krige, Matt McCoy, Glenn Morshower, Fritz Weaver, Anthony Zerbe, and Jonathan Frakes. Willingham also appeared with Frakes in (1987, with John Glover, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Frank Military, and George D. Wallace). Willingham's other mini-series credits include 1979's Backstairs at the White House (with Ian Abercrombie, John Anderson, Bibi Besch, Robert Hooks, Gregory Itzin, Bill Quinn, and Paul Winfield), (1982, with Stephen Collins, Robin Gammell, Gregg Henry, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Duncan Regehr, and Paul Winfield), and (1985, with Gary Graham, Andrew Robinson, and Percy Rodriguez).
Among Willingham's many feature film credits are (1973), (1974, with s William Shatner), (1974, with Perry Lopez, Roy Jenson, cinematography by John A. Alonzo, music by Jerry Goldsmith and stunts by Hal Needham), Norma Rae (1979), (1981, with s Robert Picardo and co-starring guest stars Dick Miller and Kenneth Tobey), (1987, with James McIntire), (1991, with Bruce McGill and Frank Collison), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and (1994). He also played Clay Stone in (1991, with David Paymer, Tracey Walter and Robert Costanzo), and (1994).
Politically, Willingham was conservative like his Walker, Texas Ranger co-star Chuck Norris and was a lifelong registered Texas Republican. In 2000, Willingham ran for Congress in his native first district against incumbent Democrat Representative Max Sandlin, losing to Sandlin in a landslide. Willingham's lead challenger for the Republican nomination in the primary was Smith County, Texas judge Louie Gohmert who in turn would defeat Sandlin in 2004, the year of Willingham's passing. Gohmert represented the district from 2005 to 2023. 
Both he and DS9 guest star Albert Henderson died on January 17th, 2004.
== Other Trek connections ==
* Independence Day (1983 film) with Cliff DeYoung, Bert Remsen, and Anne Haney
* Born in East L.A. (1987 film) with Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Terrence Evans, Tony Plana, Josh Cruze, Randal Patrick, David Selburg, and Lilyan Chauvin
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