Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. was an American television and film actor, best known as C.D. Parker, opposite Chuck Norriss character on Walker, Texas Ranger.
He was born in the small town of Mineola, in Wood County east of Dallas, Texas. After graduating in 1953 from North Texas State University in Denton, he earned a masters degree in educational psychology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Willingham served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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