Biography
Noble Johnson was an American actor and film producer. Born in Marshall, Missouri, he entered the film industry around 1909 and appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1950, often in supporting or uncredited roles as characters of varied ethnicities.
He is known for playing the Nubian servant in The Mummy (1932), Ivan in The Most Dangerous Game (1932), the Skull Island Native Chief in King Kong (1933) and its sequel The Son of Kong (1933), and Chief Red Shirt in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Johnson also founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916 with his brother George Perry Johnson, one of the first Black-owned film studios, which produced several race films before he focused on Hollywood work.
