---
name: "Noel Madison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/noel-madison"
fi1m_id: "noel-madison"
imdb_id: "nm0535006"
tmdb_id: 96058
wikidata_id: "Q3342662"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 April 1897"
died: "6 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T01:07:51.774300+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Noel Madison

## Identity

Noel Madison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/noel-madison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** noel-madison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0535006
- **TMDB ID:** 96058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3342662
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Madison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3342662, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535006/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96058

Actor. Born 29 April 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 January 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 April 1897, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 January 1975
- **Active:** 1932–1934
- **Also known as:** Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch, Noel M. Madison
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Madison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3342662, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535006/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96058

## Biography

Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch) was an American character actor. He appeared in around 75 films, most often in gangster roles, between 1930 and 1948. His screen credits include *Little Caesar* (1931), *Me and My Gal* (1932), *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), *'G' Men* (1935), *Our Relations* (1936) and *Jitterbugs* (1943).

Born in New York City, Madison was the son of actor Maurice Moscovitch. He trained and performed on stage in the United States, England and Australia before entering films. He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Fi1m 70, as Carl Rothschild — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *Me and My Gal* (1932), Fi1m 61, as Baby Face — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-my-gal.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, as Killer Peppi (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Best of Laurel and Hardy* (1968), as Second Gangster (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Gentleman from Nowhere* (1948), as Vincent Sawyer
- *Boogie Woogie* (1945), Director
- *Bombalera* (1945), Director
- *Jitterbugs* (1943), as Tony Queen
- *The Black Raven* (1943), as Mike Bardoni
- *Shantytown* (1943), as Ace Lambert
- *Miss V from Moscow* (1942), as Fritz Kleiss
- *Bombs Over Burma* (1942), as Me-Hoi
- *A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen* (1942), as George Belden
- *Secret Agent of Japan* (1942), as Saito
- *A Tragedy at Midnight* (1942), as Ricci (uncredited)
- *Joe Smith, American* (1942), as Schricker
- *Highway West* (1941), as Salvo, Henchman
- *Sucker List* (1941), as Mr. Brown
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1941), as Al Martin
- *Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery* (1941), as Gordon Cobb
- *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), as Leopold Fissue
- *The Great Plane Robbery* (1940), as Joe Colson
- *Know Your Money* (1940), as Dominic
- *Missing Evidence* (1939), as Paul Duncan
- *City in Darkness* (1939), as Belescu
- *Anything to Declare?* (1938), as Dr. Klee
- *Climbing High* (1938), as Gibson
- *Crackerjack* (1938), as Sculpie
- *Sailing Along* (1938), as Windy
- *Kate Plus Ten* (1938), as Gregori
- *The Man Who Made Diamonds* (1937), as Joseph
- *Nation Aflame* (1937), as Frank Sandino
- *Gangway* (1937), as Mike Otterman
- *Man Of The People* (1937), as Benny Silvers
- *The House of Secrets* (1936), as Dan Wharton
- *Our Relations* (1936), as Second Gangster at Pirate's Club
- *Missing Girls* (1936), as Ben Davis
- *Straight from the Shoulder* (1936), as Trim
- *Easy Money* (1936), as 'Duke' Trotti
- *Champagne Charlie* (1936), as Pedro Gorini
- *Murder at Glen Athol* (1936), as Gus Colleti
- *Muss 'em Up* (1936), as Tony Spivali, Gambler
- *My Marriage* (1936), as Marty Harris
- *The Pace That Kills* (1935), as Nick - The Pusher
- *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Stanley
- *The Girl Who Came Back* (1935), as Hal Brewster
- *Woman Wanted* (1935), as Joe Metz
- *What Price Crime* (1935), as Douglas Worthington
- *'G' Men* (1935), as Durfee
- *Four Hours to Kill!* (1935), as Anderson
- *The Morals of Marcus* (1935), as Tony Pasquale
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), as Manny Arnold
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), as Carl Rothschild — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *I Like it That Way* (1934), as Jimmy Stuart
- *Journal of a Crime* (1934), as Costelli
- *The Important Witness* (1933), as Gus Miranda
- *Destination Unknown* (1933), as Maxie
- *Humanity* (1933), as Sam Bernstein
- *West of Singapore* (1933), as Degama
- *Laughter in Hell* (1933), as Brownfield
- *Me and My Gal* (1932), as Baby Face — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-my-gal.md)
- *The Last Mile* (1932), as D'Amoro, Cell 6
- *Radio Patrol* (1932), as Tony
- *The Trial of Vivienne Ware* (1932), as Angelo Paroni
- *Symphony of Six Million* (1932), as Magnus
- *Play Girl* (1932), as Martie Happ
- *The Star Witness* (1931), as Henchman Horan (uncredited)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), as Killer Peppi (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Doorway to Hell* (1930), as Rocco
- *Sinners' Holiday* (1930), as Buck

## Gallery

- ![Noel Madison in The Black Raven - cropped screenshot (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1227403/gallery-e64eca8f40ce.jpg) Noel Madison in The Black Raven - cropped screenshot (1943) — Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Noel_Madison_in_The_Black_Raven_%281943%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Noel Madison](https://film.one/media/person/1227403/gallery-1ced76030221.jpg) Noel Madison — Image via TMDB

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