William Nobles (December 23, 1892 - November 24, 1968) was an American cinematographer.
Born in 1892 in Waubay, South Dakota, Nobles worked on nearly 200 Hollywood films in a career that spanned five decades, from 1917 to 1966. His most noted cinematography work is probably the Gene Autry film Red River Valley in 1936,[1] and the original Dick Tracy serial film in 1937, working with Edgar Lyons.[2]
One author described his contribution to filmmaking as follows:
Another notes the "fine photography" by Nobles in The Fighting Devil Dogs, 1938.[3]
Nobles died in 1968 in Costa Mesa, California, at the age of 75.