Noel Purcell
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday23 December 1900
Died3 March 1985 (age 84)
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Known credits62
Biography
Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell (23 December 1900 – 3 March 1985) was a distinguished Irish actor on stage, screen, and television. He appeared in the 1956 film Moby Dick and the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell was the son of Dublin auctioneer Pierce Purcell and his second wife Catherine (née Hoban), an antique dealer. He was born at 11a, Lower Mercer Street, one of two houses owned by his mother's family. Purcell was educated at Synge Street CBS. He lost the tip of his right index finger while making cigarette vending machines, and was also missing his entire left in…
The Irish R.M.
1983
The MacKintosh Man
1973 · O'Donovan
The Onedin Line
1971 · Hennessy
Flight of the Doves
1971 · Rabbi
The McKenzie Break
1970 · Ferry Captain
Never Say Die
1970 · Mr. Finucane
Where's Jack?
1969 · Leatherchest
Sinful Davey
1969 · Jock
The Violent Enemy
1967 · John Michael Leary
Arrivederci, Baby!
1966 · Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
Doctor in Clover
1966 · O'Malley
Lord Jim
1965 · Captain Chester
The Ceremony
1963 · Finigan
The Running Man
1963 · Miles Bleeker
The Iron Maiden
1963 · Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963 · Countryman (uncredited)
Nurse on Wheels
1963 · Abel Worthy
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Seaman William McCoy
The Saint
1962 · Brendan Cullin
The Saint
1962 · Mike Kelly
Three Spare Wives
1962 · Sir Hubert
Johnny Nobody
1961 · Brother Timothy
Double Bunk
1961 · O'Malley
The Avengers
1961 · Jonah Barnard
No Kidding
1960 · Tandy
Man in the Moon
1960 · Prosecutor
The Millionairess
1960 · Professor Merton
Watch Your Stern
1960 · Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
Make Mine Mink
1960 · Burglar
A Terrible Beauty
1960 · Father Sheehy (uncredited)
Tommy the Toreador
1959 · Captain
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Joe Skinner
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 · Liam O'Sullivan
Rockets Galore
1958 · Father James
The Key
1958 · Hotel Clerk
Merry Andrew
1958 · Matthew Larabee
Rooney
1958 · Tim Hennessy
The Rising of the Moon
1957 · Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
Doctor at Large
1957 · Padre
The Buccaneers
1956 · Pat
Lust for Life
1956 · Anton Mauve
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Liam
Moby Dick
1956 · Ship's Carpenter
Jacqueline
1956 · Mr. Owen, the Parson
Doctor at Sea
1955 · Corble
Mad About Men
1954 · Percy
Svengali
1954 · Patrick O'Farrell
The Seekers
1954 · Paddy Clarke
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