Actor
Noel Purcell
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 ...

Known For
Acting
1973 -- The MacKintosh Man | O'Donovan
1971 -- Flight of the Doves | Rabbi
1970 -- The McKenzie Break | Ferry Captain
1969 -- Where's Jack? | Leatherchest
1969 -- Sinful Davey | Jock
1967 -- The Violent Enemy | John Michael Leary
1966 -- Arrivederci, Baby! | Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
1966 -- Doctor in Clover | O'Malley
1965 -- Lord Jim | Captain Chester
1963 -- The Ceremony | Finigan
1963 -- The Running Man | Miles Bleeker
1963 -- The Iron Maiden | Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
1963 -- The List of Adrian Messenger | Countryman (uncredited)
1963 -- Nurse on Wheels | Abel Worthy
1962 -- Mutiny on the Bounty | Seaman William McCoy
1962 -- Three Spare Wives | Sir Hubert
1961 -- Johnny Nobody | Brother Timothy
1961 -- Double Bunk | O'Malley
1960 -- No Kidding | Tandy
1960 -- Man in the Moon | Prosecutor
1960 -- The Millionairess | Professor Merton
1960 -- Watch Your Stern | Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
1960 -- Make Mine Mink | Burglar
1959 -- Tommy the Toreador | Captain
1959 -- Ferry to Hong Kong | Joe Skinner
1959 -- Shake Hands with the Devil | Liam O'Sullivan
1958 -- Rockets Galore | Father James
1958 -- The Key | Hotel Clerk
1958 -- Rooney | Tim Hennessy
1958 -- Merry Andrew | Matthew Larabee
1957 -- The Rising of the Moon | Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
1957 -- Doctor at Large | Padre
1956 -- Lust for Life | Anton Mauve
1956 -- Moby Dick | Ship's Carpenter
1956 -- Jacqueline | Mr. Owen, the Parson
1955 -- Doctor at Sea | Corbie
1954 -- Mad About Men | Percy
1954 -- Svengali | Patrick O'Farrell
1954 -- The Seekers | Paddy Clarke
1954 -- Doctor in the House | Padre
1953 -- Grand National Night | Philip Balfour
1953 -- Decameron Nights | Father Francisco
1952 -- The Pickwick Papers | Roker
1952 -- The Crimson Pirate | Pablo Murphy
1952 -- Father's Doing Fine | Shaughnessy
1951 -- Appointment with Venus | Trawler Langley
1951 -- Encore | Tom, Captain
1951 -- Talk of a Million | Matty McGrath
1951 -- No Resting Place | Guard Mannigan
1949 -- Saints and Sinners | Flaherty
1949 -- The Blue Lagoon | Paddy Button
1947 -- Captain Boycott | Daniel McGinty
1947 -- Odd Man Out | Tram Conductor (uncredited)
1938 -- Ireland's Border Line | Garda Sergeant Hogan
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