Noel Purcell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-12-23 (85 years old)

Deathday

1985-03-03

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

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 right index finger while making cigarette vending machines, and was also missing his entire left index finger due to a different accident while he wa...

Acting

1960

The Millionairess

as Professor Merton

1954

Svengali

as Patrick O'Farrell

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Seaman William McCoy

1952

The Crimson Pirate

as Pablo Murphy

1956

Lust for Life

as Anton Mauve

1955

Doctor at Sea

as Corbie

1958

Merry Andrew

as Matthew Larabee

1967

The Violent Enemy

as John Michael Leary

1960

Man in the Moon

as Prosecutor

1960

No Kidding

as Tandy

1959

Ferry to Hong Kong

as Joe Skinner

1960

Watch Your Stern

as Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew

1953

Grand National Night

as Philip Balfour

1959

1951

Appointment with Venus

as Trawler Langley

1963

The Iron Maiden

as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

1954

The Seekers

as Paddy Clarke

1938

Ireland's Border Line

as Garda Sergeant Hogan

1958

Rockets Galore

as Father James

1954

1962

Three Spare Wives

as Sir Hubert

1952

Father's Doing Fine

as Shaughnessy

1957

The Rising of the Moon

as Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

1949

The Blue Lagoon

as Paddy Button

1947

Captain Boycott

as Daniel McGinty

1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

as Liam O'Sullivan

1969

1965

Lord Jim

as Captain Chester

1956

Jacqueline

as Mr. Owen, the Parson

1958

The Key

as Hotel Clerk

1961

Double Bunk

as O'Malley

1966

Arrivederci, Baby!

as Capt. Daniel O'Flannery

1951

Talk of a Million

as Matty McGrath

1963

Nurse on Wheels

as Abel Worthy

1966

Doctor in Clover

as O'Malley

1963

The Running Man

as Miles Bleeker

1954

Doctor in the House

as Padre (uncredited)

1957

1963

The List of Adrian Messenger

as Countryman (uncredited)

1969

Where's Jack?

as Leatherchest

1970

The McKenzie Break

as Ferry Captain

1953

Decameron Nights

as Father Francisco

1963

The Ceremony

as Finigan

1961

Johnny Nobody

as Brother Timothy

1951

Encore

as Tom, Captain

1958

Rooney

as Tim Hennessy

1956

Moby Dick

as Ship's Carpenter

1949

1960

Make Mine Mink

as Burglar

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as O'Donovan

1951

No Resting Place

as Guard Mannigan

1947

Odd Man Out

as Tram Conductor (uncredited)

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