- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- March 3, 1985
Noel Purcell
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 was an apprentice carpenter, a feature which he exploited for dramatic effect in the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Purcell began his show business career at the age of 12 in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. Later, he toured Ireland in a vaudeville act wit…
Filmography
tvThe Irish R.M.
1983
movieThe MacKintosh Man
1973 · O'Donovan
tvThe Onedin Line
1971 · Hennessy
movieFlight of the Doves
1971 · Rabbi
movieThe McKenzie Break
1970 · Ferry Captain
Never Say Die
tvNever Say Die
1970 · Mr. Finucane
movieWhere's Jack?
1969 · Leatherchest
movieSinful Davey
1969 · Jock
The Violent Enemy
movieThe Violent Enemy
1967 · John Michael Leary
movieArrivederci, Baby!
1966 · Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
movieDoctor in Clover
1966 · O'Malley
movieLord Jim
1965 · Captain Chester
movieThe Ceremony
1963 · Finigan
movieThe Running Man
1963 · Miles Bleeker
movieThe Iron Maiden
1963 · Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
movieThe List of Adrian Messenger
1963 · Countryman (uncredited)
movieNurse on Wheels
1963 · Abel Worthy
movieMutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Seaman William McCoy
tvThe Saint
1962 · Brendan Cullin, Mike Kelly
Three Spare Wives
movieThree Spare Wives
1962 · Sir Hubert
movieJohnny Nobody
1961 · Brother Timothy
movieDouble Bunk
1961 · O'Malley
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Jonah Barnard
movieNo Kidding
1960 · Tandy
movieMan in the Moon
1960 · Prosecutor
movieThe Millionairess
1960 · Professor Merton
movieWatch Your Stern
1960 · Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
movieMake Mine Mink
1960 · Burglar
movieA Terrible Beauty
1960 · Father Sheehy (uncredited)
movieTommy the Toreador
1959 · Captain
movieFerry to Hong Kong
1959 · Joe Skinner
movieShake Hands with the Devil
1959 · Liam O'Sullivan
movieRockets Galore
1958 · Father James
movieThe Key
1958 · Hotel Clerk
movieMerry Andrew
1958 · Matthew Larabee
movieRooney
1958 · Tim Hennessy
movieThe Rising of the Moon
1957 · Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
movieDoctor at Large
1957 · Padre
tvThe Buccaneers
1956 · Pat
movieLust for Life
1956 · Anton Mauve
movieMoby Dick
1956 · Ship's Carpenter
movieJacqueline
1956 · Mr. Owen, the Parson
movieDoctor at Sea
1955 · Corble
movieMad About Men
1954 · Percy
movieSvengali
1954 · Patrick O'Farrell
movieThe Seekers
1954 · Paddy Clarke
movieDoctor in the House
1954 · Padre (uncredited)
movieGrand National Night
1953 · Philip Balfour
movieDecameron Nights
1953 · Father Francisco
movieThe Pickwick Papers
1952 · Roker
movieThe Crimson Pirate
1952 · Pablo Murphy
movieFather's Doing Fine
1952 · Shaughnessy
movieAppointment with Venus
1951 · Trawler Langley
movieEncore
1951 · Tom, Captain
movieTalk of a Million
1951 · Matty McGrath
movieNo Resting Place
1951 · Guard Mannigan
movieSaints and Sinners
1949 · Flaherty
movieThe Blue Lagoon
1949 · Paddy Button
movieCaptain Boycott
1947 · Daniel McGinty
movieOdd Man Out
1947 · Tram Conductor (uncredited)
movieIreland's Border Line
1938 · Garda Sergeant Hogan