- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Clapham, London, England, UK
- Died
- April 22, 1953
Reginald Purdell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reginald Purdell (4 November 1895 – 22 April 1953) was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951. During the same period he also contributed to the screenplays of 15 feature films, and had a brief foray into directing with two films in 1937. Purdell was born in Clapham, London. As a young man he served in the British Army with the South Wales Borderers regiment for the duration of the First World War. On returning to civilian life after the war, he decided to try his luck as an actor and gained experience on the stage through the 1920s. His move into films in 1930 coincided with the advent of the talkie era in British cinema. Purdell's first screen appearance was in the 1930 comedy The Middle Watch, in a role he would later reprise in a 1940 remake. He next travelled to Germany to feature in historical d…
Filmography
movieStage Fright
1950 · Police Car Driver (uncredited)
movieBrighton Rock
1948 · Frank
movieA Man About the House
1947 · Higgs
movieCaptain Boycott
1947 · American reporter
movieHoliday Camp
1947 · Redcoat
movieThe Root of All Evil
1947 · Perkins
movieHere Comes the Sun
1945 · Screenplay
movieDreaming
1944 · Writer
movieLove Story
1944 · Albert
movieTwo Thousand Women
1944 · Alec Harvey
It's in the Bag
movieIt's in the Bag
1944 · Joe
movieBell-Bottom George
1944 · Birdie Edwards
movieCandles at Nine
1944 · Charles Lacey
movieThe Dark Tower
1943 · Screenplay
movieVariety Jubilee
1943 · Joe Swan
movieWe Dive at Dawn
1943 · Coxwain - C / P.O. Dabbs
movieBusman's Honeymoon
1940 · MacBride
The Middle Watch
movieThe Middle Watch
1940 · Cpl Duckett
Pack Up Your Troubles
moviePack Up Your Troubles
1940 · Tommy Perkins, Writer
His Brother’s Keeper
movieHis Brother’s Keeper
1940 · Bunny Reeves
The Missing People
movieThe Missing People
1939 · Harry Morgan
movieQ Planes
1939 · Pilot
Quiet, Please
movieQuiet, Please
1938 · Algy Beresford, Writer
The Viper
movieThe Viper
1938 · Announcer, Screenplay
The Dark Stairway
movieThe Dark Stairway
1938 · Askew
Simply Terrific
movieSimply Terrific
1938 · Sam Todd
Side Street Angel
movieSide Street Angel
1937 · McGill
The Compulsory Wife
movieThe Compulsory Wife
1937 · Script
The Vulture
movieThe Vulture
1937 · Screenplay
movieDon't Get Me Wrong
1937 · Director
movieDebt of Honour
1936 · Pedro Salvas
Hail and Farewell
movieHail and Farewell
1936 · Nobby, Script
movieCrown v. Stevens
1936 · Alf
Where's Sally?
movieWhere's Sally?
1936 · Dick Burgess
Get Off My Foot
movieGet Off My Foot
1935 · Joe
What’s in a Name?
movieWhat’s in a Name?
1935 · Harry Stubbs
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1934 · Dick Swiveller
On the Air
movieOn the Air
1934 · Harold V. King
movieThe Luck of a Sailor
1934 · Jenkins
movieThe Queen's Affair
1934 · Guard
movieCrime on the Hill
1933 · Reporter
Up to the Neck
movieUp to the Neck
1933 · Jimmy Catlin
My Lucky Star
movieMy Lucky Star
1933 · Portrait Painter, Dialogue
movieThree Men in a Boat
1933 · Adaptation
Love on the Spot
movieLove on the Spot
1932 · Writer
movieA Night Like This
1932 · Waiter(uncredited)
movieA Night in Montmartre
1931 · Tino
movieThe Middle Watch
1930 · Corporal Duckett