Noel Purcell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Irish R.M.
1983
The MacKintosh Man
1973
as O'Donovan
Flight of the Doves
1971
as Rabbi
The Onedin Line
1971
as Hennessy
The McKenzie Break
1970
as Ferry Captain
Never Say Die
1970
as Mr. Finucane
Sinful Davey
1969
as Jock
Where's Jack?
1969
as Leatherchest
The Violent Enemy
1967
as John Michael Leary
Arrivederci, Baby!
1966
as Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
Doctor in Clover
1966
as O'Malley
Lord Jim
1965
as Captain Chester
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Abel Worthy
The Running Man
1963
as Miles Bleeker
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Countryman (uncredited)
The Ceremony
1963
as Finigan
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Seaman William McCoy
Three Spare Wives
1962
as Sir Hubert
The Saint
1962
as Brendan Cullin
The Saint
1962
as Mike Kelly
Double Bunk
1961
as O'Malley
Johnny Nobody
1961
as Brother Timothy
The Avengers
1961
as Jonah Barnard
The Millionairess
1960
as Professor Merton
Man in the Moon
1960
as Prosecutor
No Kidding
1960
as Tandy
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
Make Mine Mink
1960
as Burglar
A Terrible Beauty
1960
as Father Sheehy (uncredited)
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
as Joe Skinner
Tommy the Toreador
1959
as Captain
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as Liam O'Sullivan
Merry Andrew
1958
as Matthew Larabee
Rockets Galore
1958
as Father James
The Key
1958
as Hotel Clerk
Rooney
1958
as Tim Hennessy
The Rising of the Moon
1957
as Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
Doctor at Large
1957
as Padre
Lust for Life
1956
as Anton Mauve
Jacqueline
1956
as Mr. Owen, the Parson
Moby Dick
1956
as Ship's Carpenter
The Buccaneers
1956
as Pat
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Liam
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Corble
Svengali
1954
as Patrick O'Farrell
The Seekers
1954
as Paddy Clarke
Mad About Men
1954
as Percy
Doctor in the House
1954
as Padre (uncredited)
Grand National Night
1953
as Philip Balfour
Decameron Nights
1953
as Father Francisco
The Crimson Pirate
1952
as Pablo Murphy
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Shaughnessy
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Roker
Appointment with Venus
1951
as Trawler Langley
Talk of a Million
1951
as Matty McGrath
Encore
1951
as Tom, Captain
No Resting Place
1951
as Guard Mannigan
The Blue Lagoon
1949
as Paddy Button
Saints and Sinners
1949
as Flaherty
Captain Boycott
1947
as Daniel McGinty
Odd Man Out
1947
as Tram Conductor (uncredited)
Ireland's Border Line
1938
as Garda Sergeant Hogan