Noel Purcell
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Dec 23 1900• Died Mar 03 1985
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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,…
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Noel Purcell's Credits
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The Avengers
Jonah Barnard
The Saint
Brendan Cullin
The Buccaneers
Pat
The Onedin Line
Hennessy
The Irish R.M.
Moby Dick
Ship's Carpenter
Lord Jim
Captain Chester
The Crimson Pirate
Pablo Murphy
Lust for Life
Anton Mauve
Mutiny on the Bounty
Seaman William McCoy
Shake Hands with the Devil
Liam O'Sullivan
Odd Man Out
Tram Conductor (uncredited)
The MacKintosh Man
O'Donovan
Doctor in the House
Padre (uncredited)
The Key
Hotel Clerk
The Running Man
Miles Bleeker
Ferry to Hong Kong
Joe Skinner
Nurse on Wheels
Abel Worthy
The Ceremony
Finigan
Doctor at Large
Padre
Rooney
Tim Hennessy
Make Mine Mink
Burglar
The Seekers
Paddy Clarke
Appointment with Venus
Trawler Langley
Captain Boycott
Daniel McGinty
The Blue Lagoon
Paddy Button
Encore
Tom, Captain
The List of Adrian Messenger
Countryman (uncredited)
Sinful Davey
Jock
Man in the Moon
Prosecutor
Doctor at Sea
Corble
The Millionairess
Professor Merton
The Iron Maiden
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Doctor in Clover
O'Malley
A Terrible Beauty
Father Sheehy (uncredited)
Double Bunk
O'Malley
Jacqueline
Mr. Owen, the Parson
Never Say Die
Svengali
Patrick O'Farrell
No Kidding
Tandy
The McKenzie Break
Ferry Captain
The Rising of the Moon
Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
Rockets Galore
Father James
Tommy the Toreador
Captain
Flight of the Doves
Rabbi
Johnny Nobody
Brother Timothy
Mad About Men
Percy
The Pickwick Papers
Roker
Merry Andrew
Matthew Larabee
Watch Your Stern
Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
Grand National Night
Philip Balfour
Father's Doing Fine
Shaughnessy
Where's Jack?
Leatherchest
Arrivederci, Baby!
Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
Three Spare Wives
Sir Hubert
No Resting Place
Guard Mannigan
Decameron Nights
Father Francisco
The Violent Enemy
John Michael Leary
Ireland's Border Line
Garda Sergeant Hogan
Talk of a Million
Matty McGrath
Saints and Sinners
Flaherty