Noel Purcell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1900, Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- March 3, 1985
- Movies
- 55
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | O'Donovan |
| 1971 | Flight of the Doves | Rabbi |
| 1970 | The McKenzie Break | Ferry Captain |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? | Leatherchest |
| 1969 | Sinful Davey | Jock |
| 1967 | The Violent Enemy | John Michael Leary |
| 1966 | Arrivederci, Baby! | Capt. Daniel O'Flannery |
| 1966 | Doctor in Clover | O'Malley |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Captain Chester |
| 1963 | The Ceremony | Finigan |
| 1963 | The Running Man | Miles Bleeker |
| 1963 | The Iron Maiden | Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Countryman (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Nurse on Wheels | Abel Worthy |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Seaman William McCoy |
| 1962 | Three Spare Wives | Sir Hubert |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | Brother Timothy |
| 1961 | Double Bunk | O'Malley |
| 1960 | No Kidding | Tandy |
| 1960 | Man in the Moon | Prosecutor |
| 1960 | The Millionairess | Professor Merton |
| 1960 | Watch Your Stern | Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew |
| 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Burglar |
| 1960 | A Terrible Beauty | Father Sheehy (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Tommy the Toreador | Captain |
| 1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong | Joe Skinner |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Liam O'Sullivan |
| 1958 | Rockets Galore | Father James |
| 1958 | The Key | Hotel Clerk |
| 1958 | Merry Andrew | Matthew Larabee |
| 1958 | Rooney | Tim Hennessy |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') |
| 1957 | Doctor at Large | Padre |
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Anton Mauve |
| 1956 | Moby Dick | Ship's Carpenter |
| 1956 | Jacqueline | Mr. Owen, the Parson |
| 1955 | Doctor at Sea | Corble |
| 1954 | Mad About Men | Percy |
| 1954 | Svengali | Patrick O'Farrell |
| 1954 | The Seekers | Paddy Clarke |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House | Padre (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Grand National Night | Philip Balfour |
| 1953 | Decameron Nights | Father Francisco |
| 1952 | The Pickwick Papers | Roker |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Pablo Murphy |
| 1952 | Father's Doing Fine | Shaughnessy |
| 1951 | Appointment with Venus | Trawler Langley |
| 1951 | Encore | Tom, Captain |
| 1951 | Talk of a Million | Matty McGrath |
| 1951 | No Resting Place | Guard Mannigan |
| 1949 | Saints and Sinners | Flaherty |
| 1949 | The Blue Lagoon | Paddy Button |
| 1947 | Captain Boycott | Daniel McGinty |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Tram Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Ireland's Border Line | Garda Sergeant Hogan |
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