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# Noel Purcell

Actor. Born 23 December 1900 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 3 March 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 1900, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 3 March 1985
- **Also known as:** Ноэль Пёрселл, Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Purcell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700740/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33090

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Mutiny on the Bounty*](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md) (56)

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## Biography

Noel Purcell (1900–1985) was an Irish actor of stage, screen and television. Born Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell in Dublin, he began his career at the age of twelve in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre and later toured Ireland in a vaudeville act with Jimmy O’Dea. He moved into films in the 1930s after stage training in the classics.

Purcell appeared in many British and Hollywood productions, often cast as a sailor or Irish character. His credits include *Odd Man Out* (1947), *The Blue Lagoon* (1949), *The Crimson Pirate* (1952), *Moby Dick* (1956), *Lust for Life* (1956), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962) as Seaman William McCoy, *The List of Adrian Messenger* (1963) and *The MacKintosh Man* (1973). He also worked in television, including episodes of *The Avengers* (1961) and *The Saint* (1962).

He was married to Eileen Marmion from 1941 until his death in Dublin in 1985.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), Fi1m 56, as Seaman William McCoy — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Irish R.M.* (1983), series, Actor
- *The MacKintosh Man* (1973), as O'Donovan
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, as Hennessy
- *Flight of the Doves* (1971), as Rabbi
- *The McKenzie Break* (1970), as Ferry Captain
- *Never Say Die* (1970), series, as Mr. Finucane
- *Where's Jack?* (1969), as Leatherchest
- *Sinful Davey* (1969), as Jock
- *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 Ceremony* (1963), as Finigan
- *The Running Man* (1963), as Miles Bleeker
- *The Iron Maiden* (1963), as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
- *The List of Adrian Messenger* (1963), as Countryman (uncredited)
- *Nurse on Wheels* (1963), as Abel Worthy
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), as Seaman William McCoy — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Brendan Cullin, Mike Kelly
- *Three Spare Wives* (1962), as Sir Hubert
- *Johnny Nobody* (1961), as Brother Timothy
- *Double Bunk* (1961), as O'Malley
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Jonah Barnard — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *No Kidding* (1960), as Tandy
- *Man in the Moon* (1960), as Prosecutor
- *The Millionairess* (1960), as Professor Merton
- *Watch Your Stern* (1960), as Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
- *Make Mine Mink* (1960), as Burglar
- *A Terrible Beauty* (1960), as Father Sheehy (uncredited)
- *Tommy the Toreador* (1959), as Captain
- *Ferry to Hong Kong* (1959), as Joe Skinner
- *Shake Hands with the Devil* (1959), as Liam O'Sullivan
- *Rockets Galore* (1958), as Father James
- *The Key* (1958), as Hotel Clerk
- *Merry Andrew* (1958), as Matthew Larabee
- *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
- *The Buccaneers* (1956), series, as Pat
- *Lust for Life* (1956), as Anton Mauve
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as Liam
- *Moby Dick* (1956), as Ship's Carpenter
- *Jacqueline* (1956), as Mr. Owen, the Parson
- *Doctor at Sea* (1955), as Corble
- *Mad About Men* (1954), as Percy
- *Svengali* (1954), as Patrick O'Farrell
- *The Seekers* (1954), as Paddy Clarke
- *Doctor in the House* (1954), as Padre (uncredited)
- *Grand National Night* (1953), as Philip Balfour
- *Decameron Nights* (1953), as Father Francisco
- *The Pickwick Papers* (1952), as Roker
- *The Crimson Pirate* (1952), as Pablo Murphy
- *Father's Doing Fine* (1952), as Shaughnessy
- *Appointment with Venus* (1951), as Trawler Langley
- *Encore* (1951), as Tom, Captain
- *Talk of a Million* (1951), as Matty McGrath
- *No Resting Place* (1951), as Guard Mannigan
- *Saints and Sinners* (1949), as Flaherty
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1949), as Paddy Button
- *Captain Boycott* (1947), as Daniel McGinty
- *Odd Man Out* (1947), as Tram Conductor (uncredited)
- *Ireland's Border Line* (1938), as Garda Sergeant Hogan

## Gallery

- ![Noel Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/1241164/gallery-8028445784d8.jpg) Noel Purcell — unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Noel_Purcell_in_Mutiny_on_the_Bounty.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Noel Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/1241164/gallery-9fca83d489e0.jpg) Noel Purcell — Image via TMDB

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