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Noel Purcell
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Noel Purcell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1900-12-23,Dublin, Ireland
Gender
Male
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, 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). Purcell began his show business career at the age of 12 in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. Later, he toured Ireland in a vaudeville act with Jimmy O'Dea. Stage-trained in the classics in Dublin, Purcell moved into films in 1934. He appeared in Captain Boycott (1947) and as the elderly sailor whose death marooned the lovers-to-be in the first sound film version of The Blue Lagoon (1949). He played a member of Captain Ahab's crew in Moby Dick (1956), Dan O'Flaherty in episode one, The Majesty of the Law, of The Rising of the Moon (1957), a gamekeeper in The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and a barman in The Mackintosh Man (1973); the last two films were directed by John Huston. In 1955, he was an off-and-on regular on the British filmed TV series The Buccaneers (released to American TV in 1956). He narrated a Hibernian documentary, Seven Wonders of Ireland (1959). In 1962, he portrayed the lusty William McCoy in Lewis Milestone's Mutiny on the Bounty. He played a taciturn Irish in-law to Lebanese American entertainer Danny Thomas's character Danny Williams in a 1963 episode of The Danny Thomas Show. In 1971, he played the caring rabbi in the children's musical drama Flight of the Doves. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1958 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. Purcell also gained some recognition as a singer. Shortly after the Second World War, songwriter Leo Maguire composed "The Dublin Saunter" for him. He performed the song live for many years and later recorded it for the Glenside label. However, the recording was not a hit. As Purcell recalled many years later, "I don't think one person in the world bought it." However, over time it became one of the most favorite songs about Dublin, receiving countless air plays on radio programs. In his later years, Purcell was asked by RTÉ journalist Colm Connolly whether he had received many royalties down the years. Purcell replied: "Not a penny. I recorded it as a favor for a pal, Leo Maguire, who'd written it. No contract or anything, so I never got a fee or any payments." In 1981 (on YouTube it's 1974) he recorded a spoken word version of Pete St. John's "Dublin in the Rare Old Times". In June 1984, Purcell was given the Freedom of the City of Dublin. Nine months later, he died in his native city at the age of 84. On 7 July 1941, Purcell married former child actress Eileen Marmion. They had four sons.

Filmography

The Millionairess

5.317

The Millionairess
1960-10-18

6.111

Svengali
1954-09-01

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.058

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962-11-08

The Crimson Pirate

7.041

The Crimson Pirate
1952-09-27

7.2

Lust for Life
1956-09-15

5.78

Doctor at Sea
1955-07-12

Flight of the Doves

5.923

Flight of the Doves
1971-04-02

6

Merry Andrew
1958-03-20

The Violent Enemy

7

The Violent Enemy
1967-05-01

Man in the Moon

6.7

Man in the Moon
1960-10-31

6.111

No Kidding
1960-11-01

Ferry to Hong Kong

5.633

Ferry to Hong Kong
1959-10-29

Watch Your Stern

5.9

Watch Your Stern
1960-10-14

Grand National Night

7.929

Grand National Night
1953-04-15

Tommy the Toreador

5.333

Tommy the Toreador
1959-12-21

Appointment with Venus

5.667

Appointment with Venus
1951-10-08

The Iron Maiden

6.556

The Iron Maiden
1963-06-07

6.417

The Seekers
1954-06-22

Ireland's Border Line

8

Ireland's Border Line
1938-04-28

6.429

Rockets Galore
1958-10-19

6.476

Mad About Men
1954-11-16

Three Spare Wives

9

Three Spare Wives
1962-01-01

Father's Doing Fine

7.25

Father's Doing Fine
1952-08-15

The Rising of the Moon

6.841

The Rising of the Moon
1957-08-10

The Blue Lagoon

5.844

The Blue Lagoon
1949-03-01

Captain Boycott

7.2

Captain Boycott
1947-08-26

Shake Hands with the Devil

6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil
1959-06-24

5.324

Sinful Davey
1969-02-10

6.843

Lord Jim
1965-02-15

6.25

Jacqueline
1956-06-04

6.141

The Key
1958-05-28

6.143

Double Bunk
1961-05-06

Arrivederci, Baby!

5.857

Arrivederci, Baby!
1966-12-28

Talk of a Million

9

Talk of a Million
1951-03-12

Nurse on Wheels

6.088

Nurse on Wheels
1963-01-03

Doctor in Clover

5.75

Doctor in Clover
1966-03-08

The Running Man

6.7

The Running Man
1963-10-01

Doctor in the House

6.516

Doctor in the House
1954-03-23

Doctor at Large

5.7

Doctor at Large
1957-03-26

The List of Adrian Messenger

6.67

The List of Adrian Messenger
1963-05-23

7.5

Where's Jack?
1969-04-01

The McKenzie Break

5.919

The McKenzie Break
1970-10-28

Decameron Nights

5

Decameron Nights
1953-01-13

5.6

The Ceremony
1963-12-18

6.607

Johnny Nobody
1961-10-01

6.231

Encore
1951-06-11

6

Rooney
1958-03-14

The Pickwick Papers

7

The Pickwick Papers
1952-11-14

7.067

Moby Dick
1956-06-27

Saints and Sinners

7.333

Saints and Sinners
1949-08-15

6.912

Make Mine Mink
1960-08-09

The MacKintosh Man

6.1

The MacKintosh Man
1973-08-01

No Resting Place

6.333

No Resting Place
1951-01-12

7.3

Odd Man Out
1947-01-30

A Terrible Beauty

5.357

A Terrible Beauty
1960-06-17

7.366

The Saint
1962-10-04

5.8

The Irish R.M.
1983-01-06

6.4

The Buccaneers
1956-09-19

0

Never Say Die
1970-08-04

7.366

The Saint
1962-10-04

The Onedin Line

7

The Onedin Line
1971-10-15

7.8

The Avengers
1961-01-07