Noel Purcell

Noel Purcell

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.

  • Популярност : 2.127
  • Известен за : Acting
  • Рожден ден : 1900-12-23
  • Място на раждане : Dublin, Ireland
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Noel Purcell Филми

  • 1960
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    Милионерката

    Милионерката

    5.4 1960 HD

    Епифания Парерга (София Лорен) е наследила огромно състояние, което я прави...

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  • 1954
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    Svengali

    Svengali

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1962
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    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    6.97 1962 HD

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  • 1952
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    Червеният корсар

    Червеният корсар

    6.947 1952 HD

    Забележителен пиратски филм, в който Червеният корсар (Бърт Ланкастър), човек с...

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  • 1956
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    Жажда за живот

    Жажда за живот

    7.146 1956 HD

    Жажда за живот е подходящо озаглавен, тъй като думата "страст" изглежда...

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  • 1955
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    Доктор в открито море

    Доктор в открито море

    5.3 1955 HD

    Саймън Спароу е млад доктор, който иска да избяга от неподходящите жени, които му...

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  • 1971
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    Flight of the Doves

    Flight of the Doves

    5.8 1971 HD

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  • 1958
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    Merry Andrew

    Merry Andrew

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Violent Enemy

    The Violent Enemy

    5.5 1967 HD

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  • 1960
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    Man in the Moon

    Man in the Moon

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    No Kidding

    No Kidding

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    Ferry to Hong Kong

    Ferry to Hong Kong

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    Watch Your Stern

    Watch Your Stern

    5.7 1960 HD

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  • 1953
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    Grand National Night

    Grand National Night

    8.1 1953 HD

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  • 1959
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    Tommy the Toreador

    Tommy the Toreador

    3.5 1959 HD

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  • 1951
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    Appointment with Venus

    Appointment with Venus

    5.1 1951 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Iron Maiden

    The Iron Maiden

    6.5 1963 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Seekers

    The Seekers

    5.7 1954 HD

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  • 1938
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    Ireland's Border Line

    Ireland's Border Line

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rockets Galore

    Rockets Galore

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1954
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    Mad About Men

    Mad About Men

    6.1 1954 HD

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  • 1962
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    Three Spare Wives

    Three Spare Wives

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1952
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    Father's Doing Fine

    Father's Doing Fine

    6.3 1952 HD

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  • 1957
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    Изгрева на луната

    Изгрева на луната

    6.9 1957 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Blue Lagoon

    The Blue Lagoon

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1947
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    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    6.5 1947 HD

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  • 1959
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    Shake Hands with the Devil

    Shake Hands with the Devil

    6.5 1959 HD

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  • 1969
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    Sinful Davey

    Sinful Davey

    5.5 1969 HD

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  • 1965
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    Господарят Джим

    Господарят Джим

    6.8 1965 HD

    Младият офицер от търговския флот Джим Берк по време на силна буря напуска кораба...

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  • 1956
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    Jacqueline

    Jacqueline

    6 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Key

    The Key

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1961
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    Double Bunk

    Double Bunk

    5.7 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Arrivederci, Baby!

    Arrivederci, Baby!

    5.9 1966 HD

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  • 1951
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    Talk of a Million

    Talk of a Million

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1963
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    Nurse on Wheels

    Nurse on Wheels

    5.7 1963 HD

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  • 1966
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    Doctor in Clover

    Doctor in Clover

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    6.6 1963 HD

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  • 1954
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    Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

    6.3 1954 HD

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

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  • 1963
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    The List of Adrian Messenger

    The List of Adrian Messenger

    6.6 1963 HD

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  • 1969
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    Where's Jack?

    Where's Jack?

    7.2 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    The McKenzie Break

    The McKenzie Break

    6 1970 HD

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  • 1953
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    Decameron Nights

    Decameron Nights

    5 1953 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    5.1 1963 HD

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  • 1961
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    Johnny Nobody

    Johnny Nobody

    6.5 1961 HD

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  • 1951
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    Encore

    Encore

    6.2 1951 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rooney

    Rooney

    5.5 1958 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1956
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    Моби Дик

    Моби Дик

    7 1956 HD

    Грегъри Пек е величественият капитан Ахаб, сприхавият мореплавател, изгубил...

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  • 1949
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    Saints and Sinners

    Saints and Sinners

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1960
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    Make Mine Mink

    Make Mine Mink

    7.1 1960 HD

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  • 1973
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    Човекът на Макинтош

    Човекът на Макинтош

    6.1 1973 HD

    Служител на британските тайни служби приема фалшива самоличност на престъпник и...

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  • 1951
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    No Resting Place

    No Resting Place

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1947
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    Odd Man Out

    Odd Man Out

    7.3 1947 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.303 1962 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Irish R.M.

    The Irish R.M.

    5.2 1983 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Buccaneers

    The Buccaneers

    6 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    Never Say Die

    Never Say Die

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.303 1962 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Onedin Line

    The Onedin Line

    6.8 1971 HD

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