Noel Purcell was born on December 23, 1900 in Dublin, Ireland as Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell[. He was an actor, known for Moby Dick (1956), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and Lust for Life (1956). He was married to Eileen Marmion. He died on March 3, 1985 in Dublin.
Sailor-like manner, huge white beard and cheery Irish brogue
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Got his first job at the age of 12, when he was hired as a stage hand by Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. Subsequently worked as a carpenter on stage design, which led to further interest in the acting profession.
Noel Purcell Walk, a road built near to his birthplace in the City of Dublin, was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Eileen Purcell, widow of the actor, in 1991.
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Purcell was conferred with the Freedom of the City of Dublin in June 1984. To-date (April 2010) only seventy four people have received this award.
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Lost the tip of his right index finger while making cigarette vending machines -- a feature that was exploited for dramatic effect in the Marlon Brando film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
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Originally cast as King David in the Biblical epic Solomon and Sheba (1959), opposite Tyrone Power and George Sanders. After Power died in mid-production and was replaced by Yul Brynner, Purcell was not available to re-shoot his scenes and was replaced in the role of David by Finlay Currie.
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Often cast in films where most of the action takes place in the ocean.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Irish R.M.
1984
TV Series
O'Reilly
The MacKintosh Man
1973
O'Donovan
The Onedin Line
1972
TV Series
Hennessy
Flight of the Doves
1971
Rabbi
The McKenzie Break
1970
Ferry Captain (uncredited)
Never Say Die
1970
TV Series
Mr. Finucane
Dixon of Dock Green
1969
TV Series
Thomas
Where's Jack?
1969
Leatherchest
Sinful Davey
1969
Jock
I Spy
1967
TV Series
Fletcher
The Violent Enemy
1967
John Michael Leary
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1967
TV Series
Alexander Craig
Arrivederci, Baby!
1966
Capt. Daniel O'Flannery
The Saint
1964-1966
TV Series
Brendan Cullin / Mike Kelly
Carnaby, M.D.
1966
O'Malley
Emergency-Ward 10
1966
TV Series
Dermot Flynn
The Avengers
1965
TV Series
Jonah Barnard
Lord Jim
1965
Captain Chester
The Ceremony
1963
Finigan
The DuPont Show of the Week
1963
TV Series
Meager
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Countryman (uncredited)
The Running Man
1963
Miles Bleeker
Nurse on Wheels
1963
Abel Worthy
Make Room for Daddy
1962
TV Series
Francis Daly
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
Seaman William McCoy
The Swingin' Maiden
1962
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Brothers in Law
1962
TV Series
Dominic Ford-O'Hara
Three Spare Wives
1962
Sir Hubert
Johnny Nobody
1961
Brother Timothy
Double Bunk
1961
O'Malley
Beware of Children
1960
Tandy
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
Capt. Pritchard (uncredited)
Man in the Moon
1960
Prospector
The Millionairess
1960
Prof. Merton
Watch Your Stern
1960
Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
Make Mine Mink
1960
Burglar
The Day After Tomorrow
1960
TV Movie
Peter O'Connor
Tommy the Toreador
1959
Captain
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
Joe Skinner, Chief Engineer
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
Liam O'Sullivan
Mad Little Island
1958
Father James
The Key
1958
Hotel Porter
Rooney
1958
Tim Hennessy
Merry Andrew
1958
Matthew Larabee
Pretty Polly
1957
Short
Jarvey
The Rising of the Moon
1957
Dan O'Flaherty (1st Episode)
Doctor at Large
1957
The Padre - Bartender
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1957
TV Series
'Joxer' Daly
The Wayward Saint
1956
TV Movie
Peadar the Puck
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
TV Series
Llian
The Buccaneers
1956
TV Series
Pat
Lust for Life
1956
Anton Mauve
Moby Dick
1956
Ship's Carpenter
Jacqueline
1956
Mr. Owen
Doctor at Sea
1955
Corbie
Rheingold Theatre
1955
TV Series
Willie Hosmer
Svengali
1954
Patrick O'Ferrall
Mad About Men
1954
Percy
Land of Fury
1954
Paddy Clarke
Doctor in the House
1954
The Padre (uncredited)
Wicked Wife
1953
Philip Balfour
Decameron Nights
1953
Father Francisco
The Pickwick Papers
1952
Roker
The Crimson Pirate
1952
Pablo Murphy
Father's Doing Fine
1952
Shaughnessy
Encore
1951
Tom, Captain (segment "Winter Cruise")
Island Rescue
1951
Trawler Langley
No Resting Place
1951
Garda Mannigan
Talk of a Million
1951
Matty McGrath
Saints and Sinners
1949
Flaherty
The Call to Arms
1949
TV Short
Barnie
The Blue Lagoon
1949
Paddy Button
Captain Boycott
1947
Daniel McGinty
Odd Man Out
1947
Tram Conductor (uncredited)
Ireland's Border Line
1938
Garda Sergeant Hogan
Knight Without Armor
1937
First Train Driver Trying to Clear Track (uncredited)