
Actor
Born December 23, 1900 in Dublin, Ireland
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.

The Irish R.M.

The MacKintosh Man
O'Donovan

The Onedin Line
Hennessy

Flight of the Doves
Rabbi

The McKenzie Break
Ferry Captain

Where's Jack?
Leatherchest

Sinful Davey
Jock

Arrivederci, Baby!
Capt. Daniel O'Flannery

Doctor in Clover
O'Malley

Lord Jim
Captain Chester

The Ceremony
Finigan

The Running Man
Miles Bleeker

The Iron Maiden
Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

The List of Adrian Messenger
Countryman (uncredited)

Nurse on Wheels
Abel Worthy

Mutiny on the Bounty
Seaman William McCoy

The Saint
Brendan Cullin

Johnny Nobody
Brother Timothy

Double Bunk
O'Malley

The Avengers
Jonah Barnard

No Kidding
Tandy

Man in the Moon
Prosecutor

The Millionairess
Professor Merton

Watch Your Stern
Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew

Make Mine Mink
Burglar

A Terrible Beauty
Father Sheehy (uncredited)

Tommy the Toreador
Captain

Ferry to Hong Kong
Joe Skinner

Shake Hands with the Devil
Liam O'Sullivan

Rockets Galore
Father James

The Key
Hotel Clerk

Merry Andrew
Matthew Larabee

Rooney
Tim Hennessy

The Rising of the Moon
Dan O'Flaherty (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

Doctor at Large
Padre

The Buccaneers
Pat

Lust for Life
Anton Mauve

Moby Dick
Ship's Carpenter

Jacqueline
Mr. Owen, the Parson

Doctor at Sea
Corble

Mad About Men
Percy

Svengali
Patrick O'Farrell

The Seekers
Paddy Clarke

Doctor in the House
Padre (uncredited)

Grand National Night
Philip Balfour

Decameron Nights
Father Francisco

The Pickwick Papers
Roker

The Crimson Pirate
Pablo Murphy

Father's Doing Fine
Shaughnessy

Appointment with Venus
Trawler Langley

Encore
Tom, Captain

Talk of a Million
Matty McGrath

No Resting Place
Guard Mannigan

Saints and Sinners
Flaherty

The Blue Lagoon
Paddy Button

Captain Boycott
Daniel McGinty

Odd Man Out
Tram Conductor (uncredited)

Ireland's Border Line
Garda Sergeant Hogan