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...

Known For

Moby Dick

as Ship's Carpenter

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Seaman William McCoy

Lust for Life

as Anton Mauve

Cast Credits

The MacKintosh Man

as O'Donovan

The McKenzie Break

as Ferry Captain

Where's Jack?

as Leatherchest

The Violent Enemy

as John Michael Leary

Arrivederci, Baby!

as Capt. Daniel O'Flannery

Doctor in Clover

as O'Malley

Lord Jim

as Captain Chester

The Ceremony

as Finigan

The Running Man

as Miles Bleeker

The Iron Maiden

as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan

The List of Adrian Messenger

as Countryman (uncredited)

Nurse on Wheels

as Abel Worthy

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Seaman William McCoy

Three Spare Wives

as Sir Hubert

Johnny Nobody

as Brother Timothy

Double Bunk

as O'Malley

No Kidding

as Tandy

Man in the Moon

as Prosecutor

The Millionairess

as Professor Merton

Watch Your Stern

as Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew

Make Mine Mink

as Burglar

A Terrible Beauty

as Father Sheehy (uncredited)

Ferry to Hong Kong

as Joe Skinner

Shake Hands with the Devil

as Liam O'Sullivan

Rockets Galore

as Father James

The Key

as Hotel Clerk

Rooney

as Tim Hennessy