Noel Purcell

Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell (23 Desember 1900 – 3 Maret 1985) adalah seorang aktor Irlandia terkemuka di panggung, layar, dan televisi. Dia muncul di film tahun 1956 Moby Dick dan film tahun 1962 Pemberontakan atas Bounty. Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell adalah putra juru lelang Dublin Pierce Purcell dan istri keduanya Catherine (née Hoban), seorang pedagang barang antik. Ia lahir di 11a, Lower Mercer Street, salah satu dari dua rumah milik keluarga ibunya. Purcell menempuh pendidikan di Synge Street CBS. Dia kehilangan ujung jari telunjuk kanannya saat membuat mesin penjual rokok, dan juga kehilangan seluruh jari telunjuk kirinya karena kecelakaan lain saat dia magang sebagai tukang kayu, fitur yang dia manfaatkan untuk efek dramatis dalam film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Purcell memulai karir bisnis pertunjukannya pada usia 12 tahun di Teater Gaiety Dublin. Kemudian, dia melakukan tur ke Irlandia dalam aksi vaudeville bersama Jimmy O'Dea. Dilatih di panggung klasik di Dublin, Purcell pindah ke dunia film pada tahun 1934. Ia muncul di Captain Boycott (1947) dan sebagai pelaut tua yang kematiannya membuat calon kekasih terdampar dalam versi film suara pertama The Blue Lagoon (1949). Dia berperan sebagai anggota kru Kapten Ahab di Moby Dick (1956), Dan O'Flaherty di episode satu, The Majesty of the Law, dari The Rising of the Moon (1957), seorang penjaga hewan di The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), dan seorang bartender di The Mackintosh Man (1973); dua film terakhir disutradarai oleh John Huston. Pada tahun 1955, ia menjadi pemain reguler di serial TV film Inggris The Buccaneers (dirilis ke TV Amerika pada tahun 1956). Dia menarasikan film dokumenter Hibernian, Tujuh Keajaiban Irlandia (1959). Pada tahun 1962, ia memerankan William McCoy yang sehat dalam Mutiny on the Bounty karya Lewis Milestone. Dia berperan sebagai mertua Irlandia yang pendiam untuk karakter penghibur Lebanon-Amerika Danny Thomas Danny Williams dalam episode The Danny Thomas Show tahun 1963. Pada tahun 1971, ia berperan sebagai rabi yang penuh perhatian dalam drama musikal anak-anak Flight of the Doves. Dia menjadi subjek This Is Your Life pada tahun 1958 ketika dia dikejutkan oleh Eamonn Andrews di Teater Televisi BBC. Purcell juga mendapat pengakuan sebagai penyanyi. Tak lama setelah Perang Dunia Kedua, penulis lagu Leo Maguire menggubah "The Dublin Saunter" untuknya. Dia membawakan lagu itu secara live selama bertahun-tahun dan kemudian merekamnya untuk label Glenside. Namun, rekaman itu tidak menjadi hit. Seperti yang diingat Purcell bertahun-tahun kemudian, "Saya rasa tidak ada satu orang pun di dunia ini yang membelinya." Namun, seiring berjalannya waktu, lagu ini menjadi salah satu lagu paling favorit tentang Dublin, diputar di udara dalam program radio yang tak terhitung jumlahnya. Di tahun-tahun terakhirnya, Purcell ditanya oleh jurnalis RTÉ Colm Connolly apakah dia telah menerima banyak royalti selama bertahun-tahun. Purcell menjawab: "Tidak satu sen pun. Saya mencatatnya sebagai bantuan untuk seorang teman, Leo Maguire, yang menulisnya. Tidak ada kontrak atau apa pun, jadi saya tidak pernah mendapat bayaran atau pembayaran apa pun." Pada tahun 1981 (di YouTube tahun 1974) dia merekam versi lisan dari "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" karya Pete St. Pada bulan Juni 1984, Purcell diberi Kebebasan Kota Dublin. Sembilan bulan kemudian, dia meninggal di kota asalnya pada usia 84 tahun. Pada tanggal 7 Juli 1941, Purcell menikah dengan mantan aktris cilik Eileen Marmion. Mereka memiliki empat putra.

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.