Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell (23 December 1900 – 3 March 1985) was an Irish actor of stage, screen, and television.

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.

Shortly after World War II, songwriter Leo Maguire composed "The Dublin Saunter" for him.

"[citation needed] However, over time it became one of the most favourite songs about Dublin, receiving countless air plays on radio programmes.

"[citation needed] In 1981 (on YouTube it's 1974) he recorded a spoken word version of Pete St. John's "Dublin in the Rare Old Times".