Portrait of Lee Purcell

Acting

Lee Purcell

Career

Active from 1970 to 2025, with a break from 1997 to 2016, busiest in 1972 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mr. Majestyk
Mr. Majestyk
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lee Purcell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    4.3, average 5.3
  • Social Commentary
    4.0, average 4.9
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Friendship 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Sick
Sick

as Gretchen

2020s

1 title
Plight
Plight (2025)

as Connie

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 44
Love at First Glance
Love at First Glance (2017)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mom

J.L. Family Ranch
J.L. Family Ranch (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mabel Ritter

Kids vs Monsters
Kids vs Monsters (2015)
GoodWatch score 36

as Francine Gingerfield

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 60
Malaika
Malaika (1998)

as Molly DeMornay

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Kim O'Ferrell (segment "The Unknown Patient")

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996)
GoodWatch score 22

as LRH Communicator

Secret Sins of the Father
Secret Sins of the Father (1994)

as Ann Thielman

Due South
Due South (1994)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Louise St. Laurent

Long Road Home
Long Road Home (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bessie Robertson

Shades of L.A.
Shades of L.A. (1990)

TV show

1980s

22 titles ยท average score 58
The Incredible Hulk Returns
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
GoodWatch score 51

as Maggie Shaw

Betrayed by Innocence
Betrayed by Innocence (1986)

as Sharon DeLeon

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Andrea Colter

MacGyver
MacGyver (1985)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Shadow

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Joanna Benson / Frances McNean

Eddie Macon's Run
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jilly Buck

Homework
Homework (1982)
GoodWatch score 32

as Ms. Jackson

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)

as Bonnie Lee Beaumont

Killing at Hell's Gate
Killing at Hell's Gate (1981)

as Jane Pascoe

The Gambler
The Gambler (1980)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jennie Reed

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980)

as Casey McCann

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Goldie Morris

1970s

20 titles ยท average score 58
Stranger in Our House
Stranger in Our House (1979)
GoodWatch score 32

as Julia Trent

Murder in Music City
Murder in Music City (1979)

as Samantha Hunt

Almost Summer
Almost Summer (1978)
GoodWatch score 56

as Christine Alexander

Big Wednesday
Big Wednesday (1978)
GoodWatch score 67

as Peggy Gordon

The Amazing Howard Hughes
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Billie Dove

Mr. Majestyk
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
GoodWatch score 69

as Wiley

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Susan Parsons

Hijack!
Hijack! (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

as Eileen Noonan

Dirty Little Billy
Dirty Little Billy (1972)
GoodWatch score 60

as Berle

Necromancy
Necromancy (1972)
GoodWatch score 39

as Priscilla

The Waltons
The Waltons (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jerri Jo Hopper

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 61
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Molly Taggart

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Cathy Cullen

Medical Center
Medical Center (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show