Portrait of Reginald Purdell

Acting

Reginald Purdell

Career

Active from 1930 to 1947, busiest in 1944 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Crown v. Stevens
Crown v. Stevens
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Reginald Purdell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Situational Humor 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Old Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title · average score 71
Stage Fright
Stage Fright (1950)
GoodWatch score 71

as Police Car Driver (uncredited)

1940s

19 titles · average score 64
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock (1948)
GoodWatch score 85

as Frank

A Man About the House
A Man About the House (1947)
GoodWatch score 67

as Higgs

Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun (1945)

Screenplay

Bell-Bottom George
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
GoodWatch score 61

as Birdie Edwards

Dreaming
Dreaming (1944)

Writer

Two Thousand Women
Two Thousand Women (1944)
GoodWatch score 67

as Alec Harvey

Love Story
Love Story (1944)
GoodWatch score 58

as Albert

It's in the Bag
It's in the Bag (1944)

as Joe

The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower (1943)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

as Coxwain - C / P.O. Dabbs

Variety Jubilee
Variety Jubilee (1943)

as Joe Swan

Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles (1940)

as Tommy Perkins

1930s

28 titles · average score 65
Q Planes
Q Planes (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Pilot

Simply Terrific
Simply Terrific (1938)

as Sam Todd

Quiet, Please
Quiet, Please (1938)

as Algy Beresford

Don't Get Me Wrong
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)

Director

Crown v. Stevens
Crown v. Stevens (1936)
GoodWatch score 68

as Alf

Where's Sally?
Where's Sally? (1936)

as Dick Burgess

What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name? (1935)

as Harry Stubbs

The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)

as Dick Swiveller

The Luck of a Sailor
The Luck of a Sailor (1934)

as Jenkins

On the Air
On the Air (1934)

as Harold V. King

Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat (1933)

Adaptation

Love on the Spot
Love on the Spot (1932)

Writer