
Birthday
1895/11/03
Day of death
1953/04/22 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Clapham, London, England, UK
Also know as
Reginald William Henry Grasdorff
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reginald Purdell (4 November 1895 – 22 April 1953) was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951. During the same period he also contributed to the screenplays of 15 feature films, and had a brief foray into directing with two films in 1937. Purdell was born in Clapham, London. As a young man he served in the British Army with the South Wales Borderers regiment for the duration of the First World War. On returnin...Read more

(1934) The Queen's Affair
as Guard

(1944) Two Thousand Women
as Alec Harvey

(1950) Stage Fright
as Police Car Driver (uncredited)
(1933) Up to the Neck
as Jimmy Catlin

(1947) The Root of All Evil
as Perkins

(1947) Captain Boycott
as American reporter

(1944) Love Story
as Albert

(1947) Holiday Camp
as Redcoat

(1934) The Old Curiosity Shop
as Dick Swiveller

(1947) A Man About the House
as Higgs
(1939) The Missing People
as Harry Morgan

(1939) Q Planes
as Pilot
(1935) Get Off My Foot
as Joe

(1933) Crime on the Hill
as Reporter

(1936) Crown v. Stevens
as Alf
(1933) My Lucky Star
as Portrait Painter

(1930) The Middle Watch
as Corporal Duckett

(1931) Congress Dances
as Pepi

(1944) Candles at Nine
as Charles Lacey

(1940) Busman's Honeymoon
as MacBride

(1934) The Luck of a Sailor
as Jenkins
(1938) The Viper
as Announcer
(1938) The Dark Stairway
as Askew
(1935) What’s in a Name?
as Harry Stubbs
(1940) His Brother’s Keeper
as Bunny Reeves
(1938) Simply Terrific
as Sam Todd
(1938) Quiet, Please
as Algy Beresford
(1937) Side Street Angel
as McGill
(1936) Hail and Farewell
as Nobby

(1931) A Night in Montmartre
as Tino
(1940) The Middle Watch
as Cpl Duckett
(1944) It's in the Bag
as Joe

(1944) Bell-Bottom George
as Birdie Edwards

(1932) A Night Like This
as Waiter(uncredited)

(1936) Debt of Honour
as Pedro Salvas

(1948) Brighton Rock
as Frank

(1943) Variety Jubilee
as Joe Swan

(1943) We Dive at Dawn
as Coxwain - C / P.O. Dabbs
(1936) Where's Sally?
as Dick Burgess
(1934) On the Air
as Harold V. King
(1940) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Tommy Perkins