James Purcell

James Purcell


in Steeltown, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies for James Purcell...

Level 16
Title: Level 16
Character: Mr. Denison
Released: February 20, 2018
Type: Movie
The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
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Bloodwork
Title: Bloodwork
Character: Taylor
Released: May 10, 2012
Type: Movie
A couple of college students decide to sign up for pharmaceutical testing of a new allergy drug to make some extra cash for their spring break trip. They quickly discover their two week stay will not be as easy as they first believed and fight to save themselves from the grips of the facility.
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Title: The Summit
Character: Inspector Brimlow
Released: June 15, 2008
Type: TV
Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this miniseries follows a mother's desperate struggle to bring justice to her murdered son, fallen victim to a corrupt pharmaceutical company.
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Totally Awesome
Title: Totally Awesome
Character: Kimberly's Dad
Released: November 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Do you prefer to wax on or wax off? Preacher won't let you dance? Well then, put Baby in the corner and come on down, 'cause VH1 is bringing back more of the'80s you love in this feature-length film, Totally Awesome. The Gundersons have just moved across the country and the kids - Charlie, Lori, and Max - are trying their best to acclimate themselves into a new school and all kinds of dilemmas therein: the need to dance, the pitfalls of young love, the quest for popularity, scientific genius and of course the quirky but loveable Japanese gardener. Totally Awesome takes all your favorite '80s-flick mainstays and weaves them into the biggest and baddest plotline ever conceived. Tot say it is radical would be an understatement.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: James Ellicott
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Karaoke Man
Released: May 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A single blind date suffices for handsome gentleman Scott Peterson, a traveling salesman, to seduce Amber Frey all the way. When a colleague finds out about his marriage, she believes him to be a widower. Later however it becomes clear his wife was alive and pregnant, but is missing. Pregnant herself, Amber hears his wife and baby's corpses were found and records his phone calls for the police. Ultimately she's the key witness is his murder trial.
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Title: Mayday
Character: Finn Heimdal
Released: September 3, 2003
Type: TV
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
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Title: Dead Like Me
Character: Cary Bond
Released: June 27, 2003
Type: TV
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
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Devil Winds
Title: Devil Winds
Character: Lou
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Christopher Wells
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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Title: Highlander: The Raven
Character: Stanley Ferris
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
Highlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda, an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Paris, France and was produced by Gaumont Télévision and Fireworks Media in association with Davis-Panzer Productions.
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The Long Way Home
Title: The Long Way Home
Character: Marco
Released: March 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young woman, and goes on a cross-country odyssey to look up an old flame he's recently heard from after 55 years.
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On the Second Day of Christmas
Title: On the Second Day of Christmas
Character: Bill
Released: December 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Trish (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat wallets, they run into a little snag—a department store security guard named Bert (Mark Ruffalo) catches them in the act. The store owner wants them arrested, but decides to wait until Christmas is over. To ensure they don't make a run for it, he entrusts their care to Bert. With jail on the horizon, Trish and Patsy are scared for their future. But as the holiday nears its end, it looks as though a budding romance might just save them after all.
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Title: Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Character: Jimmy Weeks
Released: October 26, 1997
Type: Movie
A female prosecutor notices a woman in a plastic surgeon's waiting room who looks strikingly like a girl who was murdered more than ten years earlier. An investigation into the plastic surgeon grows more bizarre by the minute, as the prosecutor unravels a ten year old mystery involving betrayal and murder.
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Title: Earth: Final Conflict
Character: Steve Burton
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
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Title: Stargate SG-1
Character: Dr. Hershfield
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: TV
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
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Title: La Femme Nikita
Character: Carlos Bonaventure
Released: January 13, 1997
Type: TV
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.
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Title: FX: The Series
Character: Tony Delmar
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: TV
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
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Title: FX: The Series
Character: Sally Mancuso
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: TV
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
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Fools Die Fast
Title: Fools Die Fast
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
A story set in the 1950s about two people who find a way out of their respective problems through the love they develop for one another.
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No Contest
Title: No Contest
Character: Captain Henricks
Released: March 2, 1995
Type: Movie
A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.
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Another Woman
Title: Another Woman
Character: Dooley
Released: October 2, 1994
Type: Movie
After Lisa Temple is brutally attacked and suffers from amnesia, it seems her bitter character has changed for the better, which causes her estranged husband Paul to have second thoughts about leaving her. As she rebuilds her life, Lisa and Paul fall in love again. However; there is danger lurking and one last angry memory waiting to surface. Will their love survive?
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Title: Due South
Character: William Porter
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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To Save the Children
Title: To Save the Children
Character: Cal Fredericks
Released: April 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer comes unglued, builds a bomb and takes Jake's class hostage. The heroism of his true story unfolds as the hostage drama takes many surprising turns towards the phenomenal conclusion.
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Title: Viper
Character: Alan Ford
Released: January 2, 1994
Type: TV
Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe. The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies. The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve Ferrerio.
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Dead Meat
Title: Dead Meat
Released: September 1, 1993
Type: Movie
An encounter between a drug addict and a hit man on the Toronto streets.
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White Light
Title: White Light
Character: Bill Dockerty
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman.
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The Hitman
Title: The Hitman
Character: Sal
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
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Playroom
Title: Playroom
Character: Paul
Released: September 6, 1990
Type: Movie
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.
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Title: Counterstrike
Character: Hector Stone
Released: July 1, 1990
Type: TV
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.
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Gypsy Angels
Title: Gypsy Angels
Character: Frank
Released: June 8, 1990
Type: Movie
Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash.
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Title: War of the Worlds
Character: McGinnis
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
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Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Brock
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
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Bad Dreams
Title: Bad Dreams
Character: Paramedic
Released: April 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.
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Betrayal of Silence
Title: Betrayal of Silence
Character: Eastman
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A new lawyer investigates the abuse case of a young orphan girl and begins to believe that the orphanage priests have something to hide.
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Title: Tour of Duty
Character: Jim Doyle
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Title: Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Character: Vince Montono
Released: June 11, 1987
Type: Movie
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
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Where Are the Children?
Title: Where Are the Children?
Character: Robin Legler
Released: December 12, 1986
Type: Movie
In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief Ed Coffin wrongfully suspects that Nancy is behind the disappearances.
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Raw Tunes
Title: Raw Tunes
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Night Heat
Released: January 31, 1985
Type: TV
Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The police crime drama series aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was conceived by Sonny Grosso, a former New York City Police Department detective. Grosso served as the show's executive producer along with his partner, Larry Jacobson.
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Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
Title: Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
Released: November 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana's story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: Jackson planned to murder Saldana, then request the death sentence for himself so he "could join her in paradise." The psychopathic Jackson confronts Saldana on the street in front of her home and stabs her violently several times. No one comes to Theresa's aid except water deliveryman Jeff Fenn, who overpowers Jackson and gets the knife away from him. Jackson is arrested & charged with attempted murder...and Theresa Saldana tells her story of terror and survival as herself in this TV movie.
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The House Where Death Lives
Title: The House Where Death Lives
Character: Detective
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
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Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Title: Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Released: October 30, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.
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To Kill a Cop
Title: To Kill a Cop
Character: Detective Lt.
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.