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Biography

Robert Douglas Purcell grew up in the small town of Scituate, which is located on the south shore of Massachusetts. He had a talent for art in school, graduated early from Scituate High School's Class of 1976 and joined the Marines. He has lived in California since 1982, was married in 1985 and divorced in 2003. He has two beautiful daughters. Purcell has worked steadily in film, television and commercials. Stage credits include performances as "Major Roberts" in Layon Gray's acclaimed WWII play, Black Angels Over Tuskegee (2009), "Murray" in the New Voices/OC Playwrights Alliance production of Christmas In Pakistan (2007), "Bobby" in the Dillstar West production of The Soprano's Last Supper, and "Petruchio" in the Newport Beach Repertory production of The Haunting of Will Shakespeare. Although often cast as the authority figure, such as the "Police Officer" in the short film, The Silent (2006), the villainous Army General "Agamemnon" in the award winning short, Cassandra (2006) or th

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Filmography