Lee Purcell

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lee Purcell (born Lee Jeune Williams; June 15, 1947) is an American actress and writer-producer who has starred in films including Mr. Majestyk, Big Wednesday, Stir Crazy, and Valley Girl. She has also appeared in numerous television and stage productions. She later appeared in such popular television series as Bonanza, Barnaby Jones and The Love Boat. After that, she took assignments only as the notion struck her favorably, such as the Charles Bronson action film Mr. Majestyk. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Lee Purcell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Big Wednesday (1978)

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Milius
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  William Katt  •  Gary Busey  •  Patti D'Arbanville

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Milius
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  William Katt  •  Gary Busey  •  Patti D'Arbanville

Stir Crazy (1980)

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Richard Pryor  •  Georg Stanford Brown  •  JoBeth Williams

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Richard Pryor  •  Georg Stanford Brown  •  JoBeth Williams

Stranger in Our House (1979)

A well-to-do family of five takes in cousin Julia, whose parents recently perished in a car crash. While the rest of the family and those around them are completely charmed by Julia, teenaged daughter Rachel comes to suspect that her cousin has an ulterior agenda – ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Linda Blair  •  Lee Purcell  •  Jeremy Slate  •  Jeff McCracken

A well-to-do family of five takes in cousin Julia, whose parents recently perished in a car crash. While the rest of the family and those around them are completely charmed by Julia, teenaged daughter Rachel comes to suspect that her cousin has an ulterior agenda – ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Linda Blair  •  Lee Purcell  •  Jeremy Slate  •  Jeff McCracken

Mr. Majestyk (1974)

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Al Lettieri  •  Linda Cristal  •  Lee Purcell

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Al Lettieri  •  Linda Cristal  •  Lee Purcell

Almost Summer (1978)

A high-school election gets nasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Davidson
CAST:  Bruno Kirby  •  Tim Matheson  •  Lee Purcell  •  John Friedrich

A high-school election gets nasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Davidson
CAST:  Bruno Kirby  •  Tim Matheson  •  Lee Purcell  •  John Friedrich

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Ed Flanders  •  James Hampton  •  Tovah Feldshuh

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Ed Flanders  •  James Hampton  •  Tovah Feldshuh

Valley Girl (1983)

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Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Elizabeth Daily  •  Deborah Foreman  •  Michael Bowen

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Elizabeth Daily  •  Deborah Foreman  •  Michael Bowen

Kid Blue (1973)

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Warren Oates  •  Peter Boyle  •  Ben Johnson

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Warren Oates  •  Peter Boyle  •  Ben Johnson

Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jackie Cooper
CAST:  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Stella Stevens  •  Gary Lockwood  •  Lee Purcell

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jackie Cooper
CAST:  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Stella Stevens  •  Gary Lockwood  •  Lee Purcell

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)

The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Duncan Regehr  •  Denise Crosby  •  George Coe  •  Michael Callan

The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Duncan Regehr  •  Denise Crosby  •  George Coe  •  Michael Callan

Hijack! (1973)

Two truck drivers are hired to transport a top-secret cargo from New York to Houston. Along the way they must evade attempts by a terrorist group to hijack the material.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Horn
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Lee Purcell  •  Jeanette Nolan

Two truck drivers are hired to transport a top-secret cargo from New York to Houston. Along the way they must evade attempts by a terrorist group to hijack the material.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Horn
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Lee Purcell  •  Jeanette Nolan

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)

In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch which can stop time. But his wedding plans with Bonnie Lee Beaumont are interrupted when her mother phones them to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Lee Purcell  •  Philip MacHale  •  Burton Gilliam  •  Zohra Lampert

In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch which can stop time. But his wedding plans with Bonnie Lee Beaumont are interrupted when her mother phones them to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Lee Purcell  •  Philip MacHale  •  Burton Gilliam  •  Zohra Lampert

To Heal a Nation (1988)

The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign to raise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Eric Roberts  •  Glynnis O'Connor  •  Marshall Colt  •  Scott Paulin

The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign to raise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Eric Roberts  •  Glynnis O'Connor  •  Marshall Colt  •  Scott Paulin

The Gambler (1980)

This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Kenny Rogers  •  Christine Belford  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Harold Gould

This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Kenny Rogers  •  Christine Belford  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Harold Gould

Malaika (1998)

An African elephant wanders into the lives of four wide-eyed children and all pandemonium breaks loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marina Martins
CAST:  Keli Daniels  •  R. D. Call  •  Strouchan Kelly  •  David Alexander

An African elephant wanders into the lives of four wide-eyed children and all pandemonium breaks loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marina Martins
CAST:  Keli Daniels  •  R. D. Call  •  Strouchan Kelly  •  David Alexander

Betrayed by Innocence (1986)

A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Silverstein
CAST:  Barry Bostwick  •  Lee Purcell  •  Cristen Kauffman  •  Isaac Hayes

A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Silverstein
CAST:  Barry Bostwick  •  Lee Purcell  •  Cristen Kauffman  •  Isaac Hayes

Long Road Home (1991)

A drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  Mark Harmon  •  Lee Purcell  •  Morgan Weisser  •  Leon Russom

A drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  Mark Harmon  •  Lee Purcell  •  Morgan Weisser  •  Leon Russom

Space Rage (1985)

In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad E. Palmisano
CAST:  Richard Farnsworth  •  Michael Paré  •  John Laughlin  •  Lee Purcell

In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad E. Palmisano
CAST:  Richard Farnsworth  •  Michael Paré  •  John Laughlin  •  Lee Purcell

Secret Sins of the Father (1994)

Louis (Lloyd Bridges) is a farmer in small-town Nebraska. All seems well in his quiet life until the town's spiteful sheriff, Tom (Beau Bridges), who is also Louis' son, unexpectedly charges Louis with the murder of his mother. Louis knows he's innocent and thinks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beau Bridges
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Lee Purcell  •  Frederick Coffin

Louis (Lloyd Bridges) is a farmer in small-town Nebraska. All seems well in his quiet life until the town's spiteful sheriff, Tom (Beau Bridges), who is also Louis' son, unexpectedly charges Louis with the murder of his mother. Louis knows he's innocent and thinks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beau Bridges
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Lee Purcell  •  Frederick Coffin

Eddie Macon's Run (1983)

Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  John Schneider  •  Leah Ayres  •  Matthew Meece

Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  John Schneider  •  Leah Ayres  •  Matthew Meece
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