Purnell Pratt
actor
- Birth name:
- Purnell Bush Pratt
- Born:
- 1878-10-20, Bethel, Illinois, USA
- Died:
- 1941-07-25, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
A crisp autumn day in Bethel, Illinois—20 October 1878—marked the arrival of Purnell Pratt, who would grow up to trade prairie horizons for klieg lights. Pratt carved out a prolific screen career in the turbulent early days of sound, stealing scenes in the gangland classic Scarface (1932), matching wits with killers in Alibi (1929), and lending grit to the melodrama Red-Haired Alibi (1932). Off-camera, he shared his life with Julia C. Price, his steadfast partner through Hollywood’s giddy rise. The final curtain fell on 25 July 1941 in Hollywood, California, but the flicker of Pratt’s work still lights up vintage screens.
