Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd...

reports Ben Johnson would reprise his role as Melvin Purvis in an ABC Movie of the Week called Purvis, which would act as a pilot for a potential series...

Philip Alston Willcox Purvis (born 1943), son of Melvin Purvis, is an American graphic designer, artist, professor and author. He received his BFA in graphic...

group of Bureau of Investigation (BOI, later renamed FBI) agents led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event,...

pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger's...

himself (1 episode) Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974, TV movie) – Melvin Purvis The Kansas City Massacre (1975, TV movie) – Melvin Purvis Fantasy Island (1979)...

debut, and stars Warren Oates as Dillinger, Ben Johnson as FBI Agent Melvin Purvis, and Michelle Phillips in her first film performance as Dillinger's...

American television film about Melvin Purvis. It is the second spin-off of the 1973 film Dillinger, following Melvin Purvis: G-Man in 1974, also directed...

against Democratic challenger Melvin Purvis. The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary on June 12, 1984. Melvin Purvis, a minister and the son...

displeased him to career-ending assignments and locations. Melvin Purvis was a prime example: Purvis was one of the most effective agents in capturing and...

highway patrolman; The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), as Melvin Purvis; The Amityville Horror (1979), as Jeff; Hanover Street (1979), with...

in the critical and commercial success Public Enemies as FBI agent Melvin Purvis. He acted alongside Mark Wahlberg in the biographical sports drama The...

was subsequently given the tip early on April 22.[citation needed] Melvin Purvis and a number of agents arrived by plane from Chicago, and with the gang's...

subject of film Melvin and Howard Melvin N. Johnson, American academic administrator Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), American FBI agent Melvin Storer (1921–2003)...

worked on the script for a TV sequel, Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974), a pilot for a proposed series about Melvin Purvis (there was a second TV movie, but no...

Junior Bonner, a rodeo film, (both 1972). In 1973, he co-starred as Melvin Purvis in John Milius' Dillinger with Warren Oates; he also appeared in Milius'...

against Democratic challenger Melvin Purvis. Melvin Purvis, a white minister and the son of famous FBI agent Melvin Purvis, won a close race against black...

Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959) 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960) 1904 – Moss Hart, American director and...

killed Floyd under orders from FBI agent Melvin Purvis. According to Smith, after Smith had wounded Floyd, "Purvis turned to G-Man Herman Hollis and said:...

portrayed coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans (2000), and FBI agent Melvin Purvis in the 1991 made-for-television film Dillinger, before a supporting...

Melvin Purvis was complex and is debated by historians. Fans of Purvis tend to downplay Cowley, and the official FBI records tend to play down Purvis...

"Home—and ain't that a hell of a place for it?". He was interviewed by Melvin Purvis, who later wrote, "he sat in a chair, jaw clenched, looking straight...

they become notorious criminals. FBI leader, J Edgar Hoover puts agent Melvin Purvis on the case. Meanwhile Alvin Karpis joins the gang. An attempted robbery...

Christian Bale. Depp played John Dillinger in the film, and Bale played Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent in charge of capturing Dillinger. Mann signed a petition...

participants. On July 22, 1934, a combined force of FBI agents led by Melvin Purvis and Samuel P. Cowley and East Chicago cops led by Detective Martin Zarkevych...

as gangster John Dillinger. She does not tell Polly this but informs Melvin Purvis of the FBI, trying to use this information to avoid being deported....

in films such as Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), The FBI Story (1959) and Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974). Crime novelist Ace Atkins' 2010 book Infamous is based...

film Dillinger. The film was followed by a 1974 television film titled Melvin Purvis: G-Man. During Season 3 of That Girl in the 1969 episode "Many Happy...

Purvis is a surname and occasionally a masculine given name which may refer to: Al Purvis (1929–2009), Canadian ice hockey player Arthur Blaikie Purvis...

different hospital, Cowley hung on long enough to confer briefly with Melvin Purvis, telling him, "Nothing would bring [Nelson] down." He underwent unsuccessful...