Dick Purcell
Biography
Dick Purcell (born Richard Gerold Purcell, Jr.) was an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1944 film serial. The serial was released on February 5, and Purcell, age 38, died two months later, on 10 April 1944, the result of a fatal heart attack.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-08-06 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Acting
1944
Captain America as Captain America / Grant Gardner1944
Trocadero as Spike Nelson1944
Leave It to the Irish as Pat Burke1944
Timber Queen as Milt Holmes1943
Aerial Gunner as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine1943
Reveille with Beverly as Andy Adams1943
Idaho as Duke Springer1943
No Place for a Lady as Randy Brooks1943
High Explosive as Dave1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Johnny Smith1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank as Tank Instructor1942
In Old California as Joe Dawson1942
X Marks the Spot as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker1942
I Live on Danger as Norm Thompson1942
Torpedo Boat as Ralph Andrews1942
Phantom Killer as Edward Clarkk1942
The Old Homestead as Scarf Lennin1941
King of the Zombies as James 'Mac' McCarthy1941
The Pittsburgh Kid as Cliff Halliday1941
Bullets for O'Hara as Wicks1941
No Hands on the Clock as Red Harris1941
Flying Blind as Bob Fuller1941
Two in a Taxi as Bill Gratton1940
New Moon as Alexander1940
Flight Command as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne1940
Arise, My Love as Pink1940
The Bank Dick as Mackley Q. Greene1940
Private Affairs as Dick Cartwright1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Agent Melvin Pierce1939
Streets of New York as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan1939
Irish Luck as Steve Lanahan1939
Drunk Driving as John Jones1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Dick Purcell1939
Blackwell's Island as Terry Walsh1939
Heroes in Blue as Terry Murphy1939
While America Sleeps as Dave Miller1938
Over the Wall as Ace Scanlon1938
Nancy Drew… Detective as Keiffer1938
Breakdowns of 1938 as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)1938
Garden of the Moon as Rick Fulton1938
Valley of the Giants as Creel1938
Broadway Musketeers as Vince Morrell1938
Penrod's Double Trouble as Tex Boyden1938
Air Devils as Percy 'Slats' Harrington1938
Mystery House as Lance O'Leary1938
Accidents Will Happen as Jim Faber1938
Flight Into Nowhere as Bill Kellogg1938
The Daredevil Drivers as Bill Foster1938
Tough Kid as 'Red' Murphy1937
Alcatraz Island as David 'Harp' Santell1937
Talent Scout as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)1937
Missing Witnesses as "Bull" Regan1937
Melody for Two as Mel Lynch1937
Wine, Women and Horses as George Mayhew1937
Public Wedding as Joe Taylor1937
Draegerman Courage as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)1937
Men in Exile as Jimmy Carmody1937
Reported Missing as Paul Wayne1937
Navy Blues as Rusty Gibbs1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws as Crandal1936
Ceiling Zero as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)1936
Bullets or Ballots as Ed Driscoll1936
Follow the Fleet as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)1936
Freshman Love as Radio Announcer (uncredited)1936
Public Enemy's Wife as Louie1936
Snowed Under as Bert (uncredited)1936
The Law in Her Hands as Marty1936
Jailbreak as Ed Slayden1936
The Captain's Kid as George Chester1936
Man Hunt as Skip McHenry1936
Brides Are Like That as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)1936
King of Hockey as Gabby Dugan1936
Bengal Tiger as Nick DeLargo1936
Times Square Playboy as Wally Calhoun1930
The Doorway to Hell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)