Dick Purcell
Born
August 6, 1905
Died
April 10, 1944 (38 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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
Leave It to the Irish
Pat Burke
1944
Trocadero
Spike Nelson
1944
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
Timber Queen
Milt Holmes
1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
1943
High Explosive
Dave
1943
Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943
Idaho
Duke Springer
1943
No Place for a Lady
Randy Brooks
1943
Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams
1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Tank Instructor
1943
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
Phantom Killer
Edward Clarkk
1942
The Old Homestead
Scarf Lennin
1942
I Live on Danger
Norm Thompson
1942
In Old California
Joe Dawson
1942
Torpedo Boat
Ralph Andrews
1942
No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Cliff Halliday
1941
Flying Blind
Bob Fuller
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
Wicks
1941
Two in a Taxi
Bill Gratton
1941
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
1940
Arise, My Love
Pink
1940
Private Affairs
Dick Cartwright
1940
New Moon
Alexander
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Agent Melvin Pierce
1940
Heroes in Blue
Terry Murphy
1939
Drunk Driving
John Jones
1939
Irish Luck
Steve Lanahan
1939
While America Sleeps
Dave Miller
1939
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Dick Purcell
1939
Blackwell's Island
Terry Walsh
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Tough Kid
'Red' Murphy
1938
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
1938
Broadway Musketeers
Vince Morrell
1938
Garden of the Moon
Rick Fulton
1938
Valley of the Giants
Creel
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
Tex Boyden
1938
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
1938
Air Devils
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
Bill Kellogg
1938
Accidents Will Happen
Jim Faber
1938
Over the Wall
Ace Scanlon
1938
The Daredevil Drivers
Bill Foster
1938
Missing Witnesses
"Bull" Regan
1937
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
1937
Wine, Women and Horses
George Mayhew
1937
Reported Missing
Paul Wayne
1937
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
Public Wedding
Joe Taylor
1937
Draegerman Courage
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937
Melody for Two
Mel Lynch
1937
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody
1937
Navy Blues
Rusty Gibbs
1937
King of Hockey
Gabby Dugan
1936
The Captain's Kid
George Chester
1936
Jailbreak
Ed Slayden
1936
Bengal Tiger
Nick DeLargo
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Louie
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crandal
1936
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
1936
The Law in Her Hands
Marty
1936
Times Square Playboy
Wally Calhoun
1936
Brides Are Like That
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936
Snowed Under
Bert (uncredited)
1936
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
Man Hunt
Skip McHenry
1936
Freshman Love
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930