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Dick Purcell
Born · August 6, 1905
Died · April 10, 1944 (38 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Bio
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.
Leave It to the Irish
Pat Burke
3.5
1944
Trocadero
Spike Nelson
5.4
1944
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
5.5
1944
Timber Queen
Milt Holmes
5.7
1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
5.4
1943
High Explosive
Dave
5.7
1943
Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
4.4
1943
Idaho
Duke Springer
5.7
1943
No Place for a Lady
Randy Brooks
6.0
1943
Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams
7.0
1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Tank Instructor
6.0
1943
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
3.8
1942
Phantom Killer
Edward Clarkk
4.3
1942
The Old Homestead
Scarf Lennin
0.0
1942
I Live on Danger
Norm Thompson
5.7
1942
In Old California
Joe Dawson
5.0
1942
Torpedo Boat
Ralph Andrews
6.0
1942
No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris
4.9
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Cliff Halliday
0.0
1941
Flying Blind
Bob Fuller
5.0
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
Wicks
4.0
1941
Two in a Taxi
Bill Gratton
0.0
1941
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
5.2
1941
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
5.4
1940
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
6.5
1940
Arise, My Love
Pinky O'Connor
6.1
1940
Private Affairs
Dick Cartwright
0.0
1940
New Moon
Alexander
6.8
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Agent Melvin Pierce
4.0
1940
Heroes in Blue
Terry Murphy
4.0
1939
Drunk Driving
John Jones
5.3
1939
Irish Luck
Steve Lanahan
5.8
1939
While America Sleeps
Dave Miller
6.0
1939
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
5.6
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Dick Purcell
4.0
1939
Blackwell's Island
Terry Walsh
5.0
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
1938
Tough Kid
'Red' Murphy
6.0
1938
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
6.3
1938
Broadway Musketeers
Vince Morrell
4.3
1938
Garden of the Moon
Rick Fulton
5.8
1938
Valley of the Giants
Creel
6.0
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
Tex Boyden
6.0
1938
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
4.9
1938
Air Devils
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
3.0
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
Bill Kellogg
4.0
1938
Accidents Will Happen
Jim Faber
6.0
1938
Over the Wall
Ace Scanlon
5.0
1938
The Daredevil Drivers
Bill Foster
5.0
1938
Missing Witnesses
"Bull" Regan
5.5
1937
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
4.9
1937
Wine, Women and Horses
George Mayhew
4.0
1937
Reported Missing
Paul Wayne
0.0
1937
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
1937
Public Wedding
Joe Taylor
5.7
1937
Draegerman Courage
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
6.5
1937
Melody for Two
Mel Lynch
0.0
1937
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody
4.8
1937
Navy Blues
Rusty Gibbs
5.0
1937
King of Hockey
Gabby Dugan
5.0
1936
The Captain's Kid
George Chester
6.0
1936
Jailbreak
Ed Slayden
6.4
1936
Bengal Tiger
Nick DeLargo
4.5
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Louie
5.8
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crandal
6.8
1936
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
6.5
1936
The Law in Her Hands
Marty
5.0
1936
Times Square Playboy
Wally Calhoun
4.8
1936
Brides Are Like That
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
4.8
1936
Snowed Under
Bert (uncredited)
7.0
1936
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
6.8
1936
Man Hunt
Skip McHenry
0.0
1936
Freshman Love
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
6.0
1936
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
5.6
1936
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
6.3
1930