Acting

Dick Purcell

Born 1905-08-06 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died 1944-04-10

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.

Credits

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Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
1944
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
1944
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
1943
High Explosive
as Dave
1943
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943
Idaho
as Duke Springer
1943
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
1943
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
1943
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
1942
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
1942
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
1942
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
1942
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
1942
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
1941
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
1941
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
1941
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
1940
Arise, My Love
as Pink
1940
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
1940
New Moon
as Alexander
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
1940
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
1939
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
1939
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
1939
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
1939
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
1939
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
1938
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
1938
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
1938
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
1938
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
1938
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
1938
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
1938
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
1938
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
1938
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
1938
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
1937
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
1937
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
1937
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
1937
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
1937
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
1937
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
1937
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
1937
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
1936
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
1936
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
1936
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
1936
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
1936
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
1936
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
1936
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
1936
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
1936
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930