Dick Purcell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 6, 1905
- Died
- Apr 10, 1944 (aged 38)
- Place of birth
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Credits
- 76
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
The Bank Dick
1940Movie
Mackley Q. Greene
Follow the Fleet
1936Movie
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
King of the Zombies
1941Movie
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Bullets or Ballots
1936Movie
Ed Driscoll
In Old California
1942Movie
Joe Dawson
Captain America
1944Movie
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Filmography
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989Movie
Leave It to the Irish
1944Movie
Pat Burke
Trocadero
1944Movie
Spike Nelson
Captain America
1944Movie
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen
1944Movie
Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943Movie
Johnny Smith
High Explosive
1943Movie
Dave
Aerial Gunner
1943Movie
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
1943Movie
Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady
1943Movie
Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly
1943Movie
Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943Movie
Tank Instructor
X Marks the Spot
1942Movie
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer
1942Movie
Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead
1942Movie
Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger
1942Movie
Norm Thompson
In Old California
1942Movie
Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat
1942Movie
Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock
1941Movie
Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941Movie
Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind
1941Movie
Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara
1941Movie
Wicks
Two in a Taxi
1941Movie
Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies
1941Movie
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command
1940Movie
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick
1940Movie
Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love
1940Movie
Pink
Private Affairs
1940Movie
Dick Cartwright
New Moon
1940Movie
Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940Movie
Agent Melvin Pierce
Heroes in Blue
1939Movie
Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving
1939Movie
John Jones
Irish Luck
1939Movie
Steve Lanahan
While America Sleeps
1939Movie
Dave Miller
Streets of New York
1939Movie
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939Movie
Dick Purcell
Blackwell's Island
1939Movie
Terry Walsh
Breakdowns of 1938
1938Movie
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Kid
1938Movie
'Red' Murphy
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938Movie
Keiffer
Broadway Musketeers
1938Movie
Vince Morrell
Garden of the Moon
1938Movie
Rick Fulton
Valley of the Giants
1938Movie
Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938Movie
Tex Boyden
Mystery House
1938Movie
Lance O'Leary
Air Devils
1938Movie
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Flight Into Nowhere
1938Movie
Bill Kellogg
Accidents Will Happen
1938Movie
Jim Faber
Over the Wall
1938Movie
Ace Scanlon
The Daredevil Drivers
1938Movie
Bill Foster
Missing Witnesses
1937Movie
"Bull" Regan
Alcatraz Island
1937Movie
David 'Harp' Santell
Wine, Women and Horses
1937Movie
George Mayhew
Reported Missing
1937Movie
Paul Wayne
Talent Scout
1937Movie
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Public Wedding
1937Movie
Joe Taylor
Draegerman Courage
1937Movie
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two
1937Movie
Mel Lynch
Men in Exile
1937Movie
Jimmy Carmody
Navy Blues
1937Movie
Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey
1936Movie
Gabby Dugan
The Captain's Kid
1936Movie
George Chester
Jailbreak
1936Movie
Ed Slayden
Bengal Tiger
1936Movie
Nick DeLargo
Public Enemy's Wife
1936Movie
Louie
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936Movie
Crandal
Bullets or Ballots
1936Movie
Ed Driscoll
The Law in Her Hands
1936Movie
Marty
Times Square Playboy
1936Movie
Wally Calhoun
Brides Are Like That
1936Movie
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Snowed Under
1936Movie
Bert (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
1936Movie
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Man Hunt
1936Movie
Skip McHenry
Freshman Love
1936Movie
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero
1936Movie
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
The Doorway to Hell
1930Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)