Dick Purcell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-08-06
Day of Death
1944-04-10 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Acting
(1944)
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
(1944)
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
(1944)
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
(1944)
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
(1943)
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
(1943)
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
(1943)
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
(1943)
Idaho
as Duke Springer
(1943)
High Explosive
as Dave
(1943)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
(1943)
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
(1942)
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
(1942)
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
(1942)
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
(1942)
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
(1942)
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
(1942)
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
(1941)
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
(1941)
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
(1941)
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
(1941)
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
(1941)
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
(1941)
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
(1940)
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
(1940)
New Moon
as Alexander
(1940)
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
(1940)
Arise, My Love
as Pink
(1940)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
(1940)
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
(1939)
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
(1939)
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
(1939)
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
(1939)
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
(1939)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
(1939)
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
(1939)
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
(1938)
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
(1938)
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
(1938)
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
(1938)
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
(1938)
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
(1938)
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
(1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
(1938)
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
(1938)
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
(1938)
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
(1938)
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
(1937)
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
(1937)
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
(1937)
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
(1937)
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
(1937)
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
(1937)
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
(1937)
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1937)
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
(1937)
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
(1936)
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
(1936)
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
(1936)
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
(1936)
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
(1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
(1936)
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
(1936)
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
(1936)
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1936)
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
(1930)
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)