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