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