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