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