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