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