Dick Purcell

Acting

Dick Purcell

Born 6 August 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · Died 10 April 1944 at 38

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

Highlights

The Bank Dick1940 · Film · Mackley Q. Greene
Follow the Fleet1936 · Film · Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots1936 · Film · Ed Driscoll
Arise, My Love1940 · Film · Pink
The Doorway to Hell1930 · Film · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
King of the Zombies1941 · Film · James 'Mac' McCarthy

Filmography

Movies

74 films

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes1989 · Film
Leave It to the Irish1944 · Film · Pat Burke
Trocadero1944 · Film · Spike Nelson
Captain America1944 · Film · Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen1944 · Film · Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943 · Film · Johnny Smith
High Explosive1943 · Film · Dave
Aerial Gunner1943 · Film · Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho1943 · Film · Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady1943 · Film · Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly1943 · Film · Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank1943 · Film · Tank Instructor
X Marks the Spot1942 · Film · Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer1942 · Film · Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead1942 · Film · Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger1942 · Film · Norm Thompson
In Old California1942 · Film · Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat1942 · Film · Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock1941 · Film · Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid1941 · Film · Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind1941 · Film · Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara1941 · Film · Wicks
Two in a Taxi1941 · Film · Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies1941 · Film · James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command1940 · Film · Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick1940 · Film · Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love1940 · Film · Pink
Private Affairs1940 · Film · Dick Cartwright
New Moon1940 · Film · Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit1940 · Film · Agent Melvin Pierce
Heroes in Blue1939 · Film · Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving1939 · Film · John Jones
Irish Luck1939 · Film · Steve Lanahan
While America Sleeps1939 · Film · Dave Miller
Streets of New York1939 · Film · T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 81939 · Film · Dick Purcell
Blackwell's Island1939 · Film · Terry Walsh
Tough Kid1938 · Film · 'Red' Murphy
Nancy Drew… Detective1938 · Film · Keiffer
Broadway Musketeers1938 · Film · Vince Morrell
Garden of the Moon1938 · Film · Rick Fulton
Valley of the Giants1938 · Film · Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble1938 · Film · Tex Boyden
Mystery House1938 · Film · Lance O'Leary
Air Devils1938 · Film · Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Flight Into Nowhere1938 · Film · Bill Kellogg
Accidents Will Happen1938 · Film · Jim Faber
Over the Wall1938 · Film · Ace Scanlon
The Daredevil Drivers1938 · Film · Bill Foster
Missing Witnesses1937 · Film · "Bull" Regan
Alcatraz Island1937 · Film · David 'Harp' Santell
Wine, Women and Horses1937 · Film · George Mayhew
Reported Missing1937 · Film · Paul Wayne
Public Wedding1937 · Film · Joe Taylor
Draegerman Courage1937 · Film · Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two1937 · Film · Mel Lynch
Men in Exile1937 · Film · Jimmy Carmody
Navy Blues1937 · Film · Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey1936 · Film · Gabby Dugan
The Captain's Kid1936 · Film · George Chester
Jailbreak1936 · Film · Ed Slayden
Bengal Tiger1936 · Film · Nick DeLargo
Public Enemy's Wife1936 · Film · Louie
The Case of the Velvet Claws1936 · Film · Crandal
Bullets or Ballots1936 · Film · Ed Driscoll
The Law in Her Hands1936 · Film · Marty
Times Square Playboy1936 · Film · Wally Calhoun
Brides Are Like That1936 · Film · Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Snowed Under1936 · Film · Bert (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet1936 · Film · Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Man Hunt1936 · Film · Skip McHenry
Freshman Love1936 · Film · Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero1936 · Film · Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
The Doorway to Hell1930 · Film · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)