Dick Purcell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-08-06 (39 years old)

Deathday

1944-04-10

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.

Acting

1940

The Bank Dick

as Mackley Q. Greene

1942

The Old Homestead

as Scarf Lennin

1941

King of the Zombies

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

1940

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

as Agent Melvin Pierce

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Ed Driscoll

1940

New Moon

as Alexander

1939

Blackwell's Island

as Terry Walsh

1936

Times Square Playboy

as Wally Calhoun

1938

Mystery House

as Lance O'Leary

1940

Flight Command

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1943

1944

Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

1941

1940

1938

Over the Wall

as Ace Scanlon

1942

Phantom Killer

as Edward Clarkk

1936

Brides Are Like That

as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

1937

Men in Exile

as Jimmy Carmody

1937

Wine, Women and Horses

as George Mayhew

1937

Missing Witnesses

as "Bull" Regan

1942

X Marks the Spot

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1938

1937

Melody for Two

as Mel Lynch

1938

1937

Navy Blues

as Rusty Gibbs

1936

King of Hockey

as Gabby Dugan

1944

1944

Trocadero

as Spike Nelson

1942

I Live on Danger

as Norm Thompson

1939

Irish Luck

as Steve Lanahan

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

1938

Air Devils

as Percy 'Slats' Harrington

1939

Heroes in Blue

as Terry Murphy

1944

Timber Queen

as Milt Holmes

1937

Reported Missing

as Paul Wayne

1938

The Daredevil Drivers

as Bill Foster

1941

1938

Garden of the Moon

as Rick Fulton

1937

Public Wedding

as Joe Taylor

1936

Jailbreak

as Ed Slayden

1936

Man Hunt

as Skip McHenry

1938

Tough Kid

as 'Red' Murphy

1937

Alcatraz Island

as David 'Harp' Santell

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as Cliff Halliday

1943

No Place for a Lady

as Randy Brooks

1942

Torpedo Boat

as Ralph Andrews

1943

Aerial Gunner

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

1942

In Old California

as Joe Dawson

1936

Freshman Love

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1937

Talent Scout

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Flight Into Nowhere

as Bill Kellogg

1936

The Captain's Kid

as George Chester

1941

Flying Blind

as Bob Fuller

1938

Broadway Musketeers

as Vince Morrell

1939

While America Sleeps

as Dave Miller

1939

Drunk Driving

as John Jones

1943

Idaho

as Duke Springer

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

1943

1930

The Doorway to Hell

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1940

Private Affairs

as Dick Cartwright

1936

Bengal Tiger

as Nick DeLargo

1939

Streets of New York

as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

1937

Draegerman Courage

as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

1941

Two in a Taxi

as Bill Gratton

1943

1936

Snowed Under

as Bert (uncredited)

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