Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-08-06 (39 years old)
Deathday
1944-04-10
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known As
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.
Richard Gerold Purcell
Richard G. Purcell
Richard Purcell
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.
1940
as Mackley Q. Greene
1942
as Scarf Lennin
1941
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1940
as Agent Melvin Pierce
1936
as Ed Driscoll
1940
as Alexander
1938
as Keiffer
1939
as Terry Walsh
1936
as Wally Calhoun
1938
as Lance O'Leary
1940
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1943
as Andy Adams
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1941
as Red Harris
1940
as Pink
1938
as Ace Scanlon
1942
as Edward Clarkk
1943
as Johnny Smith
1936
as Crandal
1936
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1937
as Jimmy Carmody
1937
as George Mayhew
1936
as Louie
1937
as "Bull" Regan
1942
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1938
as Creel
1938
as Tex Boyden
1937
as Mel Lynch
1938
as Jim Faber
1937
as Rusty Gibbs
1936
as Gabby Dugan
1944
as Pat Burke
1944
as Spike Nelson
1942
as Norm Thompson
1939
as Steve Lanahan
1936
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1938
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1939
as Terry Murphy
1936
as Marty
1944
as Milt Holmes
1937
as Paul Wayne
1938
as Bill Foster
1941
as Wicks
1938
as Rick Fulton
1937
as Joe Taylor
1936
as Ed Slayden
1936
as Skip McHenry
1938
as 'Red' Murphy
1937
as David 'Harp' Santell
1941
as Cliff Halliday
1943
as Randy Brooks
1942
as Ralph Andrews
1943
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1942
as Joe Dawson
1936
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Bill Kellogg
1936
as George Chester
1941
as Bob Fuller
1938
as Vince Morrell
1939
as Dave Miller
1939
as John Jones
1943
as Duke Springer
1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1936
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1943
as Tank Instructor
1930
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1940
as Dick Cartwright
1936
as Nick DeLargo
1939
as Dick Purcell
1939
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1937
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1941
as Bill Gratton
1943
as Dave
1936
as Bert (uncredited)
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