Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Acting • Born 1905-08-06 • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

Filmography

Arise, My Love 6.3
Arise, My Love
1940 • Pink
Bullets or Ballots 6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936 • Ed Driscoll
Nancy Drew… Detective 6.3
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 • Keiffer
King of the Zombies 5.1
King of the Zombies
1941 • James 'Mac' McCarthy
The Bank Dick 6.5
The Bank Dick
1940 • Mackley Q. Greene
Leave It to the Irish 3.1
Leave It to the Irish
1944 • Pat Burke
Valley of the Giants 6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938 • Creel
Jailbreak 6.4
Jailbreak
1936 • Ed Slayden
Captain America 5.3
Captain America
1944 • Captain America / Grant Gardner
Tough Kid 6.0
Tough Kid
1938 • 'Red' Murphy
Reveille with Beverly 7.0
Reveille with Beverly
1943 • Andy Adams
Talent Scout 6.0
Talent Scout
1937 • Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Old California 5.1
In Old California
1942 • Joe Dawson
Ceiling Zero 5.8
Ceiling Zero
1936 • Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Breakdowns of 1938 4.7
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island 4.9
Alcatraz Island
1937 • David 'Harp' Santell
Timber Queen 5.7
Timber Queen
1944 • Milt Holmes
Flight Command 5.6
Flight Command
1940 • Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Over the Wall 5.0
Over the Wall
1938 • Ace Scanlon
New Moon 6.5
New Moon
1940 • Alexander
The Case of the Velvet Claws 6.8
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 • Crandal
Follow the Fleet 6.8
Follow the Fleet
1936 • Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Irish Luck 5.8
Irish Luck
1939 • Steve Lanahan
The Doorway to Hell 6.3
The Doorway to Hell
1930 • Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers 3.5
Broadway Musketeers
1938 • Vince Morrell
Blackwell's Island 5.0
Blackwell's Island
1939 • Terry Walsh
Bengal Tiger 4.2
Bengal Tiger
1936 • Nick DeLargo
I Live on Danger 5.7
I Live on Danger
1942 • Norm Thompson
Two in a Taxi
Two in a Taxi
1941 • Bill Gratton
Private Affairs
Private Affairs
1940 • Dick Cartwright
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