Dick Purcell
Acting • Born 1905-08-06 – Died 1944-04-10
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.
Filmography
76 credits
The Bank Dick
Movie • 1940
Mackley Q. Greene
The Old Homestead
Movie • 1942
Scarf Lennin
King of the Zombies
Movie • 1941
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Movie • 1940
Agent Melvin Pierce
Bullets or Ballots
Movie • 1936
Ed Driscoll
New Moon
Movie • 1940
Alexander
Nancy Drew… Detective
Movie • 1938
Keiffer
Blackwell's Island
Movie • 1939
Terry Walsh
Times Square Playboy
Movie • 1936
Wally Calhoun
Mystery House
Movie • 1938
Lance O'Leary
Flight Command
Movie • 1940
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Reveille with Beverly
Movie • 1943
Andy Adams
Captain America
Movie • 1944
Captain America / Grant Gardner
No Hands on the Clock
Movie • 1941
Red Harris
Arise, My Love
Movie • 1940
Pink
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Ace Scanlon
Phantom Killer
Movie • 1942
Edward Clarkk
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie • 1943
Johnny Smith
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Movie • 1936
Crandal
Brides Are Like That
Movie • 1936
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Men in Exile
Movie • 1937
Jimmy Carmody
Wine, Women and Horses
Movie • 1937
George Mayhew
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie • 1936
Louie
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
"Bull" Regan
X Marks the Spot
Movie • 1942
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Valley of the Giants
Movie • 1938
Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
Movie • 1938
Tex Boyden
Melody for Two
Movie • 1937
Mel Lynch
Accidents Will Happen
Movie • 1938
Jim Faber
Navy Blues
Movie • 1937
Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey
Movie • 1936
Gabby Dugan
Leave It to the Irish
Movie • 1944
Pat Burke
Trocadero
Movie • 1944
Spike Nelson
I Live on Danger
Movie • 1942
Norm Thompson
Irish Luck
Movie • 1939
Steve Lanahan
Follow the Fleet
Movie • 1936
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Air Devils
Movie • 1938
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Heroes in Blue
Movie • 1939
Terry Murphy
The Law in Her Hands
Movie • 1936
Marty
Timber Queen
Movie • 1944
Milt Holmes
Reported Missing
Movie • 1937
Paul Wayne
The Daredevil Drivers
Movie • 1938
Bill Foster
Bullets for O'Hara
Movie • 1941
Wicks
Garden of the Moon
Movie • 1938
Rick Fulton
Public Wedding
Movie • 1937
Joe Taylor
Jailbreak
Movie • 1936
Ed Slayden
Man Hunt
Movie • 1936
Skip McHenry
Tough Kid
Movie • 1938
'Red' Murphy
Alcatraz Island
Movie • 1937
David 'Harp' Santell
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie • 1941
Cliff Halliday
No Place for a Lady
Movie • 1943
Randy Brooks
Torpedo Boat
Movie • 1942
Ralph Andrews
Aerial Gunner
Movie • 1943
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
In Old California
Movie • 1942
Joe Dawson
Freshman Love
Movie • 1936
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flight Into Nowhere
Movie • 1938
Bill Kellogg
The Captain's Kid
Movie • 1936
George Chester
Flying Blind
Movie • 1941
Bob Fuller
Broadway Musketeers
Movie • 1938
Vince Morrell
While America Sleeps
Movie • 1939
Dave Miller
Drunk Driving
Movie • 1939
John Jones
Idaho
Movie • 1943
Duke Springer
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero
Movie • 1936
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Movie • 1943
Tank Instructor
The Doorway to Hell
Movie • 1930
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Private Affairs
Movie • 1940
Dick Cartwright
Bengal Tiger
Movie • 1936
Nick DeLargo
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Movie • 1939
Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
Movie • 1939
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Draegerman Courage
Movie • 1937
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Two in a Taxi
Movie • 1941
Bill Gratton
High Explosive
Movie • 1943
Dave
Snowed Under
Movie • 1936
Bert (uncredited)
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie • 1989