Acting
Dick Purcell
EN cinema · 76 credits
Born
6 August 1905
Died
10 April 1944 (aged 38)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
as Duke Springer
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
High Explosive
as Dave
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
New Moon
as Alexander
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Arise, My Love
as Pink
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)