Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

06/08/1905

Day of Death

10/04/1944
(39) years old

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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 hear... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1944

Leave It to the Irish

as Pat Burke

1944

Trocadero

as Spike Nelson

1944

Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944

Timber Queen

as Milt Holmes

1943

High Explosive

as Dave

1943

Aerial Gunner

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

1943

Idaho

as Duke Springer

1943

No Place for a Lady

as Randy Brooks

1943

Reveille with Beverly

as Andy Adams

1943

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

as Tank Instructor

1942

X Marks the Spot

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942

Phantom Killer

as Edward Clarkk

1942

The Old Homestead

as Scarf Lennin

1942

I Live on Danger

as Norm Thompson

1942

In Old California

as Joe Dawson

1942

Torpedo Boat

as Ralph Andrews

1941

No Hands on the Clock

as Red Harris

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as Cliff Halliday

1941

Flying Blind

as Bob Fuller

1941

Bullets for O'Hara

as Wicks

1941

Two in a Taxi

as Bill Gratton

1941

King of the Zombies

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

1940

Flight Command

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1940

The Bank Dick

as Mackley Q. Greene

1940

Arise, My Love

as Pink

1940

Private Affairs

as Dick Cartwright

1940

New Moon

as Alexander

1940

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

as Agent Melvin Pierce

1939

Heroes in Blue

as Terry Murphy

1939

Drunk Driving

as John Jones

1939

Irish Luck

as Steve Lanahan

1939

While America Sleeps

as Dave Miller

1939

Streets of New York

as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

1939

Blackwell's Island

as Terry Walsh

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited...

1938

Tough Kid

as 'Red' Murphy

1938

Broadway Musketeers

as Vince Morrell

1938

Garden of the Moon

as Rick Fulton

1938

Penrod's Double Trouble

as Tex Boyden

1938

Mystery House

as Lance O'Leary

1938

Air Devils

as Percy 'Slats' Harrington

1938

Flight Into Nowhere

as Bill Kellogg

1938

Accidents Will Happen

as Jim Faber

1938

Over the Wall

as Ace Scanlon

1938

The Daredevil Drivers

as Bill Foster

1937

Missing Witnesses

as "Bull" Regan

1937

Alcatraz Island

as David 'Harp' Santell

1937

Wine, Women and Horses

as George Mayhew

1937

Reported Missing

as Paul Wayne

1937

Talent Scout

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (un...

1937

Public Wedding

as Joe Taylor

1937

Draegerman Courage

as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

1937

Melody for Two

as Mel Lynch

1937

Men in Exile

as Jimmy Carmody

1937

Navy Blues

as Rusty Gibbs

1936

King of Hockey

as Gabby Dugan

1936

The Captain's Kid

as George Chester

1936

Jailbreak

as Ed Slayden

1936

Bengal Tiger

as Nick DeLargo

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Ed Driscoll

1936

Times Square Playboy

as Wally Calhoun

1936

Brides Are Like That

as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell...

1936

Snowed Under

as Bert (uncredited)

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

1936

Man Hunt

as Skip McHenry

1936

Freshman Love

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

1930

The Doorway to Hell

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)