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