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