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