Portrait of Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Acting

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 heart attack.

Born: August 6, 1905

Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

1944
Trocadero

as Spike Nelson

1944
Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944
Timber Queen

as Milt Holmes

1943
1943
Aerial Gunner

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

1943
Idaho

as Duke Springer

1943
No Place for a Lady

as Randy Brooks

1943
1943
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
1941
Flying Blind

as Bob Fuller

1941
The Pittsburgh Kid

as Cliff Halliday

1941
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
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
1938
Mystery House

as Lance O'Leary

1938
Air Devils

as Percy 'Slats' Harrington

1938
Flight Into Nowhere

as Bill Kellogg

1938
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) (uncredited)

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)