Dick Purcell
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 6, 1905 (121 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 heart attack.
Known For
| 1989 | Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes | |
| 1944 | Captain AmericaCaptain America / Grant Gardner | |
| 1944 | Leave It to the IrishPat Burke | |
| 1944 | TrocaderoSpike Nelson | |
| 1944 | Timber QueenMilt Holmes | |
| 1943 | Reveille with BeverlyAndy Adams | |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th GuestJohnny Smith | |
| 1943 | No Place for a LadyRandy Brooks | |
| 1943 | Aerial GunnerLancelot 'Gadget' Blaine | |
| 1943 | IdahoDuke Springer | |
| 1943 | Fighting Men: Crack That TankTank Instructor | |
| 1943 | High ExplosiveDave | |
| 1942 | The Old HomesteadScarf Lennin | |
| 1942 | Phantom KillerEdward Clarkk | |
| 1942 | X Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' Decker | |
| 1942 | I Live on DangerNorm Thompson | |
| 1942 | Torpedo BoatRalph Andrews | |
| 1942 | In Old CaliforniaJoe Dawson | |
| 1941 | King of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthy | |
| 1941 | No Hands on the ClockRed Harris | |
| 1941 | Bullets for O'HaraWicks | |
| 1941 | The Pittsburgh KidCliff Halliday | |
| 1941 | Flying BlindBob Fuller | |
| 1941 | Two in a TaxiBill Gratton | |
| 1940 | The Bank DickMackley Q. Greene | |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile LimitAgent Melvin Pierce | |
| 1940 | New MoonAlexander | |
| 1940 | Flight CommandLieut. 'Stichy' Payne | |
| 1940 | Arise, My LovePink | |
| 1940 | Private AffairsDick Cartwright | |
| 1939 | Blackwell's IslandTerry Walsh | |
| 1939 | Irish LuckSteve Lanahan | |
| 1939 | Heroes in BlueTerry Murphy | |
| 1939 | While America SleepsDave Miller | |
| 1939 | Drunk DrivingJohn Jones | |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Dick Purcell | |
| 1939 | Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' Keenan | |
| 1938 | Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeiffer | |
| 1938 | Mystery HouseLance O'Leary | |
| 1938 | Over the WallAce Scanlon | |
| 1938 | Valley of the GiantsCreel | |
| 1938 | Penrod's Double TroubleTex Boyden | |
| 1938 | Accidents Will HappenJim Faber | |
| 1938 | Air DevilsPercy 'Slats' Harrington | |
| 1938 | The Daredevil DriversBill Foster | |
| 1938 | Garden of the MoonRick Fulton | |
| 1938 | Tough Kid'Red' Murphy | |
| 1938 | Flight Into NowhereBill Kellogg | |
| 1938 | Broadway MusketeersVince Morrell | |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Men in ExileJimmy Carmody | |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and HorsesGeorge Mayhew | |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses"Bull" Regan | |
| 1937 | Melody for TwoMel Lynch | |
| 1937 | Navy BluesRusty Gibbs | |
| 1937 | Reported MissingPaul Wayne | |
| 1937 | Public WeddingJoe Taylor | |
| 1937 | Alcatraz IslandDavid 'Harp' Santell | |
| 1937 | Talent ScoutBenefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Draegerman CourageTrapped Draegerman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Bullets or BallotsEd Driscoll | |
| 1936 | Times Square PlayboyWally Calhoun | |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet ClawsCrandal | |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like ThatDr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) | |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's WifeLouie | |
| 1936 | King of HockeyGabby Dugan | |
| 1936 | Follow the FleetLead Marine on Ship (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Law in Her HandsMarty | |
| 1936 | JailbreakEd Slayden | |
| 1936 | Man HuntSkip McHenry | |
| 1936 | Freshman LoveRadio Announcer (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Captain's KidGeorge Chester | |
| 1936 | Ceiling ZeroSmiley (as Dick Purcell) | |
| 1936 | Bengal TigerNick DeLargo | |
| 1936 | Snowed UnderBert (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |