Dick Purcell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 6, 1905
- Died
- April 10, 1944 (aged 38)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie
Captain America
Movie · as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Leave It to the Irish
Movie · as Pat Burke
Trocadero
Movie · as Spike Nelson
Timber Queen
Movie · as Milt Holmes
Reveille with Beverly
Movie · as Andy Adams
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie · as Johnny Smith
No Place for a Lady
Movie · as Randy Brooks
Aerial Gunner
Movie · as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
Movie · as Duke Springer
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Movie · as Tank Instructor
High Explosive
Movie · as Dave
The Old Homestead
Movie · as Scarf Lennin
Phantom Killer
Movie · as Edward Clarkk
X Marks the Spot
Movie · as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
I Live on Danger
Movie · as Norm Thompson
Torpedo Boat
Movie · as Ralph Andrews
In Old California
Movie · as Joe Dawson
King of the Zombies
Movie · as James 'Mac' McCarthy
No Hands on the Clock
Movie · as Red Harris
Bullets for O'Hara
Movie · as Wicks
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie · as Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind
Movie · as Bob Fuller
Two in a Taxi
Movie · as Bill Gratton
The Bank Dick
Movie · as Mackley Q. Greene
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Movie · as Agent Melvin Pierce
New Moon
Movie · as Alexander
Flight Command
Movie · as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Arise, My Love
Movie · as Pink
Private Affairs
Movie · as Dick Cartwright
Blackwell's Island
Movie · as Terry Walsh
Irish Luck
Movie · as Steve Lanahan
Heroes in Blue
Movie · as Terry Murphy
While America Sleeps
Movie · as Dave Miller
Drunk Driving
Movie · as John Jones
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Movie · as Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
Movie · as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Nancy Drew… Detective
Movie · as Keiffer
Mystery House
Movie · as Lance O'Leary
Over the Wall
Movie · as Ace Scanlon
Valley of the Giants
Movie · as Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
Movie · as Tex Boyden
Accidents Will Happen
Movie · as Jim Faber
Air Devils
Movie · as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
The Daredevil Drivers
Movie · as Bill Foster
Garden of the Moon
Movie · as Rick Fulton
Tough Kid
Movie · as 'Red' Murphy
Flight Into Nowhere
Movie · as Bill Kellogg
Broadway Musketeers
Movie · as Vince Morrell
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Men in Exile
Movie · as Jimmy Carmody
Wine, Women and Horses
Movie · as George Mayhew
Missing Witnesses
Movie · as "Bull" Regan
Melody for Two
Movie · as Mel Lynch
Navy Blues
Movie · as Rusty Gibbs
Reported Missing
Movie · as Paul Wayne
Public Wedding
Movie · as Joe Taylor
Alcatraz Island
Movie · as David 'Harp' Santell
Talent Scout
Movie · as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
Movie · as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Movie · as Ed Driscoll
Times Square Playboy
Movie · as Wally Calhoun
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Movie · as Crandal
Brides Are Like That
Movie · as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie · as Louie
King of Hockey
Movie · as Gabby Dugan
Follow the Fleet
Movie · as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
Movie · as Marty
Jailbreak
Movie · as Ed Slayden
Man Hunt
Movie · as Skip McHenry
Freshman Love
Movie · as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
Movie · as George Chester
Ceiling Zero
Movie · as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Bengal Tiger
Movie · as Nick DeLargo
Snowed Under
Movie · as Bert (uncredited)
The Doorway to Hell
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)