Person
Dick Purcell
Acting · 1905-08-06 · † 1944-04-10 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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 (65)
| Year | Film | As |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Trocadero | Spike Nelson |
| 1944 | Leave It to the Irish | Pat Burke |
| 1944 | Captain America | Grant Gardner |
| 1944 | Captain America | Captain America |
| 1944 | Timber Queen | Milt Holmes |
| 1943 | Idaho | Duke Springer |
| 1943 | High Explosive | Dave |
| 1943 | Aerial Gunner | Pvt. Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine |
| 1943 | No Place for a Lady | Rand Brooke |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Johnny Smith |
| 1942 | Torpedo Boat | Ralph Andrews |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer | Edward Clark |
| 1942 | The Old Homestead | Scarf Lennin |
| 1942 | In Old California | Joe Dawson |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Norm Thompson |
| 1942 | X Marks the Spot | Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker |
| 1941 | Bullets for O'Hara | Wicks |
| 1941 | Two in a Taxi | Bill Gratton |
| 1941 | The Pittsburgh Kid | Cliff Halliday |
| 1941 | No Hands on the Clock | Red Harris |
| 1941 | King of the Zombies | James McCarthy |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Bob Fuller |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Mackley Q. Greene |
| 1940 | New Moon | Alexander |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Agent Melvin Pierce |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love | Pink |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Dick Cartwright |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Terry Walsh |
| 1939 | Irish Luck | Steve Lanahan |
| 1939 | Heroes in Blue | Terry Murphy |
| 1939 | Streets of New York | T.P. 'Tap' Keenan |
| 1938 | Nancy Drew: Detective | Keiffer |
| 1938 | Accidents Will Happen | Jim Faber |
| 1938 | Air Devils | Percy 'Slats' Harrington |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers | Vincent 'Vince' Morrell |
| 1938 | The Daredevil Drivers | Bill Foster |
| 1938 | Flight Into Nowhere | Bill Kellogg |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Rick Fulton |
| 1938 | Mystery House | Lance O'Leary |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Ace Scanlon |
| 1938 | Penrod's Double Trouble | Tex Boyden |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Creel |
| 1938 | Tough Kid | 'Red' Murphy |
| 1937 | Navy Blues | Russell J. 'Rusty' Gibbs |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | 'Bull' Regan |
| 1937 | Men in Exile | Jimmy Carmody |
| 1937 | Melody for Two | Mel Lynch |
| 1937 | Slim | Tom |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | 'Harp' Santell |
| 1937 | Reported Missing! | Paul Wayne |
| 1937 | Public Wedding | Joe Taylor |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses | George Mayhew |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Ed Driscoll |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That | Dr. Randolph Jenkins |
| 1936 | Bengal Tiger | Nick DeLargo |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Smiley |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid | George Chester |
| 1936 | Times Square Playboy | Wally Calhoun |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Louie |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Skip McHenry |
| 1936 | The Law in Her Hands | Marty |
| 1936 | King of Hockey | Gabby Dugan |
| 1936 | Jailbreak | Ed Slayden |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Crandal |