Acting · 1905
Dick Purcell
Born Aug 6, 1905·Greenwich, Connecticut, USA·Died Apr 10, 1944 (38)
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
40 titles- 1944
Captain AmericaCaptain America / Grant Gardner5.3Movie - 1944
Leave It to the IrishPat Burke4.4Movie - 1943
Aerial GunnerLancelot 'Gadget' Blaine5.0Movie - 1943
Reveille with BeverlyAndy Adams7.5Movie - 1943
IdahoDuke Springer6.2Movie - 1942
In Old CaliforniaJoe Dawson5.3Movie - 1942
X Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' Decker4.5Movie - 1942
I Live on DangerNorm Thompson6.1Movie - 1941
King of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthy5.2Movie - 1941
The Pittsburgh KidCliff Halliday7.0Movie - 1940
The Bank DickMackley Q. Greene6.5Movie - 1940
New MoonAlexander6.9Movie - 1940
Outside the Three-Mile LimitAgent Melvin Pierce5.7Movie - 1940
Arise, My LovePink6.3Movie - 1940
Flight CommandLieut. 'Stichy' Payne5.9Movie - 1939
Blackwell's IslandTerry Walsh5.5Movie - 1939
Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' Keenan5.4Movie - 1938
Tough Kid'Red' Murphy6.5Movie - 1938
Valley of the GiantsCreel6.7Movie - 1938
Over the WallAce Scanlon5.7Movie - 1938
The Daredevil DriversBill Foster6.0Movie - 1938
Breakdowns of 1938Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)5.8Movie - 1938
Mystery HouseLance O'Leary4.8Movie - 1938
Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeiffer6.5Movie - 1938
Penrod's Double TroubleTex Boyden7.5Movie - 1937
Public WeddingJoe Taylor6.0Movie - 1937
Men in ExileJimmy Carmody5.0Movie - 1937
Alcatraz IslandDavid 'Harp' Santell5.1Movie - 1937
Wine, Women and HorsesGeorge Mayhew5.2Movie - 1936
Follow the FleetLead Marine on Ship (uncredited)6.9Movie - 1936
Bullets or BallotsEd Driscoll6.6Movie - 1936
Ceiling ZeroSmiley (as Dick Purcell)5.9Movie - 1936
King of HockeyGabby Dugan5.4Movie - 1936
JailbreakEd Slayden6.7Movie - 1936
Man HuntSkip McHenry10.0Movie - 1936
Snowed UnderBert (uncredited)7.4Movie - 1936
Bengal TigerNick DeLargo4.8Movie - 1936
Brides Are Like ThatDr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)6.1Movie - 1936
The Captain's KidGeorge Chester6.7Movie - 1930
The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)6.5Movie