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
No Place for a LadyRandy Brooks6.0Movie - 1943
The Mystery of the 13th GuestJohnny Smith5.7Movie - 1943
High ExplosiveDave6.2Movie - 1942
In Old CaliforniaJoe Dawson5.3Movie - 1942
I Live on DangerNorm Thompson6.1Movie - 1942
X Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' Decker4.5Movie - 1942
Phantom KillerEdward Clarkk5.2Movie - 1941
No Hands on the ClockRed Harris5.6Movie - 1941
King of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthy5.2Movie - 1941
Bullets for O'HaraWicks5.0Movie - 1940
The Bank DickMackley Q. Greene6.5Movie - 1940
Arise, My LovePink6.3Movie - 1940
New MoonAlexander6.9Movie - 1940
Outside the Three-Mile LimitAgent Melvin Pierce5.7Movie - 1940
Flight CommandLieut. 'Stichy' Payne5.9Movie - 1939
Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' Keenan5.4Movie - 1939
Blackwell's IslandTerry Walsh5.5Movie - 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Dick Purcell4.0Movie - 1938
Valley of the GiantsCreel6.7Movie - 1938
Garden of the MoonRick Fulton6.8Movie - 1938
Tough Kid'Red' Murphy6.5Movie - 1938
Penrod's Double TroubleTex Boyden7.5Movie - 1938
Breakdowns of 1938Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)5.8Movie - 1938
Over the WallAce Scanlon5.7Movie - 1938
Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeiffer6.5Movie - 1937
Wine, Women and HorsesGeorge Mayhew5.2Movie - 1936
Bullets or BallotsEd Driscoll6.6Movie - 1936
Follow the FleetLead Marine on Ship (uncredited)6.9Movie - 1936
Brides Are Like ThatDr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)6.1Movie - 1936
The Law in Her HandsMarty6.0Movie - 1936
Ceiling ZeroSmiley (as Dick Purcell)5.9Movie - 1936
Public Enemy's WifeLouie6.4Movie - 1936
The Captain's KidGeorge Chester6.7Movie - 1936
The Case of the Velvet ClawsCrandal7.2Movie - 1936
JailbreakEd Slayden6.7Movie - 1936
Freshman LoveRadio Announcer (uncredited)7.0Movie - 1936
King of HockeyGabby Dugan5.4Movie - 1930
The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)6.5Movie