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 GardnerIMDb 5.3Movie - 1944
Leave It to the IrishPat BurkeIMDb 4.4Movie - 1943
IdahoDuke SpringerIMDb 6.2Movie - 1943
Reveille with BeverlyAndy AdamsIMDb 7.3Movie - 1943
No Place for a LadyRandy BrooksIMDb 6.0Movie - 1943
The Mystery of the 13th GuestJohnny SmithIMDb 5.7Movie - 1943
Aerial GunnerLancelot 'Gadget' BlaineIMDb 5.0Movie - 1942
In Old CaliforniaJoe DawsonIMDb 5.3Movie - 1942
X Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' DeckerIMDb 4.5Movie - 1942
I Live on DangerNorm ThompsonIMDb 6.1Movie - 1941
King of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthyIMDb 5.2Movie - 1941
The Pittsburgh KidCliff HallidayIMDb 7.0Movie - 1941
Bullets for O'HaraWicksIMDb 5.0Movie - 1941
No Hands on the ClockRed HarrisIMDb 5.6Movie - 1940
Arise, My LovePinkIMDb 6.5Movie - 1940
The Bank DickMackley Q. GreeneIMDb 6.6Movie - 1940
New MoonAlexanderIMDb 6.9Movie - 1940
Outside the Three-Mile LimitAgent Melvin PierceIMDb 5.7Movie - 1939
Blackwell's IslandTerry WalshIMDb 5.5Movie - 1939
Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' KeenanIMDb 5.4Movie - 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Dick PurcellIMDb 4.0Movie - 1938
Tough Kid'Red' MurphyIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
Breakdowns of 1938Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)IMDb 5.8Movie - 1938
Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeifferIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
Valley of the GiantsCreelIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Over the WallAce ScanlonIMDb 5.7Movie - 1938
Garden of the MoonRick FultonIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Mystery HouseLance O'LearyIMDb 4.8Movie - 1938
Penrod's Double TroubleTex BoydenIMDb 7.5Movie - 1937
Melody for TwoMel LynchIMDb 7.0Movie - 1937
Wine, Women and HorsesGeorge MayhewIMDb 5.2Movie - 1936
Bullets or BallotsEd DriscollIMDb 6.6Movie - 1936
Follow the FleetLead Marine on Ship (uncredited)IMDb 6.9Movie - 1936
The Law in Her HandsMartyIMDb 6.0Movie - 1936
JailbreakEd SlaydenIMDb 6.7Movie - 1936
The Case of the Velvet ClawsCrandalIMDb 6.9Movie - 1936
The Captain's KidGeorge ChesterIMDb 6.7Movie - 1936
Ceiling ZeroSmiley (as Dick Purcell)IMDb 5.9Movie - 1936
Freshman LoveRadio Announcer (uncredited)IMDb 7.0Movie - 1930
The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)IMDb 6.5Movie