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- 1989
Batman and Robin and Other Super HeroesIMDb 8.0Movie - 1944
Leave It to the IrishPat BurkeIMDb 4.4Movie - 1944
Captain AmericaCaptain America / Grant GardnerIMDb 5.3Movie - 1944
Timber QueenMilt HolmesIMDb 6.0Movie - 1943
Aerial GunnerLancelot 'Gadget' BlaineIMDb 5.0Movie - 1943
The Mystery of the 13th GuestJohnny SmithIMDb 5.7Movie - 1943
No Place for a LadyRandy BrooksIMDb 6.0Movie - 1943
Reveille with BeverlyAndy AdamsIMDb 7.3Movie - 1942
In Old CaliforniaJoe DawsonIMDb 5.3Movie - 1942
I Live on DangerNorm ThompsonIMDb 6.1Movie - 1942
X Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' DeckerIMDb 4.5Movie - 1941
King of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthyIMDb 5.2Movie - 1941
Two in a TaxiBill GrattonIMDb 8.0Movie - 1941
No Hands on the ClockRed HarrisIMDb 5.6Movie - 1941
Bullets for O'HaraWicksIMDb 5.0Movie - 1940
Arise, My LovePinkIMDb 6.5Movie - 1940
The Bank DickMackley Q. GreeneIMDb 6.5Movie - 1940
Flight CommandLieut. 'Stichy' PayneIMDb 5.9Movie - 1939
Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' KeenanIMDb 5.4Movie - 1939
Irish LuckSteve LanahanIMDb 6.4Movie - 1939
Blackwell's IslandTerry WalshIMDb 5.5Movie - 1938
Tough Kid'Red' MurphyIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
Valley of the GiantsCreelIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeifferIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
The Daredevil DriversBill FosterIMDb 6.0Movie - 1938
Garden of the MoonRick FultonIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Accidents Will HappenJim FaberIMDb 6.2Movie - 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 Case of the Velvet ClawsCrandalIMDb 6.9Movie - 1936
Public Enemy's WifeLouieIMDb 6.4Movie - 1936
Brides Are Like ThatDr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)IMDb 6.1Movie - 1936
Snowed UnderBert (uncredited)IMDb 7.4Movie - 1936
The Law in Her HandsMartyIMDb 6.0Movie - 1936
Freshman LoveRadio Announcer (uncredited)IMDb 7.0Movie - 1936
Times Square PlayboyWally CalhounIMDb 4.8Movie - 1936
JailbreakEd SlaydenIMDb 6.7Movie - 1936
The Captain's KidGeorge ChesterIMDb 6.7Movie - 1930
The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)IMDb 6.5Movie