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
Reveille with BeverlyAndy AdamsIMDb 7.3Movie - 1942
In Old CaliforniaJoe DawsonIMDb 5.3Movie - 1942
Torpedo BoatRalph AndrewsIMDb 7.5Movie - 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
Bullets for O'HaraWicksIMDb 5.0Movie - 1941
No Hands on the ClockRed HarrisIMDb 5.6Movie - 1941
Flying BlindBob FullerIMDb 4.6Movie - 1940
The Bank DickMackley Q. GreeneIMDb 6.5Movie - 1940
Arise, My LovePinkIMDb 6.5Movie - 1940
Flight CommandLieut. 'Stichy' PayneIMDb 5.9Movie - 1940
Outside the Three-Mile LimitAgent Melvin PierceIMDb 5.7Movie - 1940
New MoonAlexanderIMDb 6.9Movie - 1939
Streets of New YorkT.P. 'Tap' KeenanIMDb 5.4Movie - 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Dick PurcellIMDb 4.0Movie - 1938
Valley of the GiantsCreelIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Nancy Drew… DetectiveKeifferIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
Tough Kid'Red' MurphyIMDb 6.5Movie - 1938
Garden of the MoonRick FultonIMDb 6.7Movie - 1938
Breakdowns of 1938Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)IMDb 5.8Movie - 1938
Penrod's Double TroubleTex BoydenIMDb 7.5Movie - 1938
Accidents Will HappenJim FaberIMDb 6.2Movie - 1937
Melody for TwoMel LynchIMDb 7.0Movie - 1937
Men in ExileJimmy CarmodyIMDb 5.0Movie - 1937
Wine, Women and HorsesGeorge MayhewIMDb 5.2Movie - 1936
Follow the FleetLead Marine on Ship (uncredited)IMDb 6.9Movie - 1936
Bullets or BallotsEd DriscollIMDb 6.6Movie - 1936
Snowed UnderBert (uncredited)IMDb 7.4Movie - 1936
Brides Are Like ThatDr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)IMDb 6.1Movie - 1936
The Case of the Velvet ClawsCrandalIMDb 6.9Movie - 1936
JailbreakEd SlaydenIMDb 6.7Movie - 1936
King of HockeyGabby DuganIMDb 5.4Movie - 1936
Public Enemy's WifeLouieIMDb 6.4Movie - 1930
The Doorway to HellUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)IMDb 6.5Movie