Dick Purcell

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

06 August 1905, 120 years old

Known For

The Bank Dick

Follow the Fleet

King of the Zombies

Bullets or Ballots

In Old California

Captain America

The Doorway to Hell

Arise, My Love

Nancy Drew… Detective

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Leave It to the Irish

Pat Burke

1944

Trocadero

Spike Nelson

1944

Captain America

Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944

Timber Queen

Milt Holmes

1944

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Johnny Smith

1943

High Explosive

Dave

1943

Aerial Gunner

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

1943

Idaho

Duke Springer

1943

No Place for a Lady

Randy Brooks

1943

Reveille with Beverly

Andy Adams

1943

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Tank Instructor

1943

X Marks the Spot

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942

Phantom Killer

Edward Clarkk

1942

The Old Homestead

Scarf Lennin

1942

I Live on Danger

Norm Thompson

1942

In Old California

Joe Dawson

1942

Torpedo Boat

Ralph Andrews

1942

No Hands on the Clock

Red Harris

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

Cliff Halliday

1941

Flying Blind

Bob Fuller

1941

Bullets for O'Hara

Wicks

1941

Two in a Taxi

Bill Gratton

1941

King of the Zombies

James 'Mac' McCarthy

1941

Flight Command

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1940

The Bank Dick

Mackley Q. Greene

1940

Arise, My Love

Pink

1940

Private Affairs

Dick Cartwright

1940

New Moon

Alexander

1940

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Agent Melvin Pierce

1940

Heroes in Blue

Terry Murphy

1939

Drunk Driving

John Jones

1939

Irish Luck

Steve Lanahan

1939

While America Sleeps

Dave Miller

1939

Streets of New York

T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

1939

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Dick Purcell

1939

Blackwell's Island

Terry Walsh

1939

Breakdowns of 1938

Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Tough Kid

'Red' Murphy

1938

Nancy Drew… Detective

Keiffer

1938

Broadway Musketeers

Vince Morrell

1938

Garden of the Moon

Rick Fulton

1938

Valley of the Giants

Creel

1938

Penrod's Double Trouble

Tex Boyden

1938

Mystery House

Lance O'Leary

1938

Air Devils

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

1938

Flight Into Nowhere

Bill Kellogg

1938

Accidents Will Happen

Jim Faber

1938

Over the Wall

Ace Scanlon

1938

The Daredevil Drivers

Bill Foster

1938

Missing Witnesses

"Bull" Regan

1937

Alcatraz Island

David 'Harp' Santell

1937

Wine, Women and Horses

George Mayhew

1937

Reported Missing

Paul Wayne

1937

Talent Scout

Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

Public Wedding

Joe Taylor

1937

Draegerman Courage

Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

1937

Melody for Two

Mel Lynch

1937

Men in Exile

Jimmy Carmody

1937

Navy Blues

Rusty Gibbs

1937

King of Hockey

Gabby Dugan

1936

The Captain's Kid

George Chester

1936

Jailbreak

Ed Slayden

1936

Bengal Tiger

Nick DeLargo

1936

Public Enemy's Wife

Louie

1936

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Crandal

1936

Bullets or Ballots

Ed Driscoll

1936

The Law in Her Hands

Marty

1936

Times Square Playboy

Wally Calhoun

1936

Brides Are Like That

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

1936

Snowed Under

Bert (uncredited)

1936

Follow the Fleet

Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

1936

Man Hunt

Skip McHenry

1936

Freshman Love

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1936

Ceiling Zero

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

1936

The Doorway to Hell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1930