Dick Purcell

Known for: Acting

Born: 1905-08-06 – 1944-04-10 (aged 38)

From: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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 (76)

MOVIE★ 8.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
MOVIE★ 4.4
Leave It to the Irish
1944
as Pat Burke
MOVIE★ 5.1
Trocadero
1944
as Spike Nelson
MOVIE★ 5.4
Captain America
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
MOVIE★ 6.0
Timber Queen
1944
as Milt Holmes
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as Johnny Smith
MOVIE★ 6.3
High Explosive
1943
as Dave
MOVIE★ 5.0
Aerial Gunner
1943
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
MOVIE★ 6.3
Idaho
1943
as Duke Springer
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Place for a Lady
1943
as Randy Brooks
MOVIE★ 7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Andy Adams
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943
as Tank Instructor
MOVIE★ 4.5
X Marks the Spot
1942
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
MOVIE★ 5.3
Phantom Killer
1942
as Edward Clarkk
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Old Homestead
1942
as Scarf Lennin
MOVIE★ 6.1
I Live on Danger
1942
as Norm Thompson
MOVIE★ 5.3
In Old California
1942
as Joe Dawson
MOVIE★ 7.5
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Ralph Andrews
MOVIE★ 5.6
No Hands on the Clock
1941
as Red Harris
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
as Cliff Halliday
MOVIE★ 4.6
Flying Blind
1941
as Bob Fuller
MOVIE★ 5.0
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
as Wicks
MOVIE★ 8.0
Two in a Taxi
1941
as Bill Gratton
MOVIE★ 5.2
King of the Zombies
1941
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
MOVIE★ 5.9
Flight Command
1940
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
as Mackley Q. Greene
MOVIE★ 6.3
Arise, My Love
1940
as Pink
MOVIE★ 7.0
Private Affairs
1940
as Dick Cartwright
MOVIE★ 6.9
New Moon
1940
as Alexander
MOVIE★ 5.7
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
as Agent Melvin Pierce
MOVIE★ 4.9
Heroes in Blue
1939
as Terry Murphy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Drunk Driving
1939
as John Jones
MOVIE★ 6.4
Irish Luck
1939
as Steve Lanahan
MOVIE★ 6.7
While America Sleeps
1939
as Dave Miller
MOVIE★ 5.4
Streets of New York
1939
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
MOVIE★ 4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Dick Purcell
MOVIE★ 5.5
Blackwell's Island
1939
as Terry Walsh
MOVIE★ 5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tough Kid
1938
as 'Red' Murphy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
as Keiffer
MOVIE★ 4.4
Broadway Musketeers
1938
as Vince Morrell
MOVIE★ 6.8
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Rick Fulton
MOVIE★ 6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Creel
MOVIE★ 7.5
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
as Tex Boyden
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mystery House
1938
as Lance O'Leary
MOVIE★ 4.3
Air Devils
1938
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
MOVIE★ 5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
as Bill Kellogg
MOVIE★ 6.3
Accidents Will Happen
1938
as Jim Faber
MOVIE★ 5.7
Over the Wall
1938
as Ace Scanlon
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
as Bill Foster
MOVIE★ 7.0
Missing Witnesses
1937
as "Bull" Regan
MOVIE★ 5.1
Alcatraz Island
1937
as David 'Harp' Santell
MOVIE★ 5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
as George Mayhew
MOVIE★ 10.0
Reported Missing
1937
as Paul Wayne
MOVIE★ 6.7
Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Public Wedding
1937
as Joe Taylor
MOVIE★ 7.3
Draegerman Courage
1937
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Melody for Two
1937
as Mel Lynch
MOVIE★ 5.0
Men in Exile
1937
as Jimmy Carmody
MOVIE★ 6.0
Navy Blues
1937
as Rusty Gibbs
MOVIE★ 5.4
King of Hockey
1936
as Gabby Dugan
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Captain's Kid
1936
as George Chester
MOVIE★ 6.7
Jailbreak
1936
as Ed Slayden
MOVIE★ 4.8
Bengal Tiger
1936
as Nick DeLargo
MOVIE★ 6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Louie
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Crandal
MOVIE★ 6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Ed Driscoll
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Law in Her Hands
1936
as Marty
MOVIE★ 4.8
Times Square Playboy
1936
as Wally Calhoun
MOVIE★ 6.1
Brides Are Like That
1936
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Snowed Under
1936
as Bert (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Man Hunt
1936
as Skip McHenry
MOVIE★ 7.0
Freshman Love
1936
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Doorway to Hell
1930
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)