Dick Purcell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 August 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Died
- 10 April 1944
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.
Known for
Acting 76
- 1989Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
- 1944Leave It to the Irish as Pat Burke
- 1944Trocadero as Spike Nelson
- 1944Captain America as Captain America / Grant Gardner
- 1944Timber Queen as Milt Holmes
- 1943The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Johnny Smith
- 1943High Explosive as Dave
- 1943Aerial Gunner as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
- 1943Idaho as Duke Springer
- 1943No Place for a Lady as Randy Brooks
- 1943Reveille with Beverly as Andy Adams
- 1943Fighting Men: Crack That Tank as Tank Instructor
- 1942X Marks the Spot as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
- 1942Phantom Killer as Edward Clarkk
- 1942The Old Homestead as Scarf Lennin
- 1942I Live on Danger as Norm Thompson
- 1942In Old California as Joe Dawson
- 1942Torpedo Boat as Ralph Andrews
- 1941No Hands on the Clock as Red Harris
- 1941Flying Blind as Bob Fuller
- 1941The Pittsburgh Kid as Cliff Halliday
- 1941Bullets for O'Hara as Wicks
- 1941Two in a Taxi as Bill Gratton
- 1941King of the Zombies as James 'Mac' McCarthy
- 1940Flight Command as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
- 1940The Bank Dick as Mackley Q. Greene
- 1940Arise, My Love as Pink
- 1940Private Affairs as Dick Cartwright
- 1940New Moon as Alexander
- 1940Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Agent Melvin Pierce
- 1939Heroes in Blue as Terry Murphy
- 1939Drunk Driving as John Jones
- 1939Irish Luck as Steve Lanahan
- 1939While America Sleeps as Dave Miller
- 1939Streets of New York as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
- 1939Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Dick Purcell
- 1939Blackwell's Island as Terry Walsh
- 1938Breakdowns of 1938 as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938Tough Kid as 'Red' Murphy
- 1938Nancy Drew… Detective as Keiffer
- 1938Broadway Musketeers as Vince Morrell
- 1938Garden of the Moon as Rick Fulton
- 1938Valley of the Giants as Creel
- 1938Penrod's Double Trouble as Tex Boyden
- 1938Mystery House as Lance O'Leary
- 1938Air Devils as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
- 1938Flight Into Nowhere as Bill Kellogg
- 1938Accidents Will Happen as Jim Faber
- 1938Over the Wall as Ace Scanlon
- 1938The Daredevil Drivers as Bill Foster
- 1937Missing Witnesses as "Bull" Regan
- 1937Alcatraz Island as David 'Harp' Santell
- 1937Wine, Women and Horses as George Mayhew
- 1937Reported Missing as Paul Wayne
- 1937Talent Scout as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937Public Wedding as Joe Taylor
- 1937Draegerman Courage as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
- 1937Melody for Two as Mel Lynch
- 1937Men in Exile as Jimmy Carmody
- 1937Navy Blues as Rusty Gibbs
- 1936King of Hockey as Gabby Dugan
- 1936The Captain's Kid as George Chester
- 1936Jailbreak as Ed Slayden
- 1936Bengal Tiger as Nick DeLargo
- 1936Public Enemy's Wife as Louie
- 1936The Case of the Velvet Claws as Crandal
- 1936Bullets or Ballots as Ed Driscoll
- 1936The Law in Her Hands as Marty
- 1936Times Square Playboy as Wally Calhoun
- 1936Brides Are Like That as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
- 1936Snowed Under as Bert (uncredited)
- 1936Follow the Fleet as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
- 1936Man Hunt as Skip McHenry
- 1936Freshman Love as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1936Ceiling Zero as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
- 1930The Doorway to Hell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)