Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Birthday: 1905-08-06
Deathday: 1944-04-10
Place of birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also know as: Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.

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.

Filmography

The Bank Dick

1940

As Mackley Q. Greene

King of the Zombies

1941

As James 'Mac' McCarthy

Bullets or Ballots

1936

As Ed Driscoll

New Moon

1940

As Alexander

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

As Keiffer

Blackwell's Island

1939

As Terry Walsh

Times Square Playboy

1936

As Wally Calhoun

Mystery House

1938

As Lance O'Leary

Flight Command

1940

As Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Reveille with Beverly

1943

As Andy Adams

Captain America

1944

As Captain America / Grant Gardner

No Hands on the Clock

1941

As Red Harris

Over the Wall

1938

As Ace Scanlon

Arise, My Love

1940

As Pinky O'Connor

Phantom Killer

1942

As Edward Clarkk

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936

As Crandal

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

As Johnny Smith

Brides Are Like That

1936

As Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

Men in Exile

1937

As Jimmy Carmody

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

As George Mayhew

Public Enemy's Wife

1936

As Louie

Missing Witnesses

1937

As "Bull" Regan

X Marks the Spot

1942

As Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Valley of the Giants

1938

As Creel

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938

As Tex Boyden

Melody for Two

1937

As Mel Lynch

Accidents Will Happen

1938

As Jim Faber

Navy Blues

1937

As Rusty Gibbs

King of Hockey

1936

As Gabby Dugan

Leave It to the Irish

1944

As Pat Burke

Trocadero

1944

As Spike Nelson

I Live on Danger

1942

As Norm Thompson

Irish Luck

1939

As Steve Lanahan

Follow the Fleet

1936

As Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Air Devils

1938

As Percy 'Slats' Harrington

Heroes in Blue

1939

As Terry Murphy

The Law in Her Hands

1936

As Marty

Timber Queen

1944

As Milt Holmes

Reported Missing

1937

As Paul Wayne

The Daredevil Drivers

1938

As Bill Foster

Bullets for O'Hara

1941

As Wicks

Garden of the Moon

1938

As Rick Fulton

Public Wedding

1937

As Joe Taylor

Jailbreak

1936

As Ed Slayden

Man Hunt

1936

As Skip McHenry

Tough Kid

1938

As 'Red' Murphy

Alcatraz Island

1937

As David 'Harp' Santell

The Pittsburgh Kid

1941

As Cliff Halliday

No Place for a Lady

1943

As Randy Brooks

Torpedo Boat

1942

As Ralph Andrews

Aerial Gunner

1943

As Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

In Old California

1942

As Joe Dawson

Talent Scout

1937

As Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Flight Into Nowhere

1938

As Bill Kellogg

Freshman Love

1936

As Radio Announcer (uncredited)

The Captain's Kid

1936

As George Chester

Flying Blind

1941

As Bob Fuller

Broadway Musketeers

1938

As Vince Morrell

While America Sleeps

1939

As Dave Miller

Drunk Driving

1939

As John Jones

Idaho

1943

As Duke Springer

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

As Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ceiling Zero

1936

As Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

1943

As Tank Instructor

The Doorway to Hell

1930

As Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Private Affairs

1940

As Dick Cartwright

Bengal Tiger

1936

As Nick DeLargo

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

As Dick Purcell

Streets of New York

1939

As T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Draegerman Courage

1937

As Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

Two in a Taxi

1941

As Bill Gratton

High Explosive

1943

As Dave

Snowed Under

1936

As Bert (uncredited)

The Old Homestead

1942

As Scarf Lennin

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940

As Agent Melvin Pierce

Horrible Horror

1986

As James McCarthy in 'King of the Zombies'