Dick Purcell
76 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 6, 1905
- Died
- Apr 10, 1944 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. · Richard Gerold Purcell · Richard G. Purcell · Richard Purcell
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.
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Known for
Dick Purcell: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- 1989
- 1944 Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
- 1944 Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
- 1944 Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
- 1944 Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
- 1943 The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
- 1943 High Explosive
as Dave
- 1943 Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
- 1943 Idaho
as Duke Springer
- 1943 No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
- 1943 Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
- 1943 Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
- 1942 X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
- 1942 Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
- 1942 The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
- 1942 I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
- 1942 In Old California
as Joe Dawson
- 1942 Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
- 1941 No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
- 1941 The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
- 1941 Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
- 1941 Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
- 1941 Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
- 1941 King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
- 1940 Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
- 1940 The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
- 1940 Arise, My Love
as Pink
- 1940 Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
- 1940 New Moon
as Alexander
- 1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
- 1939 Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
- 1939 Drunk Driving
as John Jones
- 1939 Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
- 1939 While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
- 1939 Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
- 1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
- 1939 Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
- 1938 Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
- 1938 Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
- 1938 Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
- 1938 Valley of the Giants
as Creel
- 1938 Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
- 1938 Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
- 1938 Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
- 1938 Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
- 1938 Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
- 1938 Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
- 1938 The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
- 1937 Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
- 1937 Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
- 1937 Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
- 1937 Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
- 1937 Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937 Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
- 1937 Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
- 1937 Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
- 1937 Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
- 1937 Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
- 1936 King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
- 1936 The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
- 1936 Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
- 1936 Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
- 1936 Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
- 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
- 1936 Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
- 1936 The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
- 1936 Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
- 1936 Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
- 1936 Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
- 1936 Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
- 1936 Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
- 1936 Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1936 Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
- 1930 The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)