Dick Purcell

Acting

Born: 1905-08-06 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died: 1944-04-10

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.

Acting

The Bank Dick

Mackley Q. Greene

The Old Homestead

Scarf Lennin

King of the Zombies

James 'Mac' McCarthy

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Agent Melvin Pierce

Bullets or Ballots

Ed Driscoll

New Moon

Alexander

Nancy Drew… Detective

Keiffer

Blackwell's Island

Terry Walsh

Times Square Playboy

Wally Calhoun

Mystery House

Lance O'Leary

Flight Command

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Reveille with Beverly

Andy Adams

Captain America

Captain America / Grant Gardner

No Hands on the Clock

Red Harris

Arise, My Love

Pink

Over the Wall

Ace Scanlon

Phantom Killer

Edward Clarkk

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Johnny Smith

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Crandal

Brides Are Like That

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

Men in Exile

Jimmy Carmody

Wine, Women and Horses

George Mayhew

Public Enemy's Wife

Louie

Missing Witnesses

"Bull" Regan

X Marks the Spot

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Valley of the Giants

Creel

Penrod's Double Trouble

Tex Boyden

Melody for Two

Mel Lynch

Accidents Will Happen

Jim Faber

Navy Blues

Rusty Gibbs

King of Hockey

Gabby Dugan

Leave It to the Irish

Pat Burke

Trocadero

Spike Nelson

I Live on Danger

Norm Thompson

Irish Luck

Steve Lanahan

Follow the Fleet

Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Air Devils

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

Heroes in Blue

Terry Murphy

The Law in Her Hands

Marty

Timber Queen

Milt Holmes

Reported Missing

Paul Wayne

The Daredevil Drivers

Bill Foster

Bullets for O'Hara

Wicks

Garden of the Moon

Rick Fulton

Public Wedding

Joe Taylor

Jailbreak

Ed Slayden

Man Hunt

Skip McHenry

Tough Kid

'Red' Murphy

Alcatraz Island

David 'Harp' Santell

The Pittsburgh Kid

Cliff Halliday

No Place for a Lady

Randy Brooks

Torpedo Boat

Ralph Andrews

Aerial Gunner

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

In Old California

Joe Dawson

Freshman Love

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Talent Scout

Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Flight Into Nowhere

Bill Kellogg

The Captain's Kid

George Chester

Flying Blind

Bob Fuller

Broadway Musketeers

Vince Morrell

Drunk Driving

John Jones

While America Sleeps

Dave Miller

Idaho

Duke Springer

Breakdowns of 1938

Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ceiling Zero

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Tank Instructor

The Doorway to Hell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Private Affairs

Dick Cartwright

Bengal Tiger

Nick DeLargo

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Dick Purcell

Streets of New York

T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Draegerman Courage

Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

Two in a Taxi

Bill Gratton

High Explosive

Dave

Snowed Under

Bert (uncredited)

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

The Bank Dick

Mackley Q. Greene

The Old Homestead

Scarf Lennin

King of the Zombies

James 'Mac' McCarthy

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Agent Melvin Pierce

Bullets or Ballots

Ed Driscoll

New Moon

Alexander

Nancy Drew… Detective

Keiffer

Blackwell's Island

Terry Walsh

Times Square Playboy

Wally Calhoun

Mystery House

Lance O'Leary

Flight Command

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Reveille with Beverly

Andy Adams

Captain America

Captain America / Grant Gardner

No Hands on the Clock

Red Harris

Arise, My Love

Pink

Over the Wall

Ace Scanlon

Phantom Killer

Edward Clarkk

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Johnny Smith

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Crandal

Brides Are Like That

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

Men in Exile

Jimmy Carmody

Wine, Women and Horses

George Mayhew

Public Enemy's Wife

Louie

Missing Witnesses

"Bull" Regan

X Marks the Spot

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Valley of the Giants

Creel

Penrod's Double Trouble

Tex Boyden

Melody for Two

Mel Lynch

Accidents Will Happen

Jim Faber

Navy Blues

Rusty Gibbs

King of Hockey

Gabby Dugan

Leave It to the Irish

Pat Burke

Trocadero

Spike Nelson

I Live on Danger

Norm Thompson

Irish Luck

Steve Lanahan

Follow the Fleet

Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Air Devils

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

Heroes in Blue

Terry Murphy

The Law in Her Hands

Marty

Timber Queen

Milt Holmes

Reported Missing

Paul Wayne

The Daredevil Drivers

Bill Foster

Bullets for O'Hara

Wicks

Garden of the Moon

Rick Fulton

Public Wedding

Joe Taylor

Jailbreak

Ed Slayden

Man Hunt

Skip McHenry

Tough Kid

'Red' Murphy

Alcatraz Island

David 'Harp' Santell

The Pittsburgh Kid

Cliff Halliday

No Place for a Lady

Randy Brooks

Torpedo Boat

Ralph Andrews

Aerial Gunner

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

In Old California

Joe Dawson

Freshman Love

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Talent Scout

Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Flight Into Nowhere

Bill Kellogg

The Captain's Kid

George Chester

Flying Blind

Bob Fuller

Broadway Musketeers

Vince Morrell

Drunk Driving

John Jones

While America Sleeps

Dave Miller

Idaho

Duke Springer

Breakdowns of 1938

Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ceiling Zero

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Tank Instructor

The Doorway to Hell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Private Affairs

Dick Cartwright

Bengal Tiger

Nick DeLargo

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Dick Purcell

Streets of New York

T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Draegerman Courage

Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

Two in a Taxi

Bill Gratton

High Explosive

Dave

Snowed Under

Bert (uncredited)

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes