Dick Purcell
Acting
Born: 1905-08-06 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known For
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
Tough Kid
'Red' Murphy
In Old California
Joe Dawson
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Arise, My Love
Pink
Snowed Under
Bert (uncredited)
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Agent Melvin Pierce
Over the Wall
Ace Scanlon
New Moon
Alexander
Public Wedding
Joe Taylor
Valley of the Giants
Creel
Breakdowns of 1938
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody
Jailbreak
Ed Slayden
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Dick Purcell
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
The Old Homestead
Scarf Lennin
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
King of Hockey
Gabby Dugan
Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams
Bengal Tiger
Nick DeLargo
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crandal
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Torpedo Boat
Ralph Andrews
Freshman Love
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
The Daredevil Drivers
Bill Foster
Brides Are Like That
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Flying Blind
Bob Fuller
High Explosive
Dave
Penrod's Double Trouble
Tex Boyden