5.3Acting
Dick Purcell
- Born
- 1905-08-06
- Died
- 1944-04-10
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
76 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989 · Movie
Cast
Captain America
1944 · Movie
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Leave It to the Irish
1944 · Movie
Pat Burke
Timber Queen
1944 · Movie
Milt Holmes
Trocadero
1944 · Movie
Spike Nelson
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Movie
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943 · Movie
Tank Instructor
High Explosive
1943 · Movie
Dave
Idaho
1943 · Movie
Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady
1943 · Movie
Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly
1943 · Movie
Andy Adams
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 · Movie
Johnny Smith
I Live on Danger
1942 · Movie
Norm Thompson
In Old California
1942 · Movie
Joe Dawson
Phantom Killer
1942 · Movie
Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead
1942 · Movie
Scarf Lennin
Torpedo Boat
1942 · Movie
Ralph Andrews
X Marks the Spot
1942 · Movie
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 · Movie
Wicks
Flying Blind
1941 · Movie
Bob Fuller
King of the Zombies
1941 · Movie
James 'Mac' McCarthy
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Movie
Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 · Movie
Cliff Halliday
Two in a Taxi
1941 · Movie
Bill Gratton
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
Pink
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
New Moon
1940 · Movie
Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 · Movie
Agent Melvin Pierce
Private Affairs
1940 · Movie
Dick Cartwright
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
Mackley Q. Greene
Blackwell's Island
1939 · Movie
Terry Walsh
Drunk Driving
1939 · Movie
John Jones
Heroes in Blue
1939 · Movie
Terry Murphy
Irish Luck
1939 · Movie
Steve Lanahan
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Movie
Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
1939 · Movie
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
While America Sleeps
1939 · Movie
Dave Miller
Accidents Will Happen
1938 · Movie
Jim Faber
Air Devils
1938 · Movie
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Movie
Vince Morrell
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 · Movie
Bill Kellogg
Garden of the Moon
1938 · Movie
Rick Fulton
Mystery House
1938 · Movie
Lance O'Leary
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Movie
Keiffer
Over the Wall
1938 · Movie
Ace Scanlon
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938 · Movie
Tex Boyden
The Daredevil Drivers
1938 · Movie
Bill Foster
Tough Kid
1938 · Movie
'Red' Murphy
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Movie
Creel
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Movie
David 'Harp' Santell
Draegerman Courage
1937 · Movie
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two
1937 · Movie
Mel Lynch
Men in Exile
1937 · Movie
Jimmy Carmody
Missing Witnesses
1937 · Movie
"Bull" Regan
Navy Blues
1937 · Movie
Rusty Gibbs
Public Wedding
1937 · Movie
Joe Taylor
Reported Missing
1937 · Movie
Paul Wayne
Talent Scout
1937 · Movie
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Movie
George Mayhew
Bengal Tiger
1936 · Movie
Nick DeLargo
Brides Are Like That
1936 · Movie
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
Ed Driscoll
Ceiling Zero
1936 · Movie
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Freshman Love
1936 · Movie
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Jailbreak
1936 · Movie
Ed Slayden
King of Hockey
1936 · Movie
Gabby Dugan
Man Hunt
1936 · Movie
Skip McHenry
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 · Movie
Louie
Snowed Under
1936 · Movie
Bert (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
1936 · Movie
George Chester
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · Movie
Crandal
The Law in Her Hands
1936 · Movie
Marty
Times Square Playboy
1936 · Movie
Wally Calhoun
The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)