Dick Purcell
Acting
Born August 6, 1905 — Died April 10, 1944
From Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known as Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. 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 hear...
Filmography
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
19898.0
Leave It to the Irish
Pat Burke
19444.4
Trocadero
Spike Nelson
19445.1
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
19445.2
Timber Queen
Milt Holmes
19446.0
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
19435.7
High Explosive
Dave
19436.3
Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
19435.0
Idaho
Duke Springer
19436.3
No Place for a Lady
Randy Brooks
19436.0
Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams
19437.5
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Tank Instructor
19436.0
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
19424.5
Phantom Killer
Edward Clarkk
19425.3
The Old Homestead
Scarf Lennin
19428.0
I Live on Danger
Norm Thompson
19426.1
In Old California
Joe Dawson
19425.3
Torpedo Boat
Ralph Andrews
19427.5
No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris
19415.6
The Pittsburgh Kid
Cliff Halliday
19417.0
Flying Blind
Bob Fuller
19414.6
Bullets for O'Hara
Wicks
19415.0
Two in a Taxi
Bill Gratton
19418.0
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
19415.2
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
19405.9
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
19406.5
Arise, My Love
Pink
19406.3
Private Affairs
Dick Cartwright
19407.0
New Moon
Alexander
19406.9
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Agent Melvin Pierce
19405.7
Heroes in Blue
Terry Murphy
19394.9
Drunk Driving
John Jones
19395.8
Irish Luck
Steve Lanahan
19396.4
While America Sleeps
Dave Miller
19396.7
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
19395.4
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Dick Purcell
19394.0
Blackwell's Island
Terry Walsh
19395.5
Breakdowns of 1938
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
19385.8
Tough Kid
'Red' Murphy
19386.5
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
19386.5
Broadway Musketeers
Vince Morrell
19384.4
Garden of the Moon
Rick Fulton
19386.8
Valley of the Giants
Creel
19386.7
Penrod's Double Trouble
Tex Boyden
19387.5
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
19384.8
Air Devils
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
19384.3
Flight Into Nowhere
Bill Kellogg
19385.3
Accidents Will Happen
Jim Faber
19386.3
Over the Wall
Ace Scanlon
19385.7
The Daredevil Drivers
Bill Foster
19386.0
Missing Witnesses
"Bull" Regan
19377.0
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
19375.1
Wine, Women and Horses
George Mayhew
19375.3
Reported Missing
Paul Wayne
193710.0
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
19376.7
Public Wedding
Joe Taylor
19376.0
Draegerman Courage
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
19377.3
Melody for Two
Mel Lynch
19377.0
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody
19375.0
Navy Blues
Rusty Gibbs
19376.0
King of Hockey
Gabby Dugan
19365.4
The Captain's Kid
George Chester
19366.7
Jailbreak
Ed Slayden
19366.7
Bengal Tiger
Nick DeLargo
19364.8
Public Enemy's Wife
Louie
19366.4
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crandal
19367.2
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
19366.6
The Law in Her Hands
Marty
19366.0
Times Square Playboy
Wally Calhoun
19364.8
Brides Are Like That
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
19366.1
Snowed Under
Bert (uncredited)
19367.4
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
19366.9
Man Hunt
Skip McHenry
193610.0
Freshman Love
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
19367.0
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
19365.9
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
19306.5