Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

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

The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
as Mackley Q. Greene
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · Movie
as Joe Dawson
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
as Ed Driscoll
Captain America
Captain America
1944 · Movie
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
as Pink
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · Movie
as 'Red' Murphy
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Flight Command
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Movie
as Creel
King of the Zombies
King of the Zombies
1941 · Movie
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Movie
as Keiffer
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
New Moon
New Moon
1940 · Movie
as Alexander
Idaho
Idaho
1943 · Movie
as Duke Springer
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 · Movie
as Agent Melvin Pierce
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot
1942 · Movie
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Wine, Women and Horses
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Movie
as George Mayhew
Missing Witnesses
Missing Witnesses
1937 · Movie
as "Bull" Regan
Public Wedding
Public Wedding
1937 · Movie
as Joe Taylor
Brides Are Like That
Brides Are Like That
1936 · Movie
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Private Affairs
Private Affairs
1940 · Movie
as Dick Cartwright
Snowed Under
Snowed Under
1936 · Movie
as Bert (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
The Old Homestead
1942 · Movie
as Scarf Lennin
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Movie
as David 'Harp' Santell