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

Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
as Mackley Q. Greene
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · Movie
as Joe Dawson
Captain America
Captain America
1944 · Movie
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
as Ed Driscoll
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · Movie
as 'Red' Murphy
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
as Pink
Flight Command
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
New Moon
New Moon
1940 · Movie
as Alexander
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
King of the Zombies
King of the Zombies
1941 · Movie
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Movie
as Creel
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Movie
as Keiffer
Wine, Women and Horses
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Movie
as George Mayhew
Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon
1938 · Movie
as Rick Fulton
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island
1939 · Movie
as Terry Walsh
Idaho
Idaho
1943 · Movie
as Duke Springer
Public Wedding
Public Wedding
1937 · Movie
as Joe Taylor
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 · Movie
as Agent Melvin Pierce
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly
1943 · Movie
as Andy Adams
Snowed Under
Snowed Under
1936 · Movie
as Bert (uncredited)
Timber Queen
Timber Queen
1944 · Movie
as Milt Holmes
Phantom Killer
Phantom Killer
1942 · Movie
as Edward Clarkk
Talent Scout
Talent Scout
1937 · Movie
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)