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

Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
as Pink
The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
as Mackley Q. Greene
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · Movie
as 'Red' Murphy
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
as Ed Driscoll
Captain America
Captain America
1944 · Movie
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Movie
as Keiffer
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · Movie
as Joe Dawson
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
Leave It to the Irish
Leave It to the Irish
1944 · Movie
as Pat Burke
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Doorway to Hell
The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Movie
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
The Law in Her Hands
1936 · Movie
as Marty
No Place for a Lady
No Place for a Lady
1943 · Movie
as Randy Brooks
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · Movie
as Crandal
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly
1943 · Movie
as Andy Adams
New Moon
New Moon
1940 · Movie
as Alexander
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island
1939 · Movie
as Terry Walsh
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 · Movie
as Agent Melvin Pierce
I Live on Danger
I Live on Danger
1942 · Movie
as Norm Thompson
Aerial Gunner
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Movie
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Movie
as David 'Harp' Santell
Streets of New York
Streets of New York
1939 · Movie
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan