Dick Purcell

Aug 06, 1905 - Apr 10, 1944 (38 years old) in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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

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Drunk Driving

John Jones

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Public Wedding

Joe Taylor

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Irish Luck

Steve Lanahan

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Air Devils

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

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Snowed Under

Bert (uncredited)

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Reported Missing

Paul Wayne

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Ceiling Zero

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

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Navy Blues

Rusty Gibbs

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Idaho

Duke Springer

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Torpedo Boat

Ralph Andrews

Credits

Leave It to the Irish 1944

Pat Burke

★ 3.1
Trocadero 1944

Spike Nelson

★ 4.7
Captain America 1944

Captain America / Grant Gardner

★ 5.3
Timber Queen 1944

Milt Holmes

★ 5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest 1943

Johnny Smith

★ 5.4
High Explosive 1943

Dave

★ 5.7
Aerial Gunner 1943

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

★ 4.4
Idaho 1943

Duke Springer

★ 5.7
No Place for a Lady 1943

Randy Brooks

★ 6
Reveille with Beverly 1943

Andy Adams

★ 7
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank 1943

Tank Instructor

★ 6
X Marks the Spot 1942

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

★ 3.9
Phantom Killer 1942

Edward Clarkk

★ 4.5
The Old Homestead 1942

Scarf Lennin

★ NR
I Live on Danger 1942

Norm Thompson

★ 5.7
In Old California 1942

Joe Dawson

★ 5.1
Torpedo Boat 1942

Ralph Andrews

★ 6
No Hands on the Clock 1941

Red Harris

★ 4.9
The Pittsburgh Kid 1941

Cliff Halliday

★ NR
Flying Blind 1941

Bob Fuller

★ 3.3
Bullets for O'Hara 1941

Wicks

★ 4
Two in a Taxi 1941

Bill Gratton

★ NR
King of the Zombies 1941

James 'Mac' McCarthy

★ 5.1
Flight Command 1940

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

★ 5.6
The Bank Dick 1940

Mackley Q. Greene

★ 6.5
Arise, My Love 1940

Pink

★ 6.3
Private Affairs 1940

Dick Cartwright

★ NR
New Moon 1940

Alexander

★ 6.5
Outside the Three-Mile Limit 1940

Agent Melvin Pierce

★ 4
Heroes in Blue 1939

Terry Murphy

★ 4
Drunk Driving 1939

John Jones

★ 5.4
Irish Luck 1939

Steve Lanahan

★ 5.8
While America Sleeps 1939

Dave Miller

★ 6
Streets of New York 1939

T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

★ 4.8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 1939

Dick Purcell

★ 4
Blackwell's Island 1939

Terry Walsh

★ 5
Breakdowns of 1938 1938

Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Tough Kid 1938

'Red' Murphy

★ 6
Nancy Drew… Detective 1938

Keiffer

★ 6.3
Broadway Musketeers 1938

Vince Morrell

★ 3.5
Garden of the Moon 1938

Rick Fulton

★ 6.2
Valley of the Giants 1938

Creel

★ 6
Penrod's Double Trouble 1938

Tex Boyden

★ 6
Mystery House 1938

Lance O'Leary

★ 4.4
Air Devils 1938

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

★ 2.3
Flight Into Nowhere 1938

Bill Kellogg

★ 4
Accidents Will Happen 1938

Jim Faber

★ 6
Over the Wall 1938

Ace Scanlon

★ 5
The Daredevil Drivers 1938

Bill Foster

★ 5
Missing Witnesses 1937

"Bull" Regan

★ 5.5
Alcatraz Island 1937

David 'Harp' Santell

★ 4.9
Wine, Women and Horses 1937

George Mayhew

★ 4.3
Reported Missing 1937

Paul Wayne

★ NR
Talent Scout 1937

Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6
Public Wedding 1937

Joe Taylor

★ 5.7
Draegerman Courage 1937

Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Melody for Two 1937

Mel Lynch

★ NR
Men in Exile 1937

Jimmy Carmody

★ 4.2
Navy Blues 1937

Rusty Gibbs

★ 5
King of Hockey 1936

Gabby Dugan

★ 5
The Captain's Kid 1936

George Chester

★ 6
Jailbreak 1936

Ed Slayden

★ 6.4
Bengal Tiger 1936

Nick DeLargo

★ 4.2
Public Enemy's Wife 1936

Louie

★ 5.8
The Case of the Velvet Claws 1936

Crandal

★ 6.8
Bullets or Ballots 1936

Ed Driscoll

★ 6.6
The Law in Her Hands 1936

Marty

★ 5
Times Square Playboy 1936

Wally Calhoun

★ 4.4
Brides Are Like That 1936

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

★ 4.8
Snowed Under 1936

Bert (uncredited)

★ 7
Follow the Fleet 1936

Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Man Hunt 1936

Skip McHenry

★ NR
Freshman Love 1936

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

★ 6
Ceiling Zero 1936

Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

★ 5.8
The Doorway to Hell 1930

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

★ 6.3