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Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Born: 1905-08-06 • 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.

Filmography
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes poster
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
No Image
Leave It to the Irish
1944 • Pat Burke
Trocadero poster
Trocadero
1944 • Spike Nelson
Captain America poster
Captain America
1944 • Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen poster
Timber Queen
1944 • Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest poster
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 • Johnny Smith
High Explosive poster
High Explosive
1943 • Dave
Aerial Gunner poster
Aerial Gunner
1943 • Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho poster
Idaho
1943 • Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady poster
No Place for a Lady
1943 • Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly poster
Reveille with Beverly
1943 • Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank poster
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943 • Tank Instructor
X Marks the Spot poster
X Marks the Spot
1942 • Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer poster
Phantom Killer
1942 • Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead poster
The Old Homestead
1942 • Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger poster
I Live on Danger
1942 • Norm Thompson
In Old California poster
In Old California
1942 • Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat poster
Torpedo Boat
1942 • Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock poster
No Hands on the Clock
1941 • Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid poster
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 • Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind poster
Flying Blind
1941 • Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara poster
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 • Wicks
Two in a Taxi poster
Two in a Taxi
1941 • Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies poster
King of the Zombies
1941 • James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command poster
Flight Command
1940 • Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick poster
The Bank Dick
1940 • Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love poster
Arise, My Love
1940 • Pink
Private Affairs poster
Private Affairs
1940 • Dick Cartwright
New Moon poster
New Moon
1940 • Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit poster
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 • Agent Melvin Pierce
Heroes in Blue poster
Heroes in Blue
1939 • Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving poster
Drunk Driving
1939 • John Jones
Irish Luck poster
Irish Luck
1939 • Steve Lanahan
While America Sleeps poster
While America Sleeps
1939 • Dave Miller
Streets of New York poster
Streets of New York
1939 • T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 poster
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 • Dick Purcell
Blackwell's Island poster
Blackwell's Island
1939 • Terry Walsh
Breakdowns of 1938 poster
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Kid poster
Tough Kid
1938 • 'Red' Murphy
Nancy Drew… Detective poster
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 • Keiffer
Broadway Musketeers poster
Broadway Musketeers
1938 • Vince Morrell
Garden of the Moon poster
Garden of the Moon
1938 • Rick Fulton
Valley of the Giants poster
Valley of the Giants
1938 • Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble poster
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938 • Tex Boyden
Mystery House poster
Mystery House
1938 • Lance O'Leary
Air Devils poster
Air Devils
1938 • Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Flight Into Nowhere poster
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 • Bill Kellogg
Accidents Will Happen poster
Accidents Will Happen
1938 • Jim Faber
Over the Wall poster
Over the Wall
1938 • Ace Scanlon
The Daredevil Drivers poster
The Daredevil Drivers
1938 • Bill Foster
Missing Witnesses poster
Missing Witnesses
1937 • "Bull" Regan
Alcatraz Island poster
Alcatraz Island
1937 • David 'Harp' Santell
Wine, Women and Horses poster
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 • George Mayhew
Reported Missing poster
Reported Missing
1937 • Paul Wayne
Talent Scout poster
Talent Scout
1937 • Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Public Wedding poster
Public Wedding
1937 • Joe Taylor
Draegerman Courage poster
Draegerman Courage
1937 • Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two poster
Melody for Two
1937 • Mel Lynch
Men in Exile poster
Men in Exile
1937 • Jimmy Carmody
Navy Blues poster
Navy Blues
1937 • Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey poster
King of Hockey
1936 • Gabby Dugan
The Captain's Kid poster
The Captain's Kid
1936 • George Chester
Jailbreak poster
Jailbreak
1936 • Ed Slayden
Bengal Tiger poster
Bengal Tiger
1936 • Nick DeLargo
Public Enemy's Wife poster
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 • Louie
The Case of the Velvet Claws poster
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 • Crandal
Bullets or Ballots poster
Bullets or Ballots
1936 • Ed Driscoll
The Law in Her Hands poster
The Law in Her Hands
1936 • Marty
Times Square Playboy poster
Times Square Playboy
1936 • Wally Calhoun
Brides Are Like That poster
Brides Are Like That
1936 • Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Snowed Under poster
Snowed Under
1936 • Bert (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet poster
Follow the Fleet
1936 • Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Man Hunt poster
Man Hunt
1936 • Skip McHenry
Freshman Love poster
Freshman Love
1936 • Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero poster
Ceiling Zero
1936 • Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
The Doorway to Hell poster
The Doorway to Hell
1930 • Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)