Dick Purcell

Personal Info

Birthday

August 6, 1905

Day of Death

1944-04-10

(38 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.

Richard Gerold Purcell

Richard G. Purcell

Richard Purcell

Dick Purcell

Biography

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

Irish Luck

Heroes in Blue

Follow the Fleet

Bullets or Ballots

Captain America

Flight Command

Timber Queen

Idaho

Filmography

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