Birthday:
Aug 06, 1905
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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 heart attack.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Bank Dick | Mackley Q. Greene | 1940 |
| King of the Zombies | James 'Mac' McCarthy | 1941 |
| Bullets or Ballots | Ed Driscoll | 1936 |
| New Moon | Alexander | 1940 |
| Nancy Drew… Detective | Keiffer | 1938 |
| Blackwell's Island | Terry Walsh | 1939 |
| Times Square Playboy | Wally Calhoun | 1936 |
| Mystery House | Lance O'Leary | 1938 |
| Flight Command | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne | 1940 |
| Reveille with Beverly | Andy Adams | 1943 |
| Captain America | Captain America / Grant Gardner | 1944 |
| No Hands on the Clock | Red Harris | 1941 |
| Over the Wall | Ace Scanlon | 1938 |
| Arise, My Love | Pinky O'Connor | 1940 |
| Phantom Killer | Edward Clarkk | 1942 |
| The Case of the Velvet Claws | Crandal | 1936 |
| The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Johnny Smith | 1943 |
| Brides Are Like That | Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) | 1936 |
| Men in Exile | Jimmy Carmody | 1937 |
| Wine, Women and Horses | George Mayhew | 1937 |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Louie | 1936 |
| Missing Witnesses | "Bull" Regan | 1937 |
| X Marks the Spot | Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker | 1942 |
| Valley of the Giants | Creel | 1938 |
| Penrod's Double Trouble | Tex Boyden | 1938 |
| Melody for Two | Mel Lynch | 1937 |
| Accidents Will Happen | Jim Faber | 1938 |
| Navy Blues | Rusty Gibbs | 1937 |
| King of Hockey | Gabby Dugan | 1936 |
| Leave It to the Irish | Pat Burke | 1944 |
| Trocadero | Spike Nelson | 1944 |
| I Live on Danger | Norm Thompson | 1942 |
| Irish Luck | Steve Lanahan | 1939 |
| Follow the Fleet | Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Air Devils | Percy 'Slats' Harrington | 1938 |
| Heroes in Blue | Terry Murphy | 1939 |
| The Law in Her Hands | Marty | 1936 |
| Timber Queen | Milt Holmes | 1944 |
| Reported Missing | Paul Wayne | 1937 |
| The Daredevil Drivers | Bill Foster | 1938 |
| Bullets for O'Hara | Wicks | 1941 |
| Garden of the Moon | Rick Fulton | 1938 |
| Public Wedding | Joe Taylor | 1937 |
| Jailbreak | Ed Slayden | 1936 |
| Man Hunt | Skip McHenry | 1936 |
| Tough Kid | 'Red' Murphy | 1938 |
| Alcatraz Island | David 'Harp' Santell | 1937 |
| The Pittsburgh Kid | Cliff Halliday | 1941 |
| No Place for a Lady | Randy Brooks | 1943 |
| Aerial Gunner | Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine | 1943 |
| Torpedo Boat | Ralph Andrews | 1942 |
| In Old California | Joe Dawson | 1942 |
| Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Flight Into Nowhere | Bill Kellogg | 1938 |
| Freshman Love | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Captain's Kid | George Chester | 1936 |
| Flying Blind | Bob Fuller | 1941 |
| Broadway Musketeers | Vince Morrell | 1938 |
| Drunk Driving | John Jones | 1939 |
| While America Sleeps | Dave Miller | 1939 |
| Idaho | Duke Springer | 1943 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Ceiling Zero | Smiley (as Dick Purcell) | 1936 |
| Fighting Men: Crack That Tank | Tank Instructor | 1943 |
| The Doorway to Hell | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Private Affairs | Dick Cartwright | 1940 |
| Bengal Tiger | Nick DeLargo | 1936 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Dick Purcell | 1939 |
| Streets of New York | T.P. 'Tap' Keenan | 1939 |
| Draegerman Courage | Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Two in a Taxi | Bill Gratton | 1941 |
| High Explosive | Dave | 1943 |
| Snowed Under | Bert (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Old Homestead | Scarf Lennin | 1942 |
| Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Agent Melvin Pierce | 1940 |
| Horrible Horror | James McCarthy in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 | Series | Cast | Year |
