Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 6, 1905
Place of Birth:
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Captain America | Captain America / Grant Gardner |
| 1944 | Leave It to the Irish | Pat Burke |
| 1944 | Trocadero | Spike Nelson |
| 1944 | Timber Queen | Milt Holmes |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly | Andy Adams |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Johnny Smith |
| 1943 | No Place for a Lady | Randy Brooks |
| 1943 | Aerial Gunner | Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine |
| 1943 | Idaho | Duke Springer |
| 1943 | Fighting Men: Crack That Tank | Tank Instructor |
| 1943 | High Explosive | Dave |
| 1942 | The Old Homestead | Scarf Lennin |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer | Edward Clarkk |
| 1942 | X Marks the Spot | Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Norm Thompson |
| 1942 | Torpedo Boat | Ralph Andrews |
| 1942 | In Old California | Joe Dawson |
| 1941 | King of the Zombies | James 'Mac' McCarthy |
| 1941 | No Hands on the Clock | Red Harris |
| 1941 | Bullets for O'Hara | Wicks |
| 1941 | The Pittsburgh Kid | Cliff Halliday |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Bob Fuller |
| 1941 | Two in a Taxi | Bill Gratton |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Mackley Q. Greene |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Agent Melvin Pierce |
| 1940 | New Moon | Alexander |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love | Pink |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Dick Cartwright |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Terry Walsh |
| 1939 | Irish Luck | Steve Lanahan |
| 1939 | Heroes in Blue | Terry Murphy |
| 1939 | While America Sleeps | Dave Miller |
| 1939 | Drunk Driving | John Jones |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Dick Purcell |
| 1939 | Streets of New York | T.P. 'Tap' Keenan |
| 1938 | Nancy Drew… Detective | Keiffer |
| 1938 | Mystery House | Lance O'Leary |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Ace Scanlon |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Creel |
| 1938 | Penrod's Double Trouble | Tex Boyden |
| 1938 | Accidents Will Happen | Jim Faber |
| 1938 | Air Devils | Percy 'Slats' Harrington |
| 1938 | The Daredevil Drivers | Bill Foster |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Rick Fulton |
| 1938 | Tough Kid | 'Red' Murphy |
| 1938 | Flight Into Nowhere | Bill Kellogg |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers | Vince Morrell |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Men in Exile | Jimmy Carmody |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses | George Mayhew |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | "Bull" Regan |
| 1937 | Melody for Two | Mel Lynch |
| 1937 | Navy Blues | Rusty Gibbs |
| 1937 | Reported Missing | Paul Wayne |
| 1937 | Public Wedding | Joe Taylor |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | David 'Harp' Santell |
| 1937 | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Draegerman Courage | Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Ed Driscoll |
| 1936 | Times Square Playboy | Wally Calhoun |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Crandal |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That | Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Louie |
| 1936 | King of Hockey | Gabby Dugan |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Law in Her Hands | Marty |
| 1936 | Jailbreak | Ed Slayden |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Skip McHenry |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid | George Chester |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Smiley (as Dick Purcell) |
| 1936 | Bengal Tiger | Nick DeLargo |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | Bert (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Doorway to Hell | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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