Cast
Dick Purcell
Acting
Cast
Dick Purcell
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-08-06
From
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Died
1944-04-10
Also known as Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. 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.
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
★6.3
MOVIE1940
Arise, My Love
as Pink
★5.4
MOVIE1944
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
★6.6
MOVIE1936
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
★5.3
MOVIE1942
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
★4.4
MOVIE1944
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
★6.5
MOVIE1940
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
★6.8
MOVIE1936
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1936
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1941
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
★5.6
MOVIE1941
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1939
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
★5.4
MOVIE1939
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
★4.8
MOVIE1936
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
★5.1
MOVIE1937
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
★7.2
MOVIE1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
★6.3
MOVIE1938
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
★6.5
MOVIE1930
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1942
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
★5.9
MOVIE1936
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
★5.0
MOVIE1941
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
★5.3
MOVIE1942
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
★6.7
MOVIE1937
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
★6.0
MOVIE1943
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
★5.3
MOVIE1937
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
★4.4
MOVIE1938
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
★5.8
MOVIE1939
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Idaho
as Duke Springer
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
★5.4
MOVIE1936
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
★6.1
MOVIE1936
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
★5.1
MOVIE1944
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
★6.0
MOVIE1936
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
★6.3
MOVIE1943
High Explosive
as Dave
★6.7
MOVIE1936
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
★4.5
MOVIE1942
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
★7.3
MOVIE1937
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1939
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
★4.0
MOVIE1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
★8.0
MOVIE1942
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
★4.6
MOVIE1941
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
★6.9
MOVIE1940
New Moon
as Alexander
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
★4.3
MOVIE1938
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
★4.8
MOVIE1936
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
★5.7
MOVIE1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor