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