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Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Actor · Born 1905-08-06 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Bank Dick (1940) — Mackley Q. Greene
  2. Follow the Fleet (1936) — Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
  3. King of the Zombies (1941) — James 'Mac' McCarthy
  4. Bullets or Ballots (1936) — Ed Driscoll
  5. In Old California (1942) — Joe Dawson
  6. Captain America (1944) — Captain America / Grant Gardner
  7. The Doorway to Hell (1930) — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  8. Arise, My Love (1940) — Pink
  9. Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) — Keiffer
  10. Ceiling Zero (1936) — Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
  11. X Marks the Spot (1942) — Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
  12. Flight Command (1940) — Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
  13. Alcatraz Island (1937) — David 'Harp' Santell
  14. The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) — Johnny Smith
  15. Drunk Driving (1939) — John Jones
  16. Mystery House (1938) — Lance O'Leary
  17. New Moon (1940) — Alexander
  18. Blackwell's Island (1939) — Terry Walsh
  19. No Hands on the Clock (1941) — Red Harris
  20. Men in Exile (1937) — Jimmy Carmody
  21. Public Enemy's Wife (1936) — Louie
  22. Trocadero (1944) — Spike Nelson
  23. I Live on Danger (1942) — Norm Thompson
  24. Heroes in Blue (1939) — Terry Murphy
  25. Streets of New York (1939) — T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
  26. Times Square Playboy (1936) — Wally Calhoun
  27. Reveille with Beverly (1943) — Andy Adams
  28. The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) — Crandal
  29. Valley of the Giants (1938) — Creel
  30. Leave It to the Irish (1944) — Pat Burke
  31. Garden of the Moon (1938) — Rick Fulton
  32. Jailbreak (1936) — Ed Slayden
  33. Aerial Gunner (1943) — Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
  34. Bengal Tiger (1936) — Nick DeLargo
  35. King of Hockey (1936) — Gabby Dugan
  36. Irish Luck (1939) — Steve Lanahan
  37. Bullets for O'Hara (1941) — Wicks
  38. Flying Blind (1941) — Bob Fuller
  39. Broadway Musketeers (1938) — Vince Morrell
  40. Snowed Under (1936) — Bert (uncredited)