Dick Purcell
Acting
Born: 1905-08-06 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
In Old California
Joe Dawson
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Arise, My Love
Pink
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
Drunk Driving
John Jones
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
New Moon
Alexander
Blackwell's Island
Terry Walsh
No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody
Public Enemy's Wife
Louie
Trocadero
Spike Nelson
I Live on Danger
Norm Thompson
Heroes in Blue
Terry Murphy
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Times Square Playboy
Wally Calhoun
Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crandal
Valley of the Giants
Creel
Leave It to the Irish
Pat Burke
Garden of the Moon
Rick Fulton
Jailbreak
Ed Slayden
Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Bengal Tiger
Nick DeLargo
King of Hockey
Gabby Dugan
Irish Luck
Steve Lanahan
Bullets for O'Hara
Wicks
Flying Blind
Bob Fuller
Broadway Musketeers
Vince Morrell
Snowed Under
Bert (uncredited)