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.
Mackley Q. Greene
The Bank Dick
Scarf Lennin
The Old Homestead
James 'Mac' McCarthy
King of the Zombies
Agent Melvin Pierce
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Ed Driscoll
Bullets or Ballots
Alexander
New Moon
Keiffer
Nancy Drew… Detective
Terry Walsh
Blackwell's Island
Wally Calhoun
Times Square Playboy
Lance O'Leary
Mystery House
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Flight Command
Andy Adams
Reveille with Beverly
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Captain America
Red Harris
No Hands on the Clock
Pink
Arise, My Love
Ace Scanlon
Over the Wall
Edward Clarkk
Phantom Killer
Johnny Smith
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Crandal
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Brides Are Like That
Jimmy Carmody
Men in Exile
George Mayhew
Wine, Women and Horses
Louie
Public Enemy's Wife
"Bull" Regan
Missing Witnesses
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
X Marks the Spot
Creel
Valley of the Giants
Tex Boyden
Penrod's Double Trouble
Mel Lynch
Melody for Two
Jim Faber
Accidents Will Happen
Rusty Gibbs
Navy Blues
Gabby Dugan
King of Hockey
Pat Burke
Leave It to the Irish
Spike Nelson
Trocadero
Norm Thompson
I Live on Danger
Steve Lanahan
Irish Luck
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Air Devils
Terry Murphy
Heroes in Blue
Marty
The Law in Her Hands
Milt Holmes
Timber Queen
Paul Wayne
Reported Missing
Bill Foster
The Daredevil Drivers
Wicks
Bullets for O'Hara
Rick Fulton
Garden of the Moon
Joe Taylor
Public Wedding
Ed Slayden
Jailbreak
Skip McHenry
Man Hunt
'Red' Murphy
Tough Kid
David 'Harp' Santell
Alcatraz Island
Cliff Halliday
The Pittsburgh Kid
Randy Brooks
No Place for a Lady
Ralph Andrews
Torpedo Boat
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Aerial Gunner
Joe Dawson
In Old California
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Freshman Love
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Bill Kellogg
Flight Into Nowhere
George Chester
The Captain's Kid
Bob Fuller
Flying Blind
Vince Morrell
Broadway Musketeers
John Jones
Drunk Driving
Dave Miller
While America Sleeps
Duke Springer
Idaho
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Ceiling Zero
Tank Instructor
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Doorway to Hell
Dick Cartwright
Private Affairs
Nick DeLargo
Bengal Tiger
Dick Purcell
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Streets of New York
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
Bill Gratton
Two in a Taxi
Dave
High Explosive
Bert (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-08-06
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.