Dick 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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

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.