Dick Purcell
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Pat Burke
Trocadero (1944)
Spike Nelson
Captain America (1944)
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen (1944)
Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
Johnny Smith
High Explosive (1943)
Dave
Aerial Gunner (1943)
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho (1943)
Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady (1943)
Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Andy Adams
X Marks the Spot (1942)
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer (1942)
Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead (1942)
Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger (1942)
Norm Thompson
In Old California (1942)
Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat (1942)
Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock (1941)
Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind (1941)
Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
Wicks
Two in a Taxi (1941)
Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies (1941)
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command (1940)
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick (1940)
Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love (1940)
Pinky O'Connor
Private Affairs (1940)
Dick Cartwright
New Moon (1940)
Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
Agent Melvin Pierce
Heroes in Blue (1939)
Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving (1939)
John Jones
Irish Luck (1939)
Steve Lanahan
While America Sleeps (1939)
Dave Miller
Streets of New York (1939)
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Blackwell's Island (1939)
Terry Walsh
Tough Kid (1938)
'Red' Murphy
Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
Keiffer
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Vince Morrell
Garden of the Moon (1938)
Rick Fulton
Valley of the Giants (1938)
Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
Tex Boyden
Mystery House (1938)
Lance O'Leary
Air Devils (1938)
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
Bill Kellogg
Accidents Will Happen (1938)
Jim Faber
Over the Wall (1938)
Ace Scanlon
The Daredevil Drivers (1938)
Bill Foster
Missing Witnesses (1937)
"Bull" Regan
Alcatraz Island (1937)
David 'Harp' Santell
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
George Mayhew
Reported Missing (1937)
Paul Wayne
Talent Scout (1937)
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Public Wedding (1937)
Joe Taylor
Draegerman Courage (1937)
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two (1937)
Mel Lynch
Men in Exile (1937)
Jimmy Carmody
Navy Blues (1937)
Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey (1936)
Gabby Dugan
The Captain's Kid (1936)
George Chester
Jailbreak (1936)
Ed Slayden
Bengal Tiger (1936)
Nick DeLargo
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
Louie
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Crandal
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Ed Driscoll
The Law in Her Hands (1936)
Marty
Times Square Playboy (1936)
Wally Calhoun
Brides Are Like That (1936)
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Snowed Under (1936)
Bert (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Man Hunt (1936)
Skip McHenry
Freshman Love (1936)
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero (1936)
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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