Dick Purcell
August 6, 1905 (119 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1944 · Leave It to the Irish as Pat Burke
- 1944 · Trocadero as Spike Nelson
- 1944 · Captain America as Captain America / Grant Gardner
- 1944 · Timber Queen as Milt Holmes
- 1943 · The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Johnny Smith
- 1943 · High Explosive as Dave
- 1943 · Aerial Gunner as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
- 1943 · Idaho as Duke Springer
- 1943 · No Place for a Lady as Randy Brooks
- 1943 · Reveille with Beverly as Andy Adams
- 1943 · Fighting Men: Crack That Tank as Tank Instructor
- 1942 · X Marks the Spot as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
- 1942 · Phantom Killer as Edward Clarkk
- 1942 · The Old Homestead as Scarf Lennin
- 1942 · I Live on Danger as Norm Thompson
- 1942 · In Old California as Joe Dawson
- 1942 · Torpedo Boat as Ralph Andrews
- 1941 · No Hands on the Clock as Red Harris
- 1941 · Flying Blind as Bob Fuller
- 1941 · The Pittsburgh Kid as Cliff Halliday
- 1941 · Bullets for O'Hara as Wicks
- 1941 · Two in a Taxi as Bill Gratton
- 1941 · King of the Zombies as James 'Mac' McCarthy
- 1940 · Flight Command as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
- 1940 · The Bank Dick as Mackley Q. Greene
- 1940 · Arise, My Love as Pinky O'Connor
- 1940 · Private Affairs as Dick Cartwright
- 1940 · New Moon as Alexander
- 1940 · Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Agent Melvin Pierce
- 1939 · Heroes in Blue as Terry Murphy
- 1939 · Drunk Driving as John Jones
- 1939 · Irish Luck as Steve Lanahan
- 1939 · While America Sleeps as Dave Miller
- 1939 · Streets of New York as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
- 1939 · Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Dick Purcell
- 1939 · Blackwell's Island as Terry Walsh
- 1938 · Breakdowns of 1938 as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 · Tough Kid as 'Red' Murphy
- 1938 · Nancy Drew… Detective as Keiffer
- 1938 · Broadway Musketeers as Vince Morrell
- 1938 · Garden of the Moon as Rick Fulton
- 1938 · Valley of the Giants as Creel
- 1938 · Penrod's Double Trouble as Tex Boyden
- 1938 · Mystery House as Lance O'Leary
- 1938 · Air Devils as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
- 1938 · Flight Into Nowhere as Bill Kellogg
- 1938 · Accidents Will Happen as Jim Faber
- 1938 · Over the Wall as Ace Scanlon
- 1938 · The Daredevil Drivers as Bill Foster
- 1937 · Missing Witnesses as "Bull" Regan
- 1937 · Alcatraz Island as David 'Harp' Santell
- 1937 · Wine, Women and Horses as George Mayhew
- 1937 · Reported Missing as Paul Wayne
- 1937 · Talent Scout as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937 · Public Wedding as Joe Taylor
- 1937 · Draegerman Courage as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
- 1937 · Melody for Two as Mel Lynch
- 1937 · Men in Exile as Jimmy Carmody
- 1937 · Navy Blues as Rusty Gibbs
- 1936 · King of Hockey as Gabby Dugan
- 1936 · The Captain's Kid as George Chester
- 1936 · Jailbreak as Ed Slayden
- 1936 · Bengal Tiger as Nick DeLargo
- 1936 · Public Enemy's Wife as Louie
- 1936 · The Case of the Velvet Claws as Crandal
- 1936 · Bullets or Ballots as Ed Driscoll
- 1936 · The Law in Her Hands as Marty
- 1936 · Times Square Playboy as Wally Calhoun
- 1936 · Brides Are Like That as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
- 1936 · Snowed Under as Bert (uncredited)
- 1936 · Follow the Fleet as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
- 1936 · Man Hunt as Skip McHenry
- 1936 · Freshman Love as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1936 · Ceiling Zero as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
- 1930 · The Doorway to Hell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)