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
Captain America
(1944)
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Alcatraz Island
(1937)
David 'Harp' Santell
Follow the Fleet
(1936)
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Doorway to Hell
(1930)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Ed Driscoll
Times Square Playboy
(1936)
Wally Calhoun
The Case of the Velvet Claws
(1936)
Crandal
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Public Enemy's Wife
(1936)
Louie
King of Hockey
(1936)
Gabby Dugan
Follow the Fleet
(1936)
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
(1936)
Marty
Jailbreak
(1936)
Ed Slayden
Man Hunt
(1936)
Skip McHenry
Freshman Love
(1936)
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
(1936)
George Chester
Ceiling Zero
(1936)
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Bengal Tiger
(1936)
Nick DeLargo
Snowed Under
(1936)
Bert (uncredited)
Men in Exile
(1937)
Jimmy Carmody
Wine, Women and Horses
(1937)
George Mayhew
Missing Witnesses
(1937)
"Bull" Regan
Melody for Two
(1937)
Mel Lynch
Navy Blues
(1937)
Rusty Gibbs
Reported Missing
(1937)
Paul Wayne
Public Wedding
(1937)
Joe Taylor
Alcatraz Island
(1937)
David 'Harp' Santell
Talent Scout
(1937)
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
(1937)
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Nancy Drew… Detective
(1938)
Keiffer
Mystery House
(1938)
Lance O'Leary
Over the Wall
(1938)
Ace Scanlon
Valley of the Giants
(1938)
Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
(1938)
Tex Boyden
Accidents Will Happen
(1938)
Jim Faber
Air Devils
(1938)
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
The Daredevil Drivers
(1938)
Bill Foster
Garden of the Moon
(1938)
Rick Fulton
Tough Kid
(1938)
'Red' Murphy
Flight Into Nowhere
(1938)
Bill Kellogg
Broadway Musketeers
(1938)
Vince Morrell
Breakdowns of 1938
(1938)
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
(1939)
Terry Walsh
Irish Luck
(1939)
Steve Lanahan
Heroes in Blue
(1939)
Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving
(1939)
John Jones
While America Sleeps
(1939)
Dave Miller
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
(1939)
Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
(1939)
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
The Bank Dick
(1940)
Mackley Q. Greene
New Moon
(1940)
Alexander
Flight Command
(1940)
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Arise, My Love
(1940)
Pinky O'Connor
Private Affairs
(1940)
Dick Cartwright
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
(1940)
Agent Melvin Pierce
King of the Zombies
(1941)
James 'Mac' McCarthy
No Hands on the Clock
(1941)
Red Harris
Bullets for O'Hara
(1941)
Wicks
The Pittsburgh Kid
(1941)
Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind
(1941)
Bob Fuller
Two in a Taxi
(1941)
Bill Gratton
Phantom Killer
(1942)
Edward Clarkk
X Marks the Spot
(1942)
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
I Live on Danger
(1942)
Norm Thompson
Torpedo Boat
(1942)
Ralph Andrews
In Old California
(1942)
Joe Dawson
The Old Homestead
(1942)
Scarf Lennin
Reveille with Beverly
(1943)
Andy Adams
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
(1943)
Johnny Smith
No Place for a Lady
(1943)
Randy Brooks
Aerial Gunner
(1943)
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
(1943)
Duke Springer
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
(1943)
Tank Instructor
High Explosive
(1943)
Dave
Captain America
(1944)
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Leave It to the Irish
(1944)
Pat Burke
Trocadero
(1944)
Spike Nelson
Timber Queen
(1944)
Milt Holmes
Horrible Horror
(1986)
James McCarthy in 'King of the Zombies'