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Dick Purcell
Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

ActingBorn August 6, 1905Died April 10, 1944 (age 38)Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

Filmography

1944Movie
1944
Trocadero

as Spike Nelson

Movie
1944
Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

Movie
1944
Timber Queen

as Milt Holmes

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Aerial Gunner

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Movie
1943
Idaho

as Duke Springer

Movie
1943
No Place for a Lady

as Randy Brooks

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1942
X Marks the Spot

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Movie
1942
Phantom Killer

as Edward Clarkk

Movie
1942
The Old Homestead

as Scarf Lennin

Movie
1942
I Live on Danger

as Norm Thompson

Movie
1942
In Old California

as Joe Dawson

Movie
1942
Torpedo Boat

as Ralph Andrews

Movie
1941Movie
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid

as Cliff Halliday

Movie
1941
Flying Blind

as Bob Fuller

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Two in a Taxi

as Bill Gratton

Movie
1941
King of the Zombies

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

Movie
1940
Flight Command

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Movie
1940
The Bank Dick

as Mackley Q. Greene

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Private Affairs

as Dick Cartwright

Movie
1940
New Moon

as Alexander

Movie
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit

as Agent Melvin Pierce

Movie
1939
Heroes in Blue

as Terry Murphy

Movie
1939
Drunk Driving

as John Jones

Movie
1939
Irish Luck

as Steve Lanahan

Movie
1939
While America Sleeps

as Dave Miller

Movie
1939
Streets of New York

as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Blackwell's Island

as Terry Walsh

Movie
1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Tough Kid

as 'Red' Murphy

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Broadway Musketeers

as Vince Morrell

Movie
1938
Garden of the Moon

as Rick Fulton

Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938
Mystery House

as Lance O'Leary

Movie
1938
Air Devils

as Percy 'Slats' Harrington

Movie
1938
Flight Into Nowhere

as Bill Kellogg

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Over the Wall

as Ace Scanlon

Movie
1938
The Daredevil Drivers

as Bill Foster

Movie
1937
Missing Witnesses

as "Bull" Regan

Movie
1937
Alcatraz Island

as David 'Harp' Santell

Movie
1937
Wine, Women and Horses

as George Mayhew

Movie
1937
Reported Missing

as Paul Wayne

Movie
1937
Talent Scout

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Public Wedding

as Joe Taylor

Movie
1937
Draegerman Courage

as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Melody for Two

as Mel Lynch

Movie
1937
Men in Exile

as Jimmy Carmody

Movie
1937
Navy Blues

as Rusty Gibbs

Movie
1936
King of Hockey

as Gabby Dugan

Movie
1936
The Captain's Kid

as George Chester

Movie
1936
Jailbreak

as Ed Slayden

Movie
1936
Bengal Tiger

as Nick DeLargo

Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie
1936
Bullets or Ballots

as Ed Driscoll

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Times Square Playboy

as Wally Calhoun

Movie
1936
Brides Are Like That

as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

Movie
1936
Snowed Under

as Bert (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Follow the Fleet

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Man Hunt

as Skip McHenry

Movie
1936
Freshman Love

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Ceiling Zero

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Movie
1930
The Doorway to Hell

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 6, 1905
Day of DeathApril 10, 1944
Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
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