Dick Purcell

Known For
Acting

Popular
19.533

Birthday
1905-08-06

Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

  • Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.
  • Richard Gerold Purcell
  • Richard G. Purcell
  • Richard Purcell

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.

Cast

Image The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940
Image King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941
Image Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936
Image New Moon

New Moon

1940
Image Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938
Image Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island

1939
Image Times Square Playboy

Times Square Playboy

1936
Image Mystery House

Mystery House

1938
Image Flight Command

Flight Command

1940
Image Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly

1943
Image Captain America

Captain America

1944
Image No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock

1941
Image Over the Wall

Over the Wall

1938
Image Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940
Image Phantom Killer

Phantom Killer

1942
Image The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936
Image The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943
Image Men in Exile

Men in Exile

1937
Image Brides Are Like That

Brides Are Like That

1936
Image Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937
Image Missing Witnesses

Missing Witnesses

1937
Image Public Enemy's Wife

Public Enemy's Wife

1936
Image X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942
Image Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938
Image Melody for Two

Melody for Two

1937
Image Penrod's Double Trouble

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938
Image Accidents Will Happen

Accidents Will Happen

1938
Image Navy Blues

Navy Blues

1937
Image King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936
Image Leave It to the Irish

Leave It to the Irish

1944
Image Trocadero

Trocadero

1944
Image I Live on Danger

I Live on Danger

1942
Image Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936
Image Irish Luck

Irish Luck

1939
Image Air Devils

Air Devils

1938
Image Heroes in Blue

Heroes in Blue

1939
Image The Law in Her Hands

The Law in Her Hands

1936
Image Timber Queen

Timber Queen

1944
Image Reported Missing

Reported Missing

1937
Image The Daredevil Drivers

The Daredevil Drivers

1938
Image Bullets for O'Hara

Bullets for O'Hara

1941
Image Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

1938
Image Public Wedding

Public Wedding

1937
Image Jailbreak

Jailbreak

1936
Image Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1936
Image Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938
Image Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937
Image The Pittsburgh Kid

The Pittsburgh Kid

1941
Image No Place for a Lady

No Place for a Lady

1943
Image Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

1943
Image Torpedo Boat

Torpedo Boat

1942
Image In Old California

In Old California

1942
Image Talent Scout

Talent Scout

1937
Image Flight Into Nowhere

Flight Into Nowhere

1938
Image Freshman Love

Freshman Love

1936
Image The Captain's Kid

The Captain's Kid

1936
Image Flying Blind

Flying Blind

1941
Image Broadway Musketeers

Broadway Musketeers

1938
Image Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving

1939
Image While America Sleeps

While America Sleeps

1939
Image Idaho

Idaho

1943
Image Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938
Image Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1936
Image Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

1943
Image The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930
Image Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1940
Image Bengal Tiger

Bengal Tiger

1936
Image Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939
Image Streets of New York

Streets of New York

1939
Image Draegerman Courage

Draegerman Courage

1937
Image Two in a Taxi

Two in a Taxi

1941
Image High Explosive

High Explosive

1943
Image Snowed Under

Snowed Under

1936
Image The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

1942
Image Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940
Image Horrible Horror

Horrible Horror

1986

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