Dick Purcell

Actor

1905-08-06 – 1944-04-10 · 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.

• Detective a la fuerza (1940) — Mackley Q. Greene
• Sigamos la flota (1936) — Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
• El rey de los zombies (1941) — James 'Mac' McCarthy
• Balas o votos (1936) — Ed Driscoll
• En la vieja California (1942) — Joe Dawson
• Capitán América (1944) — Captain America / Grant Gardner
• La senda del crimen (1930) — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• Adelante, mi amor (1940) — Pink
• Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) — Keiffer
• Ceiling Zero (1936) — Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
• X Marks the Spot (1942) — Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
• Flight Command (1940) — Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
• Alcatraz Island (1937) — David 'Harp' Santell
• The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) — Johnny Smith
• Drunk Driving (1939) — John Jones
• Mystery House (1938) — Lance O'Leary
• Luna llena (1940) — Alexander
• Blackwell's Island (1939) — Terry Walsh
• No Hands on the Clock (1941) — Red Harris
• Men in Exile (1937) — Jimmy Carmody
• Public Enemy's Wife (1936) — Louie
• Trocadero (1944) — Spike Nelson
• I Live on Danger (1942) — Norm Thompson
• Heroes in Blue (1939) — Terry Murphy