Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-08-06

Deathday

1944-04-10 (38 years old)

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.

Known For

6.5%

The Bank Dick

Nov 29, 1940

6.8%

Follow the Fleet

Feb 20, 1936

5.2%

King of the Zombies

May 14, 1941

6.6%

Bullets or Ballots

Jun 6, 1936

5.1%

In Old California

May 31, 1942

5.5%

Captain America

Feb 5, 1944

6.3%

The Doorway to Hell

Oct 18, 1930

6.3%

Nancy Drew… Detective

Nov 19, 1938

6.1%

Arise, My Love

Nov 8, 1940

5.6%

Ceiling Zero

Jan 16, 1936

4.9%

Alcatraz Island

Oct 13, 1937

5.4%

Flight Command

Dec 27, 1940

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Acting

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)