Dick Purcell
Acting
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 76
Movies (76)
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes1989
Leave It to the Irish1944Pat Burke
Trocadero1944Spike Nelson
Captain America1944Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen1944Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943Johnny Smith
High Explosive1943Dave
Aerial Gunner1943Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho1943Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady1943Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly1943Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank1943Tank Instructor
X Marks the Spot1942Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer1942Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead1942Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger1942Norm Thompson
In Old California1942Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat1942Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock1941Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid1941Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind1941Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara1941Wicks
Two in a Taxi1941Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies1941James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command1940Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick1940Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love1940Pink
Private Affairs1940Dick Cartwright
New Moon1940Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit1940Agent Melvin Pierce