Birthday
1905/08/06
Day of death
1944/04/10 (38 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also know as
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. Purcell, Richard Purcell
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.
(1940) The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
(1942) The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
(1941) King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
(1940) Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
(1936) Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
(1940) New Moon
as Alexander
(1938) Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
(1939) Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
(1936) Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
(1938) Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
(1940) Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
(1943) Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
(1944) Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
(1941) No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
(1940) Arise, My Love
as Pinky O'Connor
(1938) Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
(1942) Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
(1943) The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
(1936) The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
(1936) Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
(1937) Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
(1937) Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
(1936) Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
(1937) Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
(1942) X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
(1938) Valley of the Giants
as Creel
(1938) Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
(1937) Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
(1938) Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
(1937) Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
(1936) King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
(1944) Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
(1944) Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
(1942) I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
(1939) Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
(1936) Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
(1938) Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
(1939) Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
(1936) The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
(1944) Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
(1937) Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
(1938) The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
(1941) Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
(1938) Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
(1937) Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
(1936) Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
(1936) Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
(1938) Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
(1937) Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
(1941) The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
(1943) No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
(1942) Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
(1943) Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
(1942) In Old California
as Joe Dawson
(1936) Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1937) Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938) Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
(1936) The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
(1941) Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
(1938) Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
(1939) While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
(1939) Drunk Driving
as John Jones
(1943) Idaho
as Duke Springer
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1936) Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
(1943) Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
(1930) The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1940) Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
(1936) Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
(1939) Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
(1939) Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
(1937) Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
(1941) Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
(1943) High Explosive
as Dave
(1936) Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)