Dick Purcell
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 6, 1905
Day of Death: April 10, 1944 (39 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
1944
1943
1942
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1940
1939
1938
Actor Keiffer
Nancy Drew… Detective
Actor Lance O'Leary
Mystery House
Actor Ace Scanlon
Over the Wall
Actor Creel
Valley of the Giants
Actor Tex Boyden
Penrod's Double Trouble
Actor Jim Faber
Accidents Will Happen
Actor Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Air Devils
Actor Bill Foster
The Daredevil Drivers
Actor Rick Fulton
Garden of the Moon
Actor 'Red' Murphy
Tough Kid
Actor Bill Kellogg
Flight Into Nowhere
Actor Vince Morrell
Broadway Musketeers
Actor Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
1937
Actor Jimmy Carmody
Men in Exile
Actor George Mayhew
Wine, Women and Horses
Actor "Bull" Regan
Missing Witnesses
Actor Mel Lynch
Melody for Two
Actor Rusty Gibbs
Navy Blues
Actor Paul Wayne
Reported Missing
Actor Joe Taylor
Public Wedding
Actor David 'Harp' Santell
Alcatraz Island
Actor Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Actor Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
1936
Actor Ed Driscoll
Bullets or Ballots
Actor Wally Calhoun
Times Square Playboy
Actor Crandal
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Actor Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Brides Are Like That
Actor Louie
Public Enemy's Wife
Actor Gabby Dugan
King of Hockey
Actor Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
Actor Marty
The Law in Her Hands
Actor Ed Slayden
Jailbreak
Actor Skip McHenry
Man Hunt
Actor Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Freshman Love
Actor George Chester
The Captain's Kid
Actor Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Ceiling Zero
Actor Nick DeLargo
Bengal Tiger
Actor Bert (uncredited)
Snowed Under
