Dick Purcell
Acting
🎂 1905-08-06
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.
Cast credits(75)
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
Bill Kellogg
1938
Bob Fuller
1941
Alexander
1940
David 'Harp' Santell
1937
Wicks
1941
Ed Driscoll
1936
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930
Scarf Lennin
1942
Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943
Ace Scanlon
1938
Joe Dawson
1942
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938
Ralph Andrews
1942
"Bull" Regan
1937
Creel
1938
Duke Springer
1943
Paul Wayne
1937
Cliff Halliday
1941
John Jones
1939
Andy Adams
1943
James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
Gabby Dugan
1936
Rusty Gibbs
1937
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
Dick Purcell
1939
Ed Slayden
1936
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Keiffer
1938
Randy Brooks
1943
Rick Fulton
1938
Wally Calhoun
1936
Agent Melvin Pierce
1940
Lance O'Leary
1938
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
Pink
1940
Vince Morrell
1938
Johnny Smith
1943
George Mayhew
1937
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937
Mackley Q. Greene
1940
Mel Lynch
1937
Steve Lanahan
1939
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
Joe Taylor
1937
Tex Boyden
1938
Jim Faber
1938
Bert (uncredited)
1936
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936
George Chester
1936
Louie
1936
'Red' Murphy
1938
Jimmy Carmody
1937
Crandal
1936
Edward Clarkk
1942
Skip McHenry
1936
Marty
1936
Terry Walsh
1939
Milt Holmes
1944
Red Harris
1941
Nick DeLargo
1936
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
Norm Thompson
1942
Terry Murphy
1939
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1939
Dick Cartwright
1940
Bill Foster
1938
Pat Burke
1944
Dave Miller
1939
Spike Nelson
1944
Dave
1943
Bill Gratton
1941
Tank Instructor
1943