Dick Purcell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-08-06

Day of death

1944-04-10 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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

  • Penrod's Double Trouble

    Penrod's Double Trouble

  • Outside the Three-Mile Limit

    Outside the Three-Mile Limit

  • The Captain's Kid

    The Captain's Kid

  • Captain America

    Captain America

  • Irish Luck

    Irish Luck

  • Flying Blind

    Flying Blind

  • Alcatraz Island

    Alcatraz Island

  • Ceiling Zero

    Ceiling Zero

  • Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

  • Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

  • The Mystery of the 13th Guest

    The Mystery of the 13th Guest

  • New Moon

    New Moon

  • Broadway Musketeers

    Broadway Musketeers

  • The Daredevil Drivers

    The Daredevil Drivers

  • Tough Kid

    Tough Kid

  • Snowed Under

    Snowed Under

  • Bullets for O'Hara

    Bullets for O'Hara

  • Drunk Driving

    Drunk Driving

  • Torpedo Boat

    Torpedo Boat

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • Garden of the Moon

    Garden of the Moon

  • Follow the Fleet

    Follow the Fleet

  • Draegerman Courage

    Draegerman Courage

  • Phantom Killer

    Phantom Killer

  • Public Wedding

    Public Wedding

  • Timber Queen

    Timber Queen

  • Brides Are Like That

    Brides Are Like That

  • Air Devils

    Air Devils

  • Streets of New York

    Streets of New York

  • Mystery House

    Mystery House

  • No Hands on the Clock

    No Hands on the Clock

  • The Pittsburgh Kid

    The Pittsburgh Kid

  • Valley of the Giants

    Valley of the Giants

  • Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

  • Flight Into Nowhere

    Flight Into Nowhere

  • Heroes in Blue

    Heroes in Blue

  • Public Enemy's Wife

    Public Enemy's Wife

  • No Place for a Lady

    No Place for a Lady

  • Melody for Two

    Melody for Two

  • The Doorway to Hell

    The Doorway to Hell

  • Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

  • Breakdowns of 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

  • The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

  • King of the Zombies

    King of the Zombies

  • Blackwell's Island

    Blackwell's Island

  • X Marks the Spot

    X Marks the Spot

  • The Old Homestead

    The Old Homestead

  • Bullets or Ballots

    Bullets or Ballots

  • In Old California

    In Old California

  • King of Hockey

    King of Hockey

  • I Live on Danger

    I Live on Danger

  • Over the Wall

    Over the Wall

  • Leave It to the Irish

    Leave It to the Irish

  • Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

  • Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

  • Times Square Playboy

    Times Square Playboy

  • Men in Exile

    Men in Exile

  • Nancy Drew… Detective

    Nancy Drew… Detective

  • Two in a Taxi

    Two in a Taxi

  • Reveille with Beverly

    Reveille with Beverly

  • The Law in Her Hands

    The Law in Her Hands

  • Aerial Gunner

    Aerial Gunner

  • The Case of the Velvet Claws

    The Case of the Velvet Claws

  • Bengal Tiger

    Bengal Tiger

  • Flight Command

    Flight Command

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • Missing Witnesses

    Missing Witnesses

  • Jailbreak

    Jailbreak

  • Accidents Will Happen

    Accidents Will Happen

  • While America Sleeps

    While America Sleeps

  • Trocadero

    Trocadero

  • High Explosive

    High Explosive

  • Wine, Women and Horses

    Wine, Women and Horses

  • Talent Scout

    Talent Scout

  • Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

    Fighting Men: Crack That Tank