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