Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
