Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell1905 - 1944

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.5

Famous

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.

Credits

Leave It to the Irish
Leave It to the Irish

1944

Comedy • Drama • Mystery

as Pat Burke

3.5
0.1
Trocadero
Trocadero

1944

Comedy • Music

as Spike Nelson

5.4
0.2
Captain America
Captain America

1944

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

5.5
0.6
Timber Queen
Timber Queen

1944

Drama

as Milt Holmes

5.7
0.3
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

Crime • Mystery

as Johnny Smith

5.4
0.3
High Explosive
High Explosive

1943

Action • Drama

as Dave

5.7
0.2
Aerial Gunner
Aerial Gunner

1943

Drama • War

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

4.4
0.9
Idaho
Idaho

1943

Western

as Duke Springer

5.7
0.9
No Place for a Lady
No Place for a Lady

1943

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Randy Brooks

6
0.2
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance • War

as Andy Adams

7
0.3
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

1943

Documentary

as Tank Instructor

6
0
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot

1942

Mystery

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

3.8
0.4
Phantom Killer
Phantom Killer

1942

Crime • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Edward Clarkk

4.3
0.3
The Old Homestead
The Old Homestead

1942

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Scarf Lennin

0
0.2
I Live on Danger
I Live on Danger

1942

Thriller

as Norm Thompson

5.7
0.2
In Old California
In Old California

1942

Action • Romance • Western

as Joe Dawson

5.1
0.5
Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat

1942

Action • Drama • War

as Ralph Andrews

6
0.3
No Hands on the Clock
No Hands on the Clock

1941

Crime • Drama

as Red Harris

4.9
0.3
The Pittsburgh Kid
The Pittsburgh Kid

1941

Action

as Cliff Halliday

0
0.1
Flying Blind
Flying Blind

1941

Action • Comedy • Drama

as Bob Fuller

3.5
0.2
Bullets for O'Hara
Bullets for O'Hara

1941

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Wicks

4
0.3
Two in a Taxi
Two in a Taxi

1941

Crime • Drama

as Bill Gratton

0
0.1
King of the Zombies
King of the Zombies

1941

Comedy • Horror

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

5.2
1.1
Flight Command
Flight Command

1940

Drama • War

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

5.6
0.3
The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick

1940

Comedy

as Mackley Q. Greene

6.5
0.7
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love

1940

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Pink

6.3
0.5
Private Affairs
Private Affairs

1940

Comedy • Romance

as Dick Cartwright

0
0.2
New Moon
New Moon

1940

Adventure • Romance

as Alexander

6.8
0.6
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940

Crime • Drama

as Agent Melvin Pierce

4
0.2
Heroes in Blue
Heroes in Blue

1939

Crime • Drama

as Terry Murphy

4
0.1
Drunk Driving
Drunk Driving

1939

Crime • Drama

as John Jones

5.4
0.1
Irish Luck
Irish Luck

1939

Action • Adventure • Comedy

as Steve Lanahan

5.8
0.4
While America Sleeps
While America Sleeps

1939

Crime

as Dave Miller

6
0.1
Streets of New York
Streets of New York

1939

Crime • Drama

as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

5.6
0.1
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

Documentary

as Dick Purcell

4
0.1
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island

1939

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Terry Walsh

5
0.5
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938

1938

Comedy • Documentary

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

5
0.4
Tough Kid
Tough Kid

1938

Action • Crime

as 'Red' Murphy

6
0.1
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

Comedy • Mystery

as Keiffer

6.3
0.3
Broadway Musketeers
Broadway Musketeers

1938

Drama • Music

as Vince Morrell

4.3
0.2
Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon

1938

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Rick Fulton

5.8
0.3
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants

1938

Adventure

as Creel

6
0.2
Penrod's Double Trouble
Penrod's Double Trouble

1938

Comedy

as Tex Boyden

6
0.2
Mystery House
Mystery House

1938

Adventure • Crime • Mystery

as Lance O'Leary

4.9
0.3
Air Devils
Air Devils

1938

Action • Adventure • Romance

as Percy 'Slats' Harrington

3
0.2
Flight Into Nowhere
Flight Into Nowhere

1938

Action • Drama

as Bill Kellogg

4
0.2
Accidents Will Happen
Accidents Will Happen

1938

Crime • Drama

as Jim Faber

6
0.2
Over the Wall
Over the Wall

1938

Drama • Romance

as Ace Scanlon

5
0.3
The Daredevil Drivers
The Daredevil Drivers

1938

Action • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Bill Foster

5
0.2
Missing Witnesses
Missing Witnesses

1937

Action • Adventure • Crime • Drama • Romance

as "Bull" Regan

5.5
0.3
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island

1937

Action • Crime • Drama • Romance

as David 'Harp' Santell

4.9
0.2
Wine, Women and Horses
Wine, Women and Horses

1937

Drama

as George Mayhew

4
0.1
Reported Missing
Reported Missing

1937

Thriller

as Paul Wayne

0
0.2
Talent Scout
Talent Scout

1937

Drama • Music • Romance

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

6
0.2
Public Wedding
Public Wedding

1937

Comedy

as Joe Taylor

5.7
0.2
Draegerman Courage
Draegerman Courage

1937

Drama

as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)

6.5
0.2
Melody for Two
Melody for Two

1937

Music • Romance

as Mel Lynch

0
0.2
Men in Exile
Men in Exile

1937

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Jimmy Carmody

4.8
0.1
Navy Blues
Navy Blues

1937

Comedy

as Rusty Gibbs

5
0.2
King of Hockey
King of Hockey

1936

Drama

as Gabby Dugan

5
0.2
The Captain's Kid
The Captain's Kid

1936

Comedy • Drama • Music

as George Chester

6
0.2
Jailbreak
Jailbreak

1936

Drama

as Ed Slayden

6.4
0.2
Bengal Tiger
Bengal Tiger

1936

Action • Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Nick DeLargo

4.5
0.2
Public Enemy's Wife
Public Enemy's Wife

1936

Crime • Drama

as Louie

5.8
0.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Crandal

6.8
0.6
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots

1936

Crime • Drama

as Ed Driscoll

6.6
0.3
The Law in Her Hands
The Law in Her Hands

1936

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Marty

5
0.3
Times Square Playboy
Times Square Playboy

1936

Comedy

as Wally Calhoun

4.8
0.2
Brides Are Like That
Brides Are Like That

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

4.8
0.1
Snowed Under
Snowed Under

1936

Comedy

as Bert (uncredited)

7
0.2
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

6.8
0.5
Man Hunt
Man Hunt

1936

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Skip McHenry

0
0.3
Freshman Love
Freshman Love

1936

Comedy

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

6
0.3
Ceiling Zero
Ceiling Zero

1936

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

5.6
0.3
The Doorway to Hell
The Doorway to Hell

1930

Crime • Drama

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

6.3
0.3

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