Personal Info
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1905-08-06 (120 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also Known For
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.Richard Gerold PurcellRichard G. PurcellRichard Purcell
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
Acting
1944 --
Leave It to the Irish
| Pat Burke
1944 --
Trocadero
| Spike Nelson
1944 --
Captain America
| Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944 --
Timber Queen
| Milt Holmes
1943 --
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
| Johnny Smith
1943 --
High Explosive
| Dave
1943 --
Aerial Gunner
| Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943 --
Idaho
| Duke Springer
1943 --
No Place for a Lady
| Randy Brooks
1943 --
Reveille with Beverly
| Andy Adams
1943 --
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
| Tank Instructor
1942 --
X Marks the Spot
| Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942 --
Phantom Killer
| Edward Clarkk
1942 --
The Old Homestead
| Scarf Lennin
1942 --
I Live on Danger
| Norm Thompson
1942 --
In Old California
| Joe Dawson
1942 --
Torpedo Boat
| Ralph Andrews
1941 --
No Hands on the Clock
| Red Harris
1941 --
Flying Blind
| Bob Fuller
1941 --
The Pittsburgh Kid
| Cliff Halliday
1941 --
Bullets for O'Hara
| Wicks
1941 --
Two in a Taxi
| Bill Gratton
1941 --
King of the Zombies
| James 'Mac' McCarthy
1940 --
Flight Command
| Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940 --
The Bank Dick
| Mackley Q. Greene
1940 --
Arise, My Love
| Pinky O'Connor
1940 --
Private Affairs
| Dick Cartwright
1940 --
New Moon
| Alexander
1940 --
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
| Agent Melvin Pierce
1939 --
Heroes in Blue
| Terry Murphy
1939 --
Drunk Driving
| John Jones
1939 --
Irish Luck
| Steve Lanahan
1939 --
While America Sleeps
| Dave Miller
1939 --
Streets of New York
| T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1939 --
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
| Dick Purcell
1939 --
Blackwell's Island
| Terry Walsh
1938 --
Breakdowns of 1938
| Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938 --
Tough Kid
| 'Red' Murphy
1938 --
Nancy Drew… Detective
| Keiffer
1938 --
Broadway Musketeers
| Vince Morrell
1938 --
Garden of the Moon
| Rick Fulton
1938 --
Valley of the Giants
| Creel
1938 --
Penrod's Double Trouble
| Tex Boyden
1938 --
Mystery House
| Lance O'Leary
1938 --
Air Devils
| Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938 --
Flight Into Nowhere
| Bill Kellogg
1938 --
Accidents Will Happen
| Jim Faber
1938 --
Over the Wall
| Ace Scanlon
1938 --
The Daredevil Drivers
| Bill Foster
1937 --
Missing Witnesses
| "Bull" Regan
1937 --
Alcatraz Island
| David 'Harp' Santell
1937 --
Wine, Women and Horses
| George Mayhew
1937 --
Reported Missing
| Paul Wayne
1937 --
Talent Scout
| Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937 --
Public Wedding
| Joe Taylor
1937 --
Draegerman Courage
| Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937 --
Melody for Two
| Mel Lynch
1937 --
Men in Exile
| Jimmy Carmody
1937 --
Navy Blues
| Rusty Gibbs
1936 --
King of Hockey
| Gabby Dugan
1936 --
The Captain's Kid
| George Chester
1936 --
Jailbreak
| Ed Slayden
1936 --
Bengal Tiger
| Nick DeLargo
1936 --
Public Enemy's Wife
| Louie
1936 --
The Case of the Velvet Claws
| Crandal
1936 --
Bullets or Ballots
| Ed Driscoll
1936 --
The Law in Her Hands
| Marty
1936 --
Times Square Playboy
| Wally Calhoun
1936 --
Brides Are Like That
| Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936 --
Snowed Under
| Bert (uncredited)
1936 --
Follow the Fleet
| Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936 --
Man Hunt
| Skip McHenry
1936 --
Freshman Love
| Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936 --
Ceiling Zero
| Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1930 --
The Doorway to Hell
| Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)