Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

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.

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Movies starring Dick Purcell (76)

Trocadero (1944)

Spike Nelson

Captain America (1944)

Captain America / Grant Gardner

Aerial Gunner (1943)

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Idaho (1943)

Duke Springer

X Marks the Spot (1942)

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Torpedo Boat (1942)

Ralph Andrews

King of the Zombies (1941)

James 'Mac' Mccarthy

Flight Command (1940)

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

The Bank Dick (1940)

Mackley Q. Greene

Private Affairs (1940)

Dick Cartwright

Irish Luck (1939)

Steve Lanahan

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Tex Boyden (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Tough Kid (1938)

'Red' Murphy

Air Devils (1938)

Percy 'Slats' Harrington

Alcatraz Island (1937)

David 'Harp' Santell

Talent Scout (1937)

Benefit Show Guest (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Draegerman Courage (1937)

Trapped Draegerman (Uncredited)

Men in Exile (1937)

Jimmy Carmody

Brides Are Like That (1936)

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (As Richard Purcell)

Snowed Under (1936)

Bert (Uncredited)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Lead Marine On Ship (Uncredited)

Man Hunt (1936)

Skip Mchenry

Freshman Love (1936)

Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Ceiling Zero (1936)

Smiley (As Dick Purcell)

The Doorway to Hell (1930)

Undetermined Secondary Role (Uncredited)

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