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.
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
Cast Credits
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
High Explosive
as Dave
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
as Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love
as Pink
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
New Moon
as Alexander
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
Drunk Driving
as John Jones