Dick Purcell photo

Dick Purcell

Acting

  • Born
  • August 6, 1905
  • Died
  • April 10, 1944
  • Place of birth
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

As actor 76

Captain America poster
Captain America
1944
The Bank Dick poster
The Bank Dick
1940
Bullets or Ballots poster
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Follow the Fleet poster
Follow the Fleet
1936
In Old California poster
In Old California
1942
King of Hockey poster
King of Hockey
1936
King of the Zombies poster
King of the Zombies
1941
Aerial Gunner poster
Aerial Gunner
1943
Reveille with Beverly poster
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Tough Kid poster
Tough Kid
1938
Men in Exile poster
Men in Exile
1937
Arise, My Love poster
Arise, My Love
1940
Private Affairs poster
Private Affairs
1940
Flight Command poster
Flight Command
1940
Ceiling Zero poster
Ceiling Zero
1936
Breakdowns of 1938 poster
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Man Hunt poster
Man Hunt
1936
Public Wedding poster
Public Wedding
1937
Over the Wall poster
Over the Wall
1938
Alcatraz Island poster
Alcatraz Island
1937
Outside the Three-Mile Limit poster
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
The Captain's Kid poster
The Captain's Kid
1936
New Moon poster
New Moon
1940
The Law in Her Hands poster
The Law in Her Hands
1936
Bengal Tiger poster
Bengal Tiger
1936
Blackwell's Island poster
Blackwell's Island
1939
The Doorway to Hell poster
The Doorway to Hell
1930
Valley of the Giants poster
Valley of the Giants
1938
Jailbreak poster
Jailbreak
1936
Public Enemy's Wife poster
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
Bullets for O'Hara poster
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
Two in a Taxi poster
Two in a Taxi
1941
The Daredevil Drivers poster
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
Snowed Under poster
Snowed Under
1936
Flying Blind poster
Flying Blind
1941
Garden of the Moon poster
Garden of the Moon
1938
Nancy Drew… Detective poster
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
Idaho poster
Idaho
1943
Leave It to the Irish poster
Leave It to the Irish
1944
Penrod's Double Trouble poster
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
Freshman Love poster
Freshman Love
1936
Mystery House poster
Mystery House
1938
I Live on Danger poster
I Live on Danger
1942
High Explosive poster
High Explosive
1943
Accidents Will Happen poster
Accidents Will Happen
1938
The Pittsburgh Kid poster
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
Brides Are Like That poster
Brides Are Like That
1936
Streets of New York poster
Streets of New York
1939
Melody for Two poster
Melody for Two
1937
Torpedo Boat poster
Torpedo Boat
1942
X Marks the Spot poster
X Marks the Spot
1942
The Mystery of the 13th Guest poster
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
Phantom Killer poster
Phantom Killer
1942
Broadway Musketeers poster
Broadway Musketeers
1938
Trocadero poster
Trocadero
1944
No Place for a Lady poster
No Place for a Lady
1943
Talent Scout poster
Talent Scout
1937
Heroes in Blue poster
Heroes in Blue
1939
Wine, Women and Horses poster
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
Navy Blues poster
Navy Blues
1937
The Case of the Velvet Claws poster
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 poster
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
Timber Queen poster
Timber Queen
1944
Flight Into Nowhere poster
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
Air Devils poster
Air Devils
1938
Missing Witnesses poster
Missing Witnesses
1937
No Hands on the Clock poster
No Hands on the Clock
1941
Irish Luck poster
Irish Luck
1939
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes poster
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
Reported Missing poster
Reported Missing
1937
The Old Homestead poster
The Old Homestead
1942
While America Sleeps poster
While America Sleeps
1939
Drunk Driving poster
Drunk Driving
1939
Times Square Playboy poster
Times Square Playboy
1936
Draegerman Courage poster
Draegerman Courage
1937
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank poster
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943