Dick Purcell
male
Born on August 06, 1905 (120 years old)
Passed Away on April 10, 1944
From Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
Nancy Drew… Detective
as
Keiffer
1938
Mystery House
as
Lance O'Leary
1938
Over the Wall
as
Ace Scanlon
1938
Valley of the Giants
as
Creel
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
as
Tex Boyden
1938
Accidents Will Happen
as
Jim Faber
1938
Air Devils
as
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938
The Daredevil Drivers
as
Bill Foster
1938
Garden of the Moon
as
Rick Fulton
1938
Tough Kid
as
'Red' Murphy
1938
Flight Into Nowhere
as
Bill Kellogg
1938
Broadway Musketeers
as
Vince Morrell
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
- 1937
Men in Exile
as
Jimmy Carmody
1937
Wine, Women and Horses
as
George Mayhew
1937
Missing Witnesses
as
"Bull" Regan
1937
Melody for Two
as
Mel Lynch
1937
Navy Blues
as
Rusty Gibbs
1937
Reported Missing
as
Paul Wayne
1937
Public Wedding
as
Joe Taylor
1937
Alcatraz Island
as
David 'Harp' Santell
1937
Talent Scout
as
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
Draegerman Courage
as
Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937
- 1936
Bullets or Ballots
as
Ed Driscoll
1936
Times Square Playboy
as
Wally Calhoun
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as
Crandal
1936
Brides Are Like That
as
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as
Louie
1936
King of Hockey
as
Gabby Dugan
1936
Follow the Fleet
as
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
The Law in Her Hands
as
Marty
1936
Jailbreak
as
Ed Slayden
1936
Man Hunt
as
Skip McHenry
1936
Freshman Love
as
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
The Captain's Kid
as
George Chester
1936
Ceiling Zero
as
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
Bengal Tiger
as
Nick DeLargo
1936
Snowed Under
as
Bert (uncredited)
1936
- 1930
