Dick Purcell
Acting
Born 1905-08-06
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.
Known For
Popular credits
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
In Old California
Joe Dawson
The Doorway to Hell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Arise, My Love
Pink
Nancy Drew… Detective
Keiffer
Ceiling Zero
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Alcatraz Island
David 'Harp' Santell
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith
Mystery House
Lance O'Leary
Drunk Driving
John Jones
New Moon
Alexander
Blackwell's Island
Terry Walsh
No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris
Men in Exile
Jimmy Carmody