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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1905
Died
April 10, 1944
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.
- Richard Gerold Purcell
- Richard G. Purcell
- Richard Purcell
Dick Purcell
0.3 Popularity
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
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3.1
Pat Burke
Leave It to the Irish
1944
4.7
Spike Nelson
Trocadero
1944
5.4
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Captain America
1944
5.7
Milt Holmes
Timber Queen
1944
5.4
Johnny Smith
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
5.7
Dave
High Explosive
1943
4.4
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Aerial Gunner
1943
5.7
Duke Springer
Idaho
1943
6.0
Randy Brooks
No Place for a Lady
1943
7.0
Andy Adams
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Credits
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Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
1944
3.1
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
1944
4.7
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
5.4
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
1944
5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
1943
5.4
High Explosive
as Dave
1943
5.7
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943
4.4
Idaho
as Duke Springer
1943
5.7
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
1943
6.0
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
1943
7.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor
1943
6.0
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
3.9
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
1942
4.5
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
1942
0.0
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
1942
5.7
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
1942
5.1
Torpedo Boat
as Ralph Andrews
1942
6.0
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
1941
4.9
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Cliff Halliday
1941
0.0
Flying Blind
as Bob Fuller
1941
2.7
Bullets for O'Hara
as Wicks
1941
4.0
Two in a Taxi
as Bill Gratton
1941
0.0
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
5.1
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
5.6
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
1940
6.5
Arise, My Love
as Pink
1940
6.3
Private Affairs
as Dick Cartwright
1940
0.0
New Moon
as Alexander
1940
6.5
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
1940
4.0
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
1939
4.0
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
1939
5.4
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
1939
5.8
While America Sleeps
as Dave Miller
1939
6.0
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
1939
4.8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Dick Purcell
1939
4.0
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
1939
5.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy
1938
6.0
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
1938
6.3
Broadway Musketeers
as Vince Morrell
1938
3.5
Garden of the Moon
as Rick Fulton
1938
6.2
Valley of the Giants
as Creel
1938
6.0
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden
1938
6.0
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
1938
4.4
Air Devils
as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
1938
2.3
Flight Into Nowhere
as Bill Kellogg
1938
4.0
Accidents Will Happen
as Jim Faber
1938
6.0
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
1938
5.0
The Daredevil Drivers
as Bill Foster
1938
5.0
Missing Witnesses
as "Bull" Regan
1937
5.5
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
1937
4.9
Wine, Women and Horses
as George Mayhew
1937
4.3
Reported Missing
as Paul Wayne
1937
0.0
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Public Wedding
as Joe Taylor
1937
5.7
Draegerman Courage
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
1937
6.5
Melody for Two
as Mel Lynch
1937
0.0
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
1937
4.2
Navy Blues
as Rusty Gibbs
1937
5.0
King of Hockey
as Gabby Dugan
1936
5.0
The Captain's Kid
as George Chester
1936
6.0
Jailbreak
as Ed Slayden
1936
6.4
Bengal Tiger
as Nick DeLargo
1936
4.2
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
1936
5.8
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
1936
6.8
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
1936
6.6
The Law in Her Hands
as Marty
1936
5.0
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
1936
4.4
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936
4.8
Snowed Under
as Bert (uncredited)
1936
7.0
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
6.8
Man Hunt
as Skip McHenry
1936
0.0
Freshman Love
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
5.8
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930
6.3