Dick Purcell
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
In Old California
1942
as Joe Dawson
Captain America
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Freshman Love
1936
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Phantom Killer
1942
as Edward Clarkk
Idaho
1943
as Duke Springer
Jailbreak
1936
as Ed Slayden
Irish Luck
1939
as Steve Lanahan
Missing Witnesses
1937
as "Bull" Regan
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Creel
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Reported Missing
1937
as Paul Wayne
Flight Command
1940
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Mystery House
1938
as Lance O'Leary
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as Johnny Smith
Man Hunt
1936
as Skip McHenry
Arise, My Love
1940
as Pink
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
New Moon
1940
as Alexander
Flying Blind
1941
as Bob Fuller
Alcatraz Island
1937
as David 'Harp' Santell