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
Captain America
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
In Old California
1942
as Joe Dawson
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Ed Driscoll
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
as Keiffer
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Over the Wall
1938
as Ace Scanlon
Alcatraz Island
1937
as David 'Harp' Santell
The Bank Dick
1940
as Mackley Q. Greene
Timber Queen
1944
as Milt Holmes
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Louie
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as Johnny Smith
Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Andy Adams
Blackwell's Island
1939
as Terry Walsh
Navy Blues
1937
as Rusty Gibbs
Arise, My Love
1940
as Pink
Mystery House
1938
as Lance O'Leary
Aerial Gunner
1943
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
X Marks the Spot
1942
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Jailbreak
1936
as Ed Slayden