Dick Purcell

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Dick Purcell

Acting August 6, 1905

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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 se…

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The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

6.5 1940 Movie
Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

6.9 1936 Movie
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

6.6 1936 Movie
King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

5.2 1941 Movie
Captain America

Captain America

5.3 1944 Movie
In Old California

In Old California

5.3 1942 Movie
Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

6.3 1940 Movie
The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

6.5 1930 Movie
Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

5.9 1936 Movie
Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

6.5 1938 Movie
Flight Command

Flight Command

5.9 1940 Movie
X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

4.5 1942 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1989
    Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

    Movie

  2. 1944
    Leave It to the Irish

    Movie Pat Burke

  3. 1944
    Trocadero

    Movie Spike Nelson

  4. 1944
    Captain America

    Movie Captain America / Grant Gardner

  5. 1944
    Timber Queen

    Movie Milt Holmes

  6. 1943
    The Mystery of the 13th Guest

    Movie Johnny Smith

  7. 1943
    High Explosive

    Movie Dave

  8. 1943
    Aerial Gunner

    Movie Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

  9. 1943
    Idaho

    Movie Duke Springer

  10. 1943
    No Place for a Lady

    Movie Randy Brooks

  11. 1943
    Reveille with Beverly

    Movie Andy Adams

  12. 1943
    Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

    Movie Tank Instructor

  13. 1942
    X Marks the Spot

    Movie Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

  14. 1942
    Phantom Killer

    Movie Edward Clarkk

  15. 1942
    The Old Homestead

    Movie Scarf Lennin

  16. 1942
    I Live on Danger

    Movie Norm Thompson

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  1. 1942
    In Old California

    Movie Joe Dawson

  2. 1942
    Torpedo Boat

    Movie Ralph Andrews

  3. 1941
    No Hands on the Clock

    Movie Red Harris

  4. 1941
    Flying Blind

    Movie Bob Fuller

  5. 1941
    The Pittsburgh Kid

    Movie Cliff Halliday

  6. 1941
    Bullets for O'Hara

    Movie Wicks

  7. 1941
    Two in a Taxi

    Movie Bill Gratton

  8. 1941
    King of the Zombies

    Movie James 'Mac' McCarthy

  9. 1940
    Flight Command

    Movie Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

  10. 1940
    The Bank Dick

    Movie Mackley Q. Greene

  11. 1940
    Arise, My Love

    Movie Pink

  12. 1940
    Private Affairs

    Movie Dick Cartwright

  13. 1940
    New Moon

    Movie Alexander

  14. 1940
    Outside the Three-Mile Limit

    Movie Agent Melvin Pierce

  15. 1939
    Heroes in Blue

    Movie Terry Murphy

  16. 1939
    Drunk Driving

    Movie John Jones

  17. 1939
    Irish Luck

    Movie Steve Lanahan

  18. 1939
    While America Sleeps

    Movie Dave Miller

  19. 1939
    Streets of New York

    Movie T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

  20. 1939
    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    Movie Dick Purcell

  21. 1939
    Blackwell's Island

    Movie Terry Walsh

  22. 1938
    Breakdowns of 1938

    Movie Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

  23. 1938
    Tough Kid

    Movie 'Red' Murphy

  24. 1938
    Nancy Drew… Detective

    Movie Keiffer