Dick Purcell
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
1940
The Old Homestead
as Scarf Lennin
1942
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Agent Melvin Pierce
1940
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
1936
New Moon
as Alexander
1940
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
1938
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
1939
Times Square Playboy
as Wally Calhoun
1936
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
1938
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
1943
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
1941
Arise, My Love
as Pink
1940
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
1938
Phantom Killer
as Edward Clarkk
1942
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
1943
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal
1936
Brides Are Like That
as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
1936