
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