Dick Purcell
August 6, 1905 (120 years old) in 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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1944 · Leave It to the Irish as Pat Burke
- 1944 · Trocadero as Spike Nelson
- 1944 · Captain America as Captain America / Grant Gardner
- 1944 · Timber Queen as Milt Holmes
- 1943 · The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Johnny Smith
- 1943 · High Explosive as Dave
- 1943 · Aerial Gunner as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
- 1943 · Idaho as Duke Springer
- 1943 · No Place for a Lady as Randy Brooks
- 1943 · Reveille with Beverly as Andy Adams
- 1943 · Fighting Men: Crack That Tank as Tank Instructor
- 1942 · X Marks the Spot as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
- 1942 · Phantom Killer as Edward Clarkk
- 1942 · The Old Homestead as Scarf Lennin
- 1942 · I Live on Danger as Norm Thompson
- 1942 · In Old California as Joe Dawson
- 1942 · Torpedo Boat as Ralph Andrews
- 1941 · No Hands on the Clock as Red Harris
- 1941 · Flying Blind as Bob Fuller
- 1941 · The Pittsburgh Kid as Cliff Halliday
- 1941 · Bullets for O'Hara as Wicks
- 1941 · Two in a Taxi as Bill Gratton
- 1941 · King of the Zombies as James 'Mac' McCarthy
- 1940 · Flight Command as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
- 1940 · The Bank Dick as Mackley Q. Greene
- 1940 · Arise, My Love as Pink
- 1940 · Private Affairs as Dick Cartwright
- 1940 · New Moon as Alexander
- 1940 · Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Agent Melvin Pierce
- 1939 · Heroes in Blue as Terry Murphy
- 1939 · Drunk Driving as John Jones
- 1939 · Irish Luck as Steve Lanahan
- 1939 · While America Sleeps as Dave Miller
- 1939 · Streets of New York as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
- 1939 · Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Dick Purcell
- 1939 · Blackwell's Island as Terry Walsh
- 1938 · Breakdowns of 1938 as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 · Tough Kid as 'Red' Murphy
- 1938 · Nancy Drew… Detective as Keiffer
- 1938 · Broadway Musketeers as Vince Morrell
- 1938 · Garden of the Moon as Rick Fulton
- 1938 · Valley of the Giants as Creel
- 1938 · Penrod's Double Trouble as