Dick Purcell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dick Purcell (August 6, 1908 - April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial. The strain of filming Captain America had been too much for his heart and he collapsed in the locker room at a Los Angeles country club. Purcell was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Purcell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 6, 1908 In Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 72
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Doorway to Hell 1930-10-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Horrible Horror 1986-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Horrible Horror | James McCarthy in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Timber Queen | Milt Holmes | 1944-01-13 |
| Movie | Captain America | Captain America / Grant Gardner | 1944-02-05 |
| Movie | Leave It to the Irish | Pat Burke | 1944-08-26 |
| Movie | Trocadero | Spike Nelson | 1944-04-24 |
| Movie | Reveille with Beverly | Andy Adams | 1943-02-04 |
| Movie | Idaho | Duke Springer | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | No Place for a Lady | Randy Brooks | 1943-02-11 |
| Movie | Aerial Gunner | Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine | 1943-03-20 |
| Movie | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | Johnny Smith | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | In Old California | Joe Dawson | 1942-05-31 |
| Movie | Torpedo Boat | Ralph Andrews | 1942-01-24 |
| Movie | I Live on Danger | Norm Thompson | 1942-06-16 |
| Movie | The Old Homestead | Scarf Lennin | 1942-08-17 |
| Movie | X Marks the Spot | Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker | 1942-11-04 |
| Movie | Phantom Killer | Edward Clarkk | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | King of the Zombies | James 'Mac' McCarthy | 1941-05-14 |
| Movie | Flying Blind | Bob Fuller | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Bullets for O'Hara | Wicks | 1941-07-19 |
| Movie | No Hands on the Clock | Red Harris | 1941-12-01 |
| Movie | The Pittsburgh Kid | Cliff Halliday | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | New Moon | Alexander | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | Private Affairs | Dick Cartwright | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | Arise, My Love | Pinky O'Connor | 1940-11-08 |
| Movie | The Bank Dick | Mackley Q. Greene | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Flight Command | Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Dick Purcell | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | Blackwell's Island | Terry Walsh | 1939-01-24 |
| Movie | Streets of New York | T.P. 'Tap' Keenan | 1939-04-12 |
| Movie | Irish Luck | Steve Lanahan | 1939-08-22 |
| Movie | Heroes in Blue | Terry Murphy | 1939-11-07 |
| Movie | While America Sleeps | Dave Miller | 1939-04-14 |
| Movie | Drunk Driving | John Jones | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Air Devils | Percy 'Slats' Harrington | 1938-05-13 |
| Movie | Accidents Will Happen | Jim Faber | 1938-04-09 |
| Movie | Flight Into Nowhere | Bill Kellogg | 1938-04-19 |
| Movie | Over the Wall | Ace Scanlon | 1938-04-02 |
| Movie | Mystery House | Lance O'Leary | 1938-05-21 |
| Movie | The Daredevil Drivers | Bill Foster | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew… Detective | Keiffer | 1938-11-19 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| Movie | Penrod's Double Trouble | Tex Boyden | 1938-07-23 |
| Movie | Broadway Musketeers | Vince Morrell | 1938-10-08 |
| Movie | Tough Kid | 'Red' Murphy | 1938-12-28 |
| Movie | Garden of the Moon | Rick Fulton | 1938-09-23 |
| Movie | Valley of the Giants | Creel | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | Draegerman Courage | Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) | 1937-05-15 |
| Movie | Melody for Two | Mel Lynch | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Men in Exile | Jimmy Carmody | 1937-04-04 |
| Movie | Public Wedding | Joe Taylor | 1937-07-09 |
| Movie | Navy Blues | Rusty Gibbs | 1937-03-29 |
| Movie | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937-07-24 |
| Movie | Missing Witnesses | "Bull" Regan | 1937-12-11 |
| Movie | Alcatraz Island | David 'Harp' Santell | 1937-10-13 |
| Movie | Reported Missing | Paul Wayne | 1937-08-15 |
| Movie | Wine, Women and Horses | George Mayhew | 1937-09-11 |
| Movie | Snowed Under | Bert (uncredited) | 1936-03-29 |
| Movie | Brides Are Like That | Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) | 1936-04-18 |
| Movie | Follow the Fleet | Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) | 1936-02-20 |
| Movie | Ceiling Zero | Smiley (as Dick Purcell) | 1936-01-16 |
| Movie | Times Square Playboy | Wally Calhoun | 1936-05-09 |
| Movie | Freshman Love | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1936-01-18 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | Skip McHenry | 1936-01-29 |
| Movie | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Crandal | 1936-07-03 |
| Movie | The Captain's Kid | George Chester | 1936-11-14 |
| Movie | King of Hockey | Gabby Dugan | 1936-12-19 |
| Movie | Jailbreak | Ed Slayden | 1936-08-05 |
| Movie | Bengal Tiger | Nick DeLargo | 1936-07-29 |
| Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Ed Driscoll | 1936-06-06 |
| Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Louie | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | The Law in Her Hands | Marty | 1936-05-16 |
| Movie | The Doorway to Hell | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1930-10-18 |