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.
The Bank Dick
As Mackley Q. Greene
The Old Homestead
As Scarf Lennin
King of the Zombies
As James 'Mac' McCarthy
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
As Agent Melvin Pierce
Bullets or Ballots
As Ed Driscoll
New Moon
As Alexander
Nancy Drew… Detective
As Keiffer
Blackwell's Island
As Terry Walsh
Times Square Playboy
As Wally Calhoun
Mystery House
As Lance O'Leary
Flight Command
As Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Reveille with Beverly
As Andy Adams
Captain America
As Captain America / Grant Gardner
No Hands on the Clock
As Red Harris
Arise, My Love
As Pinky O'Connor
Over the Wall
As Ace Scanlon
Phantom Killer
As Edward Clarkk
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
As Johnny Smith
The Case of the Velvet Claws
As Crandal
Brides Are Like That
As Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Men in Exile
As Jimmy Carmody
Wine, Women and Horses
As George Mayhew
Public Enemy's Wife
As Louie
Missing Witnesses
As "Bull" Regan
X Marks the Spot
As Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Valley of the Giants
As Creel
Penrod's Double Trouble
As Tex Boyden
Melody for Two
As Mel Lynch
Accidents Will Happen
As Jim Faber
Navy Blues
As Rusty Gibbs
King of Hockey
As Gabby Dugan
Leave It to the Irish
As Pat Burke
Trocadero
As Spike Nelson
I Live on Danger
As Norm Thompson
Irish Luck
As Steve Lanahan
Follow the Fleet
As Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Air Devils
As Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Heroes in Blue
As Terry Murphy
The Law in Her Hands
As Marty
Timber Queen
As Milt Holmes
Reported Missing
As Paul Wayne
The Daredevil Drivers
As Bill Foster
Bullets for O'Hara
As Wicks
Garden of the Moon
As Rick Fulton
Public Wedding
As Joe Taylor
Jailbreak
As Ed Slayden
Man Hunt
As Skip McHenry
Tough Kid
As 'Red' Murphy
Alcatraz Island
As David 'Harp' Santell
The Pittsburgh Kid
As Cliff Halliday
No Place for a Lady
As Randy Brooks
Torpedo Boat
As Ralph Andrews
Aerial Gunner
As Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
In Old California
As Joe Dawson
Freshman Love
As Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Talent Scout
As Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flight Into Nowhere
As Bill Kellogg
The Captain's Kid
As George Chester
Flying Blind
As Bob Fuller
Broadway Musketeers
As Vince Morrell
While America Sleeps
As Dave Miller
Drunk Driving
As John Jones
Idaho
As Duke Springer
Breakdowns of 1938
As Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero
As Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
As Tank Instructor
The Doorway to Hell
As Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Private Affairs
As Dick Cartwright
Bengal Tiger
As Nick DeLargo
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
As Dick Purcell
Streets of New York
As T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Draegerman Courage
As Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Two in a Taxi
As Bill Gratton
High Explosive
As Dave
Snowed Under
As Bert (uncredited)