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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Leave It to the Irish
Character: Pat Burke
MOVIE • 1944
Trocadero
Character: Spike Nelson
MOVIE • 1944
Captain America
Character: Captain America / Grant Gardner
MOVIE • 1944
Timber Queen
Character: Milt Holmes
MOVIE • 1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Character: Johnny Smith
MOVIE • 1943
High Explosive
Character: Dave
MOVIE • 1943
Aerial Gunner
Character: Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
MOVIE • 1943
Idaho
Character: Duke Springer
MOVIE • 1943
No Place for a Lady
Character: Randy Brooks
MOVIE • 1943
Reveille with Beverly
Character: Andy Adams
MOVIE • 1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Character: Tank Instructor
MOVIE • 1943
X Marks the Spot
Character: Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
MOVIE • 1942
Phantom Killer
Character: Edward Clarkk
MOVIE • 1942
The Old Homestead
Character: Scarf Lennin
MOVIE • 1942
I Live on Danger
Character: Norm Thompson
MOVIE • 1942
In Old California
Character: Joe Dawson
MOVIE • 1942
Torpedo Boat
Character: Ralph Andrews
MOVIE • 1942
No Hands on the Clock
Character: Red Harris
MOVIE • 1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Character: Cliff Halliday
MOVIE • 1941
Flying Blind
Character: Bob Fuller
MOVIE • 1941