Dick Purcell
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.
Acting
Movie
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
1940
Movie
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
Movie
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
Movie
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
1936
Movie
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
1942
Movie
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
Movie
Arise, My Love
as Pink
1940
Movie
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930
Movie
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
1938
Movie
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
Movie
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
Movie
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
Movie
Alcatraz Island
as David 'Harp' Santell
1937
Movie
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
1943
Movie
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary
1938
Movie
Drunk Driving
as John Jones
1939
Movie
New Moon
as Alexander
1940
Movie
Blackwell's Island
as Terry Walsh
1939
Movie
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris
1941
Movie
Men in Exile
as Jimmy Carmody
1937
Movie
Public Enemy's Wife
as Louie
1936
Movie
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
1944
Movie
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson
1942
Movie
Heroes in Blue
as Terry Murphy
1939