About

Known credits:
75
Birthday:
1905-08-06
Place of birth:
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Website:
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Dick Purcell

Overview

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

Acting
1944 Leave It to the Irish Actor Pat Burke 58
Average
1944 Trocadero Actor Spike Nelson 59
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1944 Captain America Actor Captain America / Grant Gardner 58
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1944 Timber Queen Actor Milt Holmes 59
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1943 The Mystery of the 13th Guest Actor Johnny Smith 58
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1943 High Explosive Actor Dave 58
Average
1943 Aerial Gunner Actor Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine 58
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1943 Idaho Actor Duke Springer 59
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1943 No Place for a Lady Actor Randy Brooks 59
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1943 Reveille with Beverly Actor Andy Adams 59
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1943 Fighting Men: Crack That Tank Actor Tank Instructor 59
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1942 X Marks the Spot Actor Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker 58
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1942 Phantom Killer Actor Edward Clarkk 58
Average
1942 The Old Homestead Actor Scarf Lennin N/A
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1942 I Live on Danger Actor Norm Thompson 58
Average
1942 In Old California Actor Joe Dawson 58
Average
1942 Torpedo Boat Actor Ralph Andrews 59
Average
1941 No Hands on the Clock Actor Red Harris 58
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1941 The Pittsburgh Kid Actor Cliff Halliday N/A
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1941 Flying Blind Actor Bob Fuller 59
Average
1941 Bullets for O'Hara Actor Wicks 58
Average
1941 Two in a Taxi Actor Bill Gratton N/A
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1941 King of the Zombies Actor James 'Mac' McCarthy 58
Average
1940 Flight Command Actor Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne 58
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1940 The Bank Dick Actor Mackley Q. Greene 60
Fair
1940 Arise, My Love Actor Pinky O'Connor 58
Average
1940 Private Affairs Actor Dick Cartwright N/A
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1940 New Moon Actor Alexander 59
Average
1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit Actor Agent Melvin Pierce 58
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1939 Heroes in Blue Actor Terry Murphy 58
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1939 Drunk Driving Actor John Jones 58
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1939 Irish Luck Actor Steve Lanahan 59
Average
1939 While America Sleeps Actor Dave Miller N/A
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1939 Streets of New York Actor T.P. 'Tap' Keenan 59
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1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 Actor Dick Purcell 59
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1939 Blackwell's Island Actor Terry Walsh 58
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1938 Breakdowns of 1938 Actor Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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1938 Tough Kid Actor 'Red' Murphy 59
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1938 Nancy Drew… Detective Actor Keiffer 59
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1938 Broadway Musketeers Actor Vince Morrell 58
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1938 Garden of the Moon Actor Rick Fulton 59
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1938 Valley of the Giants Actor Creel 59
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1938 Penrod's Double Trouble Actor Tex Boyden 58
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1938 Mystery House Actor Lance O'Leary 58
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1938 Air Devils Actor Percy 'Slats' Harrington 58
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1938 Flight Into Nowhere Actor Bill Kellogg 58
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1938 Accidents Will Happen Actor Jim Faber 59
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1938 Over the Wall Actor Ace Scanlon 59
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1938 The Daredevil Drivers Actor Bill Foster 59
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1937 Missing Witnesses Actor "Bull" Regan 58
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1937 Alcatraz Island Actor David 'Harp' Santell 58
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1937 Wine, Women and Horses Actor George Mayhew 58
Average
1937 Reported Missing Actor Paul Wayne N/A
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1937 Talent Scout Actor Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1937 Public Wedding Actor Joe Taylor 59
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1937 Draegerman Courage Actor Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) 59
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1937 Melody for Two Actor Mel Lynch N/A
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1937 Men in Exile Actor Jimmy Carmody 58
Average
1937 Navy Blues Actor Rusty Gibbs 59
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1936 King of Hockey Actor Gabby Dugan 58
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1936 The Captain's Kid Actor George Chester 59
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1936 Jailbreak Actor Ed Slayden 59
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1936 Bengal Tiger Actor Nick DeLargo 58
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1936 Public Enemy's Wife Actor Louie 59
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1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws Actor Crandal 59
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1936 Bullets or Ballots Actor Ed Driscoll 59
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1936 The Law in Her Hands Actor Marty 58
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1936 Times Square Playboy Actor Wally Calhoun 58
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1936 Brides Are Like That Actor Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) 58
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1936 Snowed Under Actor Bert (uncredited) 59
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1936 Follow the Fleet Actor Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) 59
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1936 Man Hunt Actor Skip McHenry N/A
N/A
1936 Freshman Love Actor Radio Announcer (uncredited) 59
Average
1936 Ceiling Zero Actor Smiley (as Dick Purcell) 58
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1930 The Doorway to Hell Actor Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) 59
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