
Dick Purcell
Acting
Born 1905-08-06 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · Died 1944-04-10
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

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

Leave It to the Irish
Pat Burke

Trocadero
Spike Nelson

Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner

Timber Queen
Milt Holmes

The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Johnny Smith

High Explosive
Dave

Aerial Gunner
Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Idaho
Duke Springer

No Place for a Lady
Randy Brooks

Reveille with Beverly
Andy Adams

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Tank Instructor

X Marks the Spot
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Phantom Killer
Edward Clarkk

The Old Homestead
Scarf Lennin

I Live on Danger
Norm Thompson

In Old California
Joe Dawson

Torpedo Boat
Ralph Andrews

No Hands on the Clock
Red Harris

The Pittsburgh Kid
Cliff Halliday

Flying Blind
Bob Fuller

Bullets for O'Hara
Wicks

Two in a Taxi
Bill Gratton

King of the Zombies
James 'Mac' McCarthy

Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene

Arise, My Love
Pink

Private Affairs
Dick Cartwright

New Moon
Alexander

Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Agent Melvin Pierce