Dick Purcell
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
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
Leave It to the Irish
1944
as Pat Burke
Trocadero
1944
as Spike Nelson
Captain America
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen
1944
as Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as Johnny Smith
High Explosive
1943
as Dave
Aerial Gunner
1943
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
1943
as Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady
1943
as Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943
as Tank Instructor
X Marks the Spot
1942
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Phantom Killer
1942
as Edward Clarkk
The Old Homestead
1942
as Scarf Lennin
I Live on Danger
1942
as Norm Thompson
In Old California
1942
as Joe Dawson
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Ralph Andrews
No Hands on the Clock
1941
as Red Harris
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
as Cliff Halliday
Flying Blind
1941
as Bob Fuller
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
as Wicks
Two in a Taxi
1941
as Bill Gratton
King of the Zombies
1941
as James 'Mac' McCarthy