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