Dick Purcell
Actor
Born Aug 6, 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Active 1930–1944
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.
Filmography
The Bank Dick (1940) — Mackley Q. GreeneFollow the Fleet (1936) — Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)Bullets or Ballots (1936) — Ed DriscollReported Missing (1937) — Paul WayneMan Hunt (1936) — Skip McHenryThe Doorway to Hell (1930) — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) — KeifferArise, My Love (1940) — PinkKing of the Zombies (1941) — James 'Mac' McCarthyReveille with Beverly (1943) — Andy AdamsIn Old California (1942) — Joe DawsonCaptain America (1944) — Captain America / Grant GardnerSnowed Under (1936) — Bert (uncredited)New Moon (1940) — AlexanderThe Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) — CrandalCeiling Zero (1936) — Smiley (as Dick Purcell)The Old Homestead (1942) — Scarf LenninTwo in a Taxi (1941) — Bill GrattonBatman and Robin and Other Super Heroes (1989)Garden of the Moon (1938) — Rick FultonDraegerman Courage (1937) — Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)Penrod's Double Trouble (1938) — Tex BoydenTorpedo Boat (1942) — Ralph AndrewsValley of the Giants (1938) — Creel