Dick Purcell
American actor, best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1908 to 1944 · aged 35
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1944 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill.
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Captain AmericaFilm, 1944Captain America / Grant Gardner
TrocaderoFilm, 1944Spike Nelson1943
Aerial GunnerFilm, Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine1942
I Live on DangerFilm, Norm Thompson1941
Bullets for O'HaraFilm, Wicks1940
Arise, My LoveFilm, Pink
New MoonFilm, 1940Alexander1939
Blackwell's IslandFilm, Terry Walsh1938
Breakdowns of 1938Film, Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway MusketeersFilm, 1938Vince Morrell1937
Alcatraz IslandFilm, David 'Harp' Santell1936
Bengal TigerFilm, Nick DeLargo
Bullets or BallotsFilm, 1936Ed Driscoll1930
The Doorway to HellFilm, Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)1908Born6 August 1908Known for
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Follow the Fleet 1936
Bullets or Ballots 1936
The Bank Dick 1940
King of the Zombies 1941
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Bryan Foy Produced Bengal Tiger and Accidents Will Happen
William C. McGann Directed In Old California (1942)
William Clemens Directed The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
June Travis Also in Bengal Tiger and Over the Wall
Kenneth Harlan Also in Accidents Will Happen (1938)
Frank McDonald Directed Flying Blind and Over the Wall
Addison Richards Also in Flight Command (1940)
Stuart Holmes Also in The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
William Keighley Directed Bullets or Ballots (1936)- Louis King Directed Bengal Tiger and Wine, Women and Horses
Noel M. Smith Directed Mystery House and King of Hockey- Maxwell Shane Wrote Flying Blind and No Hands on the Clock
Louis F. Edelman Produced Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Ann Sheridan Also in Wine, Women and Horses and Mystery House
Barton MacLane Also in Bullets or Ballots and Bengal Tiger
Jean Parker Also in Flying Blind and No Hands on the Clock
Marie Wilson Also in King of Hockey and Broadway Musketeers
Veda Ann Borg Also in Men in Exile and Over the Wall
Crane Wilbur Wrote Over the Wall and Alcatraz Island
Helen Parrish Also in In Old California and X Marks the Spot
Olin Howland Also in The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Joseph Crehan Also in Bullets or Ballots and Bengal Tiger- Bernhard Kaun Wrote Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Roger Pryor Also in Bullets for O'Hara and Flying Blind
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Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid (1938), Accidents Will Happen (1938), Heroes in Blue (1939), Irish Luck (1939), The Bank Dick (1940), and King of the Zombies (1941).
