--- name: "Dick Purcell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-purcell" fi1m_id: "dick-purcell" imdb_id: "nm0700711" tmdb_id: 13970 wikidata_id: "Q5273293" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 August 1905" died: "10 April 1944" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T03:06:31.078026+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dick Purcell ## Identity Dick Purcell - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dick-purcell - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dick-purcell - **IMDb ID:** nm0700711 - **TMDB ID:** 13970 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5273293 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5273293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13970 Actor. Born 6 August 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Died 10 April 1944. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 August 1905, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - **Died:** 10 April 1944 - **Also known as:** Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. Purcell, Richard Purcell - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5273293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13970 ## Biography Dick Purcell (born Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.) was an American actor. He attended Fordham University in New York and began his career on the stage before moving to Hollywood in 1935. He appeared in numerous films, often in supporting roles at Warner Bros., and is credited as Mackley Q. Greene in *The Bank Dick* (1940). Purcell is best known for portraying Grant Gardner / Captain America in the 1944 Republic serial *Captain America*. He had previously appeared in films including *Follow the Fleet* (1936), *Bullets or Ballots* (1936) and *King of the Zombies* (1941). He was married briefly to actress Ethelind Terry in 1942. Purcell died of a heart attack on 10 April 1944 in Hollywood, California, shortly after completing the *Captain America* serial, which was released on 5 February that year. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Bank Dick* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Mackley Q. Greene — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bank-dick.md) ## Complete filmography (76) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes* (1989), Actor - *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 - *Flying Blind* (1941), as Bob Fuller - *The Pittsburgh Kid* (1941), as Cliff Halliday - *Bullets for O'Hara* (1941), as Wicks - *Two in a Taxi* (1941), as Bill Gratton - *King of the Zombies* (1941), as James 'Mac' McCarthy - *Flight Command* (1940), as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne - *The Bank Dick* (1940), as Mackley Q. Greene — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bank-dick.md) - *Arise, My Love* (1940), as Pink - *Private Affairs* (1940), as Dick Cartwright - *New Moon* (1940), as Alexander - *Outside the Three-Mile Limit* (1940), as Agent Melvin Pierce - *Heroes in Blue* (1939), as Terry Murphy - *Drunk Driving* (1939), as John Jones - *Irish Luck* (1939), as Steve Lanahan - *While America Sleeps* (1939), as Dave Miller - *Streets of New York* (1939), as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan - *Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8* (1939), as Dick Purcell - *Blackwell's Island* (1939), as Terry Walsh - *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Tough Kid* (1938), as 'Red' Murphy - *Nancy Drew… Detective* (1938), as Keiffer - *Broadway Musketeers* (1938), as Vince Morrell - *Garden of the Moon* (1938), as Rick Fulton - *Valley of the Giants* (1938), as Creel - *Penrod's Double Trouble* (1938), as Tex Boyden - *Mystery House* (1938), as Lance O'Leary - *Air Devils* (1938), as Percy 'Slats' Harrington - *Flight Into Nowhere* (1938), as Bill Kellogg - *Accidents Will Happen* (1938), as Jim Faber - *Over the Wall* (1938), as Ace Scanlon - *The Daredevil Drivers* (1938), as Bill Foster - *Missing Witnesses* (1937), as "Bull" Regan - *Alcatraz Island* (1937), as David 'Harp' Santell - *Wine, Women and Horses* (1937), as George Mayhew - *Reported Missing* (1937), as Paul Wayne - *Talent Scout* (1937), as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Public Wedding* (1937), as Joe Taylor - *Draegerman Courage* (1937), as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) - *Melody for Two* (1937), as Mel Lynch - *Men in Exile* (1937), as Jimmy Carmody - *Navy Blues* (1937), as Rusty Gibbs - *King of Hockey* (1936), as Gabby Dugan - *The Captain's Kid* (1936), as George Chester - *Jailbreak* (1936), as Ed Slayden - *Bengal Tiger* (1936), as Nick DeLargo - *Public Enemy's Wife* (1936), as Louie - *The Case of the Velvet Claws* (1936), as Crandal - *Bullets or Ballots* (1936), as Ed Driscoll - *The Law in Her Hands* (1936), as Marty - *Times Square Playboy* (1936), as Wally Calhoun - *Brides Are Like That* (1936), as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) - *Snowed Under* (1936), as Bert (uncredited) - *Follow the Fleet* (1936), as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) - *Man Hunt* (1936), as Skip McHenry - *Freshman Love* (1936), as Radio Announcer (uncredited) - *Ceiling Zero* (1936), as Smiley (as Dick Purcell) - *The Doorway to Hell* (1930), as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Dick Purcell as Captain America in the 1944 Captain America serial film.](https://film.one/media/person/3858848/gallery-1a74de57f7a6.png) Dick Purcell as Captain America in the 1944 Captain America serial film. — Republic Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/DickPurcellasCaptainAmerica.png/1280px-DickPurcellasCaptainAmerica.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dick Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/3858848/gallery-f292852df0da.jpg) Dick Purcell — Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures Corporation), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Dick_Purcell_in_King_of_the_Zombies_%281941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![L. to R. : Dick Purcell, Mantan Moreland, and Patricia Stacey in King of the Zombies (1941) - publicity still](https://film.one/media/person/3858848/gallery-920ae016921f.jpg) L. to R. : Dick Purcell, Mantan Moreland, and Patricia Stacey in King of the Zombies (1941) - publicity still — unknown (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/King_of_the_Zombies_%281941%29_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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