Dick Purcell
Dick Purcell is credited on 14 movies, best known by TMDB votes for The Bank Dick, Follow the Fleet and Bullets or Ballots.
Born August 6, 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; died April 10, 1944.
Filmography · 14 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
Free with ads on Fawesome
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
On YouTube TV
King of the Zombies
1941 · Movie
On Prime Video and MGM+
In Old California
1942 · Movie
On MGM+
Captain America
1944 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Movie
Free with ads on Hoopla
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Movie
On Philo
Ceiling Zero
1936 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 · Movie
On Prime Video and ScreenPix
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Movie
X Marks the Spot
1942 · Movie
About Dick Purcell
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...
Biography from TMDB, written by its community.