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Dick Purcell is a Actor American born on 6 august 1905 at Greenwich (USA)
Dick Purcell (August 6, 1908 – April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid (1938), Heroes in Blue (1939), Irish Luck (1939) and King of the Zombies (1941).
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Birth name Richard Gerald Purcell, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1905 at Greenwich (USA)
Death 10 april 1944 (at 38 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1905 at Greenwich (USA)
Death 10 april 1944 (at 38 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Né à Greenwich, il a fait ses études primaires et secondaires à l'école catholique avant de devenir étudiant à l'université Fordham dans le Bronx. Il part ensuite pour New York afin de commencer une carrière d'acteur sur les planches de Broadway. Parmi ses premières apparitions dans des pièces, citons notamment Men in White en 1933 au Broadhurst Theatre mais aussi Les Sentiers de la Gloire. Il est remarqué par la critique. Il est aussitôt choisi pour un petit rôle dans le film Brumes en 1936 aux côtés de James Cagney. Il obtiendra pour son second long métrage Man Hunt toujours en 1936 un rôle plus important. Cette année, il apparaît dans onze films au total. Le début d'une carrière riche en rôles divers. En août 1944, alors que le serial Captain America n'est pas encore diffusé en salles, il décède d'une crise cardiaque à l'âge de 36 ans dans les vestiaires du Country Club de Los Angeles après avoir fait une partie de golf. Le film connaîtra un immense succès.Usually with
Filmography of Dick Purcell (67 films)
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Captain America (1944)
, 4h4Directed by Elmer Clifton, John English
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Hicks, George J. Lewis
Roles Captain America / Grant Gardner
Rating53%
A rash of suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab, gets the attention of Mayor Randolph. He demands that Police Commissioner Dryden and District Attorney Grant Gardner get to the bottom of the case, while openly wishing that Captain America, a masked man who has helped defeat crime in the past, were around to solve the mystery. Gail Richards, Grant Gardner's secretary, investigates and realises someone knows of the "Purple Death", a hypnotic chemical responsible for the suicides. However he then pulls out a gun and takes her into another room. He then orders an associate to tie her up. The D.A. realises she is there and forces the man to take him to her. He finds her tied up and gagged. He frees her but it is threatened that the purple death will be dropped killing them all. But the D.A. shoots him then gets out of the room with Gail.
Timber Queen (1944)
, 1h6Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Arlen, Mary Beth Hughes, June Havoc, Sheldon Leonard, George E. Stone, Dick Purcell
Roles Milt Holmes
Rating59%
Trocadero (1944)
, 1h14Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan, Dick Purcell, Sheldon Leonard, Dave Fleischer
Roles Spike Nelson
Rating56%
The film is a fictional story of the creation of the Trocadero night club with the two foster children of Tony Rocadero erecting the club in their late father's memory. The film is an excuse to feature a variety of performers doing their act in the club, including an animated character from Dave Fleischer.
Aerial Gunner (1943)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, Jimmy Lydon, Ralph Sanford, Amelita Ward, Dick Purcell
Roles Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Rating56%
Policeman Jon Davis (Richard Arlen) informs "Foxy" Pattis (Chester Morris) at his shooting gallery, that his criminal father has died. Foxy blames all policemen, feeling they harassed him all his life and were responsible for his death. Both men enlist in the United States Army Air Forces where Foxy becomes the instructor at an aerial gunnery school. He makes life miserable for Jon, now a "Flying Sergeant" student, trying to force the former policeman to resign.
Idaho (1943)
, 1h10Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey, Bob Nolan, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon
Roles Duke Springer
Rating59%
Judge John Grey decides to close down Belle Bonner's saloon. It turns out, though, that Grey is actually a former outlaw named Tom Allison, and this information is used by Belle and her crony Duke Springer to blackmail the judge. It's up to Roy Rogers to ride into town and save the day.
No Place for a Lady (1943)
, 1h6Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Phyllis Brooks, Dick Purcell, Jerome Cowan, Edward Norris
Roles Randy Brooks
Rating63%
At a Tyre warehouse in Los Angeles, trucks are loaded with stacks of tires to be delivered to a San Francisco warehouse. Later, on a country road under cover of darkness, the tires are transferred to Joe Wembley (Frank M. Thomas), an underworld figure and operator of a nightclub at the beach. With the $50,000 earned from the transaction, Evelyn Harris (Doris Lloyd), who inherited the tire business from her late husband, plans to marry Eddie Moore (Jerome Cowan), a singer at Wembley's café. The two lovebirds then head for New York, but Moore insists on stopping at an unoccupied cottage he notices from the road. In San Francisco, meanwhile, Jess Arno (William Gargan), a private detective from Los Angeles, succeeds in clearing former actress Dolly Adair (Phyllis Brooks) of a murder charge and becomes a media sensation. After the trial is over, Jess rushes to phone his sweetheart, June Terry, a real estate agent at the shore. June, who is jealous of Dolly, is upset when Jess informs her that he plans to shield Dolly from the reporters by hiding her at his beach cottage. Randy Brooke (Dick Purcell), a reporter who is Jess's rival for June's affections, convinces June to play a practical joke on Jess. Together, they take a wax model to Jess's cottage and stick a knife in the figure's throat. Later that night, Jess and Dolly arrive at the cottage and are horrified to find blood stains and a body of a woman in the cellar. Hurrying to Wembley's café nearby, they telephone Capt. Baker (Thomas E. Jackson) at police headquarters. When the officers arrive, accompanied by Randy and June, the body is missing and the dummy lies in its place. Believing that it is all a publicity hoax, the police ridicule Jess as a "front page detective." After the police leave, June admits her involvement in placing the dummy in the cottage and offers to help Jess discover the identity of the murdered woman. A dress label found on the body leads them to an exclusive shop in Los Angeles, and there they discover that the dress was sold to Evelyn Harris. After Jess and June argue, the two go their separate ways to solve the mystery. Upon learning that Evelyn left Los Angeles to marry Eddie Moore, their investigation leads to Wembley's café. When June begins to question Moore about Evelyn, he flees the café with the $50,000. His escape is aided by the sound of air raid sirens and a blackout at the beach. By pretending to be an air raid warden, Jess corners Moore at his apartment. After Moore denies killing Evelyn and accuses Wembley of engineering the murder and hijacking the tires, Jess phones Capt. Baker, but before he can relay the information, Moore knocks him unconscious and locks him in a closet. Moore is then confronted by Wembley and his henchman, Mario (Edward Norris), who have followed him to the apartment. When the police arrive, they find Moore's body, beaten to death, and accuse Jess of the crime. After recovering from a blow to his head, Jess eludes the police and goes to Wembley's café, where he confronts Wembley and Mario with evidence of murder. In the ensuing fight, Mario and Wembley chase Jess into a banquet room where the hijacked tires are stored. The police then arrive and, seizing the tires as evidence, arrest Wembley and Mario. With the murder solved, Jess and June leave for their wedding and honeymoon.
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
, 1h18Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Ann Miller, William Wright, Dick Purcell, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Sinatra, Larry Parks
Roles Andy Adams
Rating65%
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
, 1h1Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Frank Faylen, Johnny Duncan, Cyril Ring, Addison Richards
Roles Johnny Smith
Rating54%
When Marie Morgan (Helen Parrish) was eight years old, she attended a banquet held by her dying grandfather, who disliked everyone in his family except for her. That day he instructed her to return to his house upon her twenty-first birthday to read his will alone. Marie arrives at the house, and although it has been vacant for 13 years, the lights and telephone both appear to be working. Marie thinks back to the day her grandfather told her about his will and recalls the seating arrangement. There were twelve guests in attendance, but a thirteenth place to her grandfather's right was empty. Marie presently decides to open the envelope containing the will. Inside is a sheet of paper with the numbers 13-13-13 written with nothing else. Someone suddenly enters the house and a gunshot is heard, and Marie screams.
High Explosive (1943)
, 1hDirected by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Sanford, Rand Brooks, Dick Purcell
Roles Dave
Rating60%
I Live on Danger (1942)
, 1h13Directed by Sam White
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Norris, Dick Purcell, Roger Pryor
Roles Norm Thompson
Rating60%
Jeff Morrell is an ambitious radio reporter. The news of the day is the prison release of gambler Eddie Nelson, who actually was the fallguy for a criminal named Joey Farr.
In Old California (1942)
, 1h28Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Edgar Kennedy, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly
Roles Joe Dawson
Rating62%
À la fin des années 1840, Tom Craig, un pharmacien originaire de Boston, décide de tenter sa chance en Californie. Il est confronté à Britt Dawson, qui veut l'empêcher de s'installer à Sacramento, mais il reçoit l'aide de la propre fiancée de Dawson, la chanteuse Lacey Miller. Après qu'un filon est découvert dans la région, la ville se vide. Mais le camp des mineurs est frappé par la typhoïde, Tom organise le transport des médicaments nécessaires. Dawson va tenter de voler le chargement.
X Marks the Spot (1942)
, 55minutesDirected by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Jack La Rue, Neil Hamilton, Robert Homans
Roles Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Rating52%
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Phantom Killer (1942)
Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Edward Clarkk
Rating54%
Torpedo Boat (1942)
, 1h10Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Mary Carlisle, Phillip Terry, Dick Purcell, Ralph Sanford
Roles Ralph Andrews
Rating70%
Flying Blind (1941)
, 1h9Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Marie Wilson, Eddie Quillan, Dick Purcell
Roles Bob Fuller
Rating47%
After being fired for taking the blame for his co-pilot's incompetence, airline pilot Jim Clark (Richard Arlen) starts his own airline, Honeymoon Air, flying for weddings and divorces between Los Angeles and Las Vegas/Reno. He brings stewardess Shirley Brooks (Jean Parker) with him as a partner.