Where to watch Dick Purcell in the UK
Find every Dick Purcell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 heart attack.
Dick Purcell films streaming in the UK
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- Captain America (1944) as Captain America / Grant Gardner
- In Old California (1942) as Joe Dawson
- Valley of the Giants (1938) as Creel
- Alcatraz Island (1937) as David 'Harp' Santell
- Idaho (1943) as Duke Springer
- Bullets or Ballots (1936) as Ed Driscoll
- Arise, My Love (1940) as Pink
- Blackwell's Island (1939) as Terry Walsh
- Missing Witnesses (1937) as "Bull" Regan
- The Bank Dick (1940) as Mackley Q. Greene
- Over the Wall (1938) as Ace Scanlon
- The Daredevil Drivers (1938) as Bill Foster
- No Place for a Lady (1943) as Randy Brooks
- King of the Zombies (1941) as James 'Mac' McCarthy
- Mystery House (1938) as Lance O'Leary
- Jailbreak (1936) as Ed Slayden
- New Moon (1940) as Alexander
- Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Follow the Fleet (1936) as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
- Talent Scout (1937) as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Phantom Killer (1942) as Edward Clarkk
- King of Hockey (1936) as Gabby Dugan
- Freshman Love (1936) as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- Draegerman Courage (1937) as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
- Irish Luck (1939) as Steve Lanahan
- Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) as Keiffer
- Man Hunt (1936) as Skip McHenry
- Public Enemy's Wife (1936) as Louie
- Private Affairs (1940) as Dick Cartwright
- Ceiling Zero (1936) as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
- The Captain's Kid (1936) as George Chester
- Reveille with Beverly (1943) as Andy Adams
- Snowed Under (1936) as Bert (uncredited)
- Heroes in Blue (1939) as Terry Murphy
- Public Wedding (1937) as Joe Taylor
- Garden of the Moon (1938) as Rick Fulton
- No Hands on the Clock (1941) as Red Harris
- Aerial Gunner (1943) as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
- Wine, Women and Horses (1937) as George Mayhew
- Broadway Musketeers (1938) as Vince Morrell
- I Live on Danger (1942) as Norm Thompson
- Flight Command (1940) as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
- Drunk Driving (1939) as John Jones
- The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) as Crandal
- Streets of New York (1939) as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
- Bullets for O'Hara (1941) as Wicks
- Flying Blind (1941) as Bob Fuller
- Timber Queen (1944) as Milt Holmes
- Trocadero (1944) as Spike Nelson
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) as Dick Purcell
- The Old Homestead (1942) as Scarf Lennin
- Bengal Tiger (1936) as Nick DeLargo
- The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) as Johnny Smith
- X Marks the Spot (1942) as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
- The Doorway to Hell (1930) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Accidents Will Happen (1938) as Jim Faber
- High Explosive (1943) as Dave
- Air Devils (1938) as Percy 'Slats' Harrington
- Times Square Playboy (1936) as Wally Calhoun
- Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940) as Agent Melvin Pierce
- The Law in Her Hands (1936) as Marty
- Men in Exile (1937) as Jimmy Carmody
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938) as Tex Boyden
- Reported Missing (1937) as Paul Wayne
- Torpedo Boat (1942) as Ralph Andrews
- Navy Blues (1937) as Rusty Gibbs
- Tough Kid (1938) as 'Red' Murphy
- The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) as Cliff Halliday
- Brides Are Like That (1936) as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
- Leave It to the Irish (1944) as Pat Burke
- Melody for Two (1937) as Mel Lynch
- Two in a Taxi (1941) as Bill Gratton
- Flight Into Nowhere (1938) as Bill Kellogg
- While America Sleeps (1939) as Dave Miller
- Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes (1989) Cast
- Fighting Men: Crack That Tank (1943) as Tank Instructor
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Most-watched Dick Purcell films currently: Captain America (1944), In Old California (1942), Valley of the Giants (1938), Alcatraz Island (1937), Idaho (1943).
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