Dick Purcell

1905-08-06 – 1944-04-10 (age 38) Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

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.

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Dick Purcell

Known For

Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938

as 'Red' Murphy

Captain America

Captain America

1944

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

as Ed Driscoll

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940

as Pink

Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

as Keiffer

In Old California

In Old California

1942

as Joe Dawson

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

as Creel

Leave It to the Irish

Leave It to the Irish

1944

as Pat Burke

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Two in a Taxi

Two in a Taxi

1941

as Bill Gratton

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Alexander

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

as Mackley Q. Greene

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Snowed Under

Snowed Under

1936

as Bert (uncredited)

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Over the Wall

Over the Wall

1938

as Ace Scanlon

While America Sleeps

While America Sleeps

1939

as Dave Miller

No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock

1941

as Red Harris

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941

as James 'Mac' McCarthy