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

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

as Mackley Q. Greene

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Captain America

Captain America

1944

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938

as 'Red' Murphy

The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936

as Crandal

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Alexander

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

as Ed Driscoll

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940

as Pink

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

as George Mayhew

In Old California

In Old California

1942

as Joe Dawson

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940

as Agent Melvin Pierce

Broadway Musketeers

Broadway Musketeers

1938

as Vince Morrell

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock

1941

as Red Harris

Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

1938

as Rick Fulton

Bullets for O'Hara

Bullets for O'Hara

1941

as Wicks

Flight Into Nowhere

Flight Into Nowhere

1938

as Bill Kellogg