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

Captain America

Captain America

1944

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938

as 'Red' Murphy

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

1943

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Missing Witnesses

Missing Witnesses

1937

as "Bull" Regan

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

as Ed Driscoll

Public Wedding

Public Wedding

1937

as Joe Taylor

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1936

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1940

as Dick Cartwright

High Explosive

High Explosive

1943

as Dave

Jailbreak

Jailbreak

1936

as Ed Slayden

In Old California

In Old California

1942

as Joe Dawson

Snowed Under

Snowed Under

1936

as Bert (uncredited)

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Law in Her Hands

The Law in Her Hands

1936

as Marty

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Alexander

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

as Creel

Phantom Killer

Phantom Killer

1942

as Edward Clarkk

Freshman Love

Freshman Love

1936

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)