Dick Purcell

Birthday

1905-08-06

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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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Captain America

Captain America

1944 5.3
Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944
X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942 5.2
X Marks the Spot

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942
New Moon

New Moon

1940 6.7
New Moon

as Alexander

1940
Flight Command

Flight Command

1940 6.3
Flight Command

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1940
The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940 7.1
The Bank Dick

as Mackley Q. Greene

1940
Irish Luck

Irish Luck

1939 5.5
Irish Luck

as Steve Lanahan

1939
Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938 6.1
Tough Kid

as 'Red' Murphy

1938
Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1936 6.7
Ceiling Zero

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

1936
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