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Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Born August 6, 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

Notable Appearances

Captain America

Captain America

★ 5.41944
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

★ 6.61936
Public Wedding

Public Wedding

★ 6.01937
Flight Command

Flight Command

★ 5.91940

More Movies

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

★ 5.01943
Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

★ 6.81936
In Old California

In Old California

★ 5.31942
Tough Kid

Tough Kid

★ 6.51938
Phantom Killer

Phantom Killer

★ 5.31942
Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly

★ 7.51943
The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

★ 6.51940
Idaho

Idaho

★ 6.31943
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

★ 4.01939
The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws

★ 7.21936
Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

★ 5.81938
Private Affairs

Private Affairs

★ 7.01940
Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

★ 6.31940
Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

★ 6.71938
Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

★ 5.91936
Jailbreak

Jailbreak

★ 6.71936
King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

★ 5.21941
Missing Witnesses

Missing Witnesses

★ 7.01937
Draegerman Courage

Draegerman Courage

★ 7.31937
Air Devils

Air Devils

★ 4.31938
Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island

★ 5.51939
Flying Blind

Flying Blind

★ 4.61941
Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

★ 6.51938
Freshman Love

Freshman Love

★ 7.01936
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

★ 5.71943
New Moon

New Moon

★ 6.91940
The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

★ 6.51930
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

★ 5.31937
Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

★ 5.11937
Broadway Musketeers

Broadway Musketeers

★ 4.41938
Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

★ 6.81938
The Pittsburgh Kid

The Pittsburgh Kid

★ 7.01941
Melody for Two

Melody for Two

★ 7.01937
Over the Wall

Over the Wall

★ 5.71938
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

★ 10.01936
I Live on Danger

I Live on Danger

★ 6.11942
No Place for a Lady

No Place for a Lady

★ 6.01943
Times Square Playboy

Times Square Playboy

★ 4.81936
Bullets for O'Hara

Bullets for O'Hara

★ 5.01941
The Law in Her Hands

The Law in Her Hands

★ 6.01936
Heroes in Blue

Heroes in Blue

★ 4.91939
Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

★ 5.71940
Irish Luck

Irish Luck

★ 6.41939
The Captain's Kid

The Captain's Kid

★ 6.71936
High Explosive

High Explosive

★ 6.31943
Brides Are Like That

Brides Are Like That

★ 6.11936
Talent Scout

Talent Scout

★ 6.71937
Streets of New York

Streets of New York

★ 5.41939
Trocadero

Trocadero

★ 5.11944
Timber Queen

Timber Queen

★ 6.01944
Navy Blues

Navy Blues

★ 6.01937
Mystery House

Mystery House

★ 4.81938
Snowed Under

Snowed Under

★ 7.41936
Men in Exile

Men in Exile

★ 5.01937
No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock

★ 5.61941
Reported Missing

Reported Missing

★ 10.01937
Torpedo Boat

Torpedo Boat

★ 7.51942
Penrod's Double Trouble

Penrod's Double Trouble

★ 7.51938
Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving

★ 5.81939
Bengal Tiger

Bengal Tiger

★ 4.81936
X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

★ 4.41942
Public Enemy's Wife

Public Enemy's Wife

★ 6.41936
Accidents Will Happen

Accidents Will Happen

★ 6.31938
Leave It to the Irish

Leave It to the Irish

★ 4.41944
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

★ 5.41936
The Daredevil Drivers

The Daredevil Drivers

★ 6.01938
Flight Into Nowhere

Flight Into Nowhere

★ 5.31938
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

★ 8.01989
While America Sleeps

While America Sleeps

★ 6.71939
The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

★ 8.01942
Two in a Taxi

Two in a Taxi

★ 8.01941
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

★ 6.01943