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
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Garden of the Moon
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Valley of the Giants
Bullets or Ballots
The Bank Dick
Arise, My Love
In Old California
Tough Kid
Bullets for O'Hara
The Law in Her Hands
No Hands on the Clock
Missing Witnesses
The Doorway to Hell
Penrod's Double Trouble
Public Enemy's Wife
Streets of New York
Breakdowns of 1938
Blackwell's Island
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Wine, Women and Horses
The Captain's Kid
Leave It to the Irish
The Case of the Velvet Claws
I Live on Danger
Nancy Drew… Detective
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Brides Are Like That
Alcatraz Island
Flight Command
Over the Wall
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Private Affairs
No Place for a Lady
Reveille with Beverly
Freshman Love
Ceiling Zero
Public Wedding
Accidents Will Happen
New Moon
Idaho
Man Hunt
Phantom Killer
King of Hockey
Mystery House
Men in Exile
Two in a Taxi
Jailbreak
Irish Luck
Aerial Gunner
Broadway Musketeers
The Pittsburgh Kid
Navy Blues
Talent Scout
Flight Into Nowhere
Flying Blind
Melody for Two
Times Square Playboy
High Explosive
Torpedo Boat
Bengal Tiger
The Daredevil Drivers
Air Devils
Trocadero
Reported Missing
Snowed Under
Draegerman Courage
Timber Queen
While America Sleeps
Drunk Driving
Heroes in Blue
The Old Homestead
