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

In Old California

In Old California

1942

as Joe Dawson

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

as Ed Driscoll

Idaho

Idaho

1943

as Duke Springer

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937

as David 'Harp' Santell

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Alexander

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Bullets for O'Hara

Bullets for O'Hara

1941

as Wicks

Over the Wall

Over the Wall

1938

as Ace Scanlon

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

as Mackley Q. Greene

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

as Creel

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

1943

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Public Enemy's Wife

Public Enemy's Wife

1936

as Louie

Irish Luck

Irish Luck

1939

as Steve Lanahan

Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

1938

as Rick Fulton

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940

as Pink