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

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

as Mackley Q. Greene

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

as Ed Driscoll

Tough Kid

Tough Kid

1938

as 'Red' Murphy

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

In Old California

In Old California

1942

as Joe Dawson

Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

as Keiffer

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940

as Pink

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

as Creel

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Alexander

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937

as David 'Harp' Santell

Freshman Love

Freshman Love

1936

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

1943

as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942

as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1936

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)

Public Wedding

Public Wedding

1937

as Joe Taylor

Streets of New York

Streets of New York

1939

as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Idaho

Idaho

1943

as Duke Springer