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Dick Purcell
Acting
August 6, 1905(38 years old, passed away)†April 10, 1944Greenwich, 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.
Filmography (24)
PeliCaptain America
1944 · Captain America / Grant Gardner
PeliBullets or Ballots
1936 · Ed Driscoll
PeliTough Kid
1938 · 'Red' Murphy
PeliFollow the Fleet
1936 · Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
PeliMissing Witnesses
1937 · "Bull" Regan
PeliPrivate Affairs
1940 · Dick Cartwright
PeliFlight Command
1940 · Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
PeliAerial Gunner
1943 · Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
PeliHigh Explosive
1943 · Dave
PeliPublic Wedding
1937 · Joe Taylor
PeliIn Old California
1942 · Joe Dawson
PeliCeiling Zero
1936 · Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
PeliBreakdowns of 1938
1938 · Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
PeliJailbreak
1936 · Ed Slayden
PeliThe Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · Crandal
PeliValley of the Giants
1938 · Creel
PeliPhantom Killer
1942 · Edward Clarkk
PeliScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Dick Purcell
PeliFreshman Love
1936 · Radio Announcer (uncredited)
PeliAlcatraz Island
1937 · David 'Harp' Santell
PeliKing of the Zombies
1941 · James 'Mac' McCarthy
PeliTimber Queen
1944 · Milt Holmes
PeliNew Moon
1940 · Alexander
PeliNo Place for a Lady
1943 · Randy Brooks