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