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