Acting
Dick Purcell — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1905-08-06Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known as: Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. Purcell, Richard Purcell
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.
Popular movie credits
Follow the Fleet
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Bullets or Ballots
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The Bank Dick
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Captain America
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Arise, My Love
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Breakdowns of 1938
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In Old California
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New Moon
19406.9
Valley of the Giants
19386.7
King of the Zombies
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Flight Command
19405.9
Tough Kid
19386.5
Idaho
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Nancy Drew… Detective
19386.5
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
19405.7
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