
Dick Purcell
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born6 August 1905 (age 120)
- Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
Dick Purcell

- Known ForActing
- Born6 August 1905 (age 120)
- Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS

Captain America
1944
Leave It to the Irish
1944

Trocadero
1944

Timber Queen
1944

Reveille with Beverly
1943

The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943

No Place for a Lady
1943

Aerial Gunner
1943

Idaho
1943

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943

High Explosive
1943

The Old Homestead
1942

Phantom Killer
1942

X Marks the Spot
1942

I Live on Danger
1942

Torpedo Boat
1942

In Old California
1942

King of the Zombies
1941

No Hands on the Clock
1941

Bullets for O'Hara
1941

The Pittsburgh Kid
1941

Flying Blind
1941

Two in a Taxi
1941

The Bank Dick
1940

Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940

New Moon
1940

Flight Command
1940

Arise, My Love
1940

Private Affairs
1940

Blackwell's Island
1939

Irish Luck
1939

Heroes in Blue
1939

While America Sleeps
1939

Drunk Driving
1939

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939

Streets of New York
1939

Nancy Drew… Detective
1938

Mystery House
1938

Over the Wall
1938

Valley of the Giants
1938

Penrod's Double Trouble
1938

Accidents Will Happen
1938

Air Devils
1938

The Daredevil Drivers
1938

Garden of the Moon
1938

Tough Kid
1938

Flight Into Nowhere
1938

Broadway Musketeers
1938

Breakdowns of 1938
1938

Men in Exile
1937

Wine, Women and Horses
1937

Missing Witnesses
1937

Melody for Two
1937

Navy Blues
1937

Reported Missing
1937

Public Wedding
1937

Alcatraz Island
1937

Talent Scout
1937

Draegerman Courage
1937

Bullets or Ballots
1936

Times Square Playboy
1936

The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936

Brides Are Like That
1936

Public Enemy's Wife
1936

King of Hockey
1936

Follow the Fleet
1936

The Law in Her Hands
1936

Jailbreak
1936

Man Hunt
1936

Freshman Love
1936

The Captain's Kid
1936

Ceiling Zero
1936

Bengal Tiger
1936

Snowed Under
1936
