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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

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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
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PHOTOS
CREDITS
Poster
Captain America
star
5.466
1944
Poster
Leave It to the Irish
star
3.5
1944
Poster
Trocadero
star
4.667
1944
Poster
Timber Queen
star
5.7
1944
Poster
Reveille with Beverly
star
7.0
1943
Poster
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
star
5.4
1943
Poster
No Place for a Lady
star
6.0
1943
Poster
Aerial Gunner
star
4.4
1943
Poster
Idaho
star
5.7
1943
Poster
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
star
6.0
1943
Poster
High Explosive
star
5.7
1943
Poster
The Old Homestead
star
-
1942
Poster
Phantom Killer
star
4.3
1942
Poster
X Marks the Spot
star
3.864
1942
Poster
I Live on Danger
star
5.7
1942
Poster
Torpedo Boat
star
6.0
1942
Poster
In Old California
star
5.1
1942
Poster
King of the Zombies
star
5.092
1941
Poster
No Hands on the Clock
star
4.9
1941
Poster
Bullets for O'Hara
star
4.0
1941
Poster
The Pittsburgh Kid
star
-
1941
Poster
Flying Blind
star
2.667
1941
Poster
Two in a Taxi
star
-
1941
Poster
The Bank Dick
star
6.496
1940
Poster
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
star
4.0
1940
Poster
New Moon
star
6.8
1940
Poster
Flight Command
star
5.636
1940
Poster
Arise, My Love
star
6.3
1940
Poster
Private Affairs
star
-
1940
Poster
Blackwell's Island
star
5.0
1939
Poster
Irish Luck
star
5.8
1939
Poster
Heroes in Blue
star
4.0
1939
Poster
While America Sleeps
star
6.0
1939
Poster
Drunk Driving
star
5.375
1939
Poster
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
star
4.0
1939
Poster
Streets of New York
star
4.833
1939
Poster
Nancy Drew… Detective
star
6.3
1938
Poster
Mystery House
star
4.9
1938
Poster
Over the Wall
star
5.0
1938
Poster
Valley of the Giants
star
6.0
1938
Poster
Penrod's Double Trouble
star
6.0
1938
Poster
Accidents Will Happen
star
6.0
1938
Poster
Air Devils
star
2.333
1938
Poster
The Daredevil Drivers
star
5.0
1938
Poster
Garden of the Moon
star
5.8
1938
Poster
Tough Kid
star
6.0
1938
Poster
Flight Into Nowhere
star
4.0
1938
Poster
Broadway Musketeers
star
4.3
1938
Poster
Breakdowns of 1938
star
5.0
1938
Poster
Men in Exile
star
4.8
1937
Poster
Wine, Women and Horses
star
4.0
1937
Poster
Missing Witnesses
star
5.5
1937
Poster
Melody for Two
star
-
1937
Poster
Navy Blues
star
5.0
1937
Poster
Reported Missing
star
-
1937
Poster
Public Wedding
star
5.7
1937
Poster
Alcatraz Island
star
4.9
1937
Poster
Talent Scout
star
6.0
1937
Poster
Draegerman Courage
star
6.5
1937
Poster
Bullets or Ballots
star
6.6
1936
Poster
Times Square Playboy
star
4.8
1936
Poster
The Case of the Velvet Claws
star
6.8
1936
Poster
Brides Are Like That
star
4.8
1936
Poster
Public Enemy's Wife
star
5.8
1936
Poster
King of Hockey
star
5.0
1936
Poster
Follow the Fleet
star
6.797
1936
Poster
The Law in Her Hands
star
5.0
1936
Poster
Jailbreak
star
6.4
1936
Poster
Man Hunt
star
-
1936
Poster
Freshman Love
star
6.0
1936
Poster
The Captain's Kid
star
6.0
1936
Poster
Ceiling Zero
star
5.6
1936
Poster
Bengal Tiger
star
4.5
1936
Poster
Snowed Under
star
7.0
1936
Poster
The Doorway to Hell
star
6.295
1930