Dick Purcell
Acting
Born Aug 06, 1905
-- Died Apr 10, 1944
· 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.
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6.5
movie
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
1940
6.8
movie
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
1936
5.1
movie
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1941
6.6
movie
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
1936
5.3
movie
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
5.1
movie
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
1942
6.3
movie
The Doorway to Hell
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1930
6.3
movie
Arise, My Love
as Pink
1940
6.3
movie
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer
1938
5.8
movie
Ceiling Zero
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
1936
5.6
movie
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
1940
3.9
movie
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942