Dick Purcell
Acting
Born August 6, 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known For · 40 titles
Bullets or Ballots
Captain America
Nancy Drew… Detective
Arise, My Love
Tough Kid
The Bank Dick
Valley of the Giants
In Old California
Leave It to the Irish
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Follow the Fleet
The Doorway to Hell
Reveille with Beverly
Alcatraz Island
King of the Zombies
Breakdowns of 1938
Over the Wall
Man Hunt
Garden of the Moon
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Talent Scout
Jailbreak
Phantom Killer
Mystery House
New Moon
Private Affairs
Flight Command
Bullets for O'Hara
Public Enemy's Wife
Freshman Love
Idaho
No Hands on the Clock
King of Hockey
The Law in Her Hands
The Captain's Kid
Brides Are Like That
Wine, Women and Horses
No Place for a Lady
While America Sleeps
Penrod's Double Trouble