Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 6, 1905
Died
April 10, 1944
Age
38
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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Dick Purcell
Acting
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.
Also known as
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. · Richard Gerold Purcell · Richard G. Purcell · Richard Purcell
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Known For
5.3
Captain America
1944 · Movie
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
6.5
Tough Kid
1938 · Movie
6.9
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
5.3
In Old California
1942 · Movie
6.5
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Movie
5.0
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 · Movie
6.3
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
5.2
King of the Zombies
1941 · Movie
5.9
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
6.9
New Moon
1940 · Movie
Filmography
1989
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie
8.0
1944
Leave It to the Irish
Movie · Pat Burke
4.4
1944
Trocadero
Movie · Spike Nelson
5.1
1944
Captain America
Movie · Captain America / Grant Gardner
5.3
1944
Timber Queen
Movie · Milt Holmes
6.0
1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie · Johnny Smith
5.7
1943
High Explosive
Movie · Dave
6.3
1943
Aerial Gunner
Movie · Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
5.0
1943
Idaho
Movie · Duke Springer
6.3
1943
No Place for a Lady
Movie · Randy Brooks
6.0
1943
Reveille with Beverly
Movie · Andy Adams
7.5
1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Movie · Tank Instructor
6.0
1942
X Marks the Spot
Movie · Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
4.5
1942
Phantom Killer
Movie · Edward Clarkk
5.3
1942
The Old Homestead
Movie · Scarf Lennin
8.0
1942
I Live on Danger
Movie · Norm Thompson
6.1
1942
In Old California
Movie · Joe Dawson
5.3
1942
Torpedo Boat
Movie · Ralph Andrews
7.5
1941
No Hands on the Clock
Movie · Red Harris
5.6
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie · Cliff Halliday
7.0
1941
Flying Blind
Movie · Bob Fuller
4.6
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
Movie · Wicks
5.0
1941
Two in a Taxi
Movie · Bill Gratton
8.0
1941
King of the Zombies
Movie · James 'Mac' McCarthy
5.2