Acting
Dick Purcell
Born 1905-08-06 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · Died 1944-04-10
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
In Old California
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Follow the Fleet
Breakdowns of 1938
The Bank Dick
Bullets or Ballots
Men in Exile
Captain America
Arise, My Love
Blackwell's Island
King of the Zombies
Aerial Gunner
Ceiling Zero
Heroes in Blue
Wine, Women and Horses
Over the Wall
Streets of New York
No Hands on the Clock
X Marks the Spot
The Doorway to Hell
Timber Queen
The Captain's Kid
High Explosive
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Flight Command
Accidents Will Happen
The Pittsburgh Kid
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Public Enemy's Wife
Flight Into Nowhere
Broadway Musketeers
Snowed Under
King of Hockey
Idaho
Missing Witnesses
Talent Scout
Bullets for O'Hara
New Moon
No Place for a Lady
Alcatraz Island