
Dick Purcell
Actor
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.
Born1905-08-06
Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
Known For

6.9
Follow the Fleet
ComedyRomance

6.5
The Bank Dick
Comedy

5.3
In Old California
ActionRomance

5.3
Captain America
ActionAdventure

6.6
Bullets or Ballots
CrimeDrama

6.5
Tough Kid
CrimeAction

6.3
Arise, My Love
ComedyRomance

5.9
Flight Command
DramaWar

6.9
New Moon
RomanceAdventure

5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
DocumentaryComedy

5.2
King of the Zombies
HorrorComedy

6.7
Valley of the Giants
Adventure

6.5
Nancy Drew… Detective
ComedyMystery

5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
Drama

6.8
Garden of the Moon
ComedyMusic

5.5
Blackwell's Island
ComedyCrime

6.3
Idaho
Western

6.0
Public Wedding
Comedy

5.7
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
CrimeDrama

7.5
Reveille with Beverly
ComedyMusic

7.4
Snowed Under
ComedyRomance

6.0
Timber Queen
Drama

5.3
Phantom Killer
RomanceMystery

6.7
Talent Scout
DramaMusic