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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1905-08-06 00:00:00
Birth Place:Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1944-04-10 00:00:00
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Dick Purcell
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.
Filmography (40)
⭐ 4.4
Mystery House
Role: Lance O'Leary1938
⭐ 6
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Role: Tank Instructor1943
⭐ 5.4
Drunk Driving
Role: John Jones1939
⭐ 6
While America Sleeps
Role: Dave Miller1939
⭐ 5
King of Hockey
Role: Gabby Dugan1936
⭐ 6
Navy Blues
Role: Rusty Gibbs1937
⭐ 5.1
King of the Zombies
Role: James 'Mac' McCarthy1941
⭐ 4.5
Phantom Killer
Role: Edward Clarkk1942
⭐ 4
Heroes in Blue
Role: Terry Murphy1939
⭐ 5.3
Captain America
Role: Captain America / Grant Gardner1944
⭐ 5
Men in Exile
Role: Jimmy Carmody1937
⭐ 6
The Daredevil Drivers
Role: Bill Foster1938
⭐ 6
Tough Kid
Role: 'Red' Murphy1938
⭐ 2.3
Air Devils
Role: Percy 'Slats' Harrington1938
⭐ 6
No Place for a Lady
Role: Randy Brooks1943
⭐ 7
Missing Witnesses
Role: "Bull" Regan1937
⭐ 5.4
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Role: Johnny Smith1943
⭐ 4
Flight Into Nowhere
Role: Bill Kellogg1938
⭐ 6
Accidents Will Happen
Role: Jim Faber1938
Reported Missing
Role: Paul Wayne1937
The Pittsburgh Kid
Role: Cliff Halliday1941
⭐ 6
Penrod's Double Trouble
Role: Tex Boyden1938
⭐ 7
Reveille with Beverly
Role: Andy Adams1943
⭐ 5
Blackwell's Island
Role: Terry Walsh1939
⭐ 6
Public Wedding
Role: Joe Taylor1937
⭐ 5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
Role: George Mayhew1937
⭐ 4.4
X Marks the Spot
Role: Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker1942
⭐ 6.4
Irish Luck
Role: Steve Lanahan1939
⭐ 6.7
Jailbreak
Role: Ed Slayden1936
⭐ 5.6
No Hands on the Clock
Role: Red Harris1941
⭐ 5
Over the Wall
Role: Ace Scanlon1938
⭐ 8
The Old Homestead
Role: Scarf Lennin1942
⭐ 5.4
Streets of New York
Role: T.P. 'Tap' Keenan1939
⭐ 4.7
Trocadero
Role: Spike Nelson1944
Two in a Taxi
Role: Bill Gratton1941
⭐ 3.1
Leave It to the Irish
Role: Pat Burke1944
Melody for Two
Role: Mel Lynch1937
Man Hunt
Role: Skip McHenry1936
⭐ 4.9
Alcatraz Island
Role: David 'Harp' Santell1937
⭐ 5.7
I Live on Danger
Role: Norm Thompson1942