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Dick Purcell

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1905 - 1944

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.

Birthday: 1905-08-06

Born At: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Casted In:

The Bank Dick

King of the Zombies

Bullets or Ballots

Follow the Fleet

New Moon

Nancy Drew: Detective

Aerial Gunner

Blackwell's Island

Times Square Playboy

Mystery House

Ceiling Zero

Torpedo Boat

Flight Command

Reveille with Beverly

Captain America

Over The Wall

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

No Hands on the Clock

Arise, My Love

Streets of New York

Bullets for O'Hara

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Missing Witnesses

Valley of the Giants

Penrod's Double Trouble

Melody For Two

Brides Are Like That

Wine, Women and Horses

X Marks the Spot

Men In Exile

Public Enemy's Wife

Garden of the Moon

Talent Scout

Leave It to the Irish

Alcatraz Island

Accidents Will Happen

Navy Blues

King of Hockey

Breakdowns of 1938

I Live on Danger

Air Devils

Heroes in Blue

The Law in Her Hands

Reported Missing

Daredevil Drivers

Public Wedding

Bengal Tiger

Jailbreak

Man Hunt

The Pittsburgh Kid

No Place for a Lady

Broadway Musketeers

Flight Into Nowhere

While America Sleeps

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank