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Dick Purcell

Acting

Born August 6, 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died April 10, 1944

Also known as Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. · Richard Gerold Purcell · Richard G. Purcell

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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.

Filmography21 titles

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938as Tex Boyden

New Moon

1940as Alexander

Follow the Fleet

1936as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

1936as Ed Driscoll

The Bank Dick

1940as Mackley Q. Greene

Tough Kid

1938as 'Red' Murphy

The Doorway to Hell

1930as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Irish Luck

1939as Steve Lanahan

Idaho

1943as Duke Springer

Timber Queen

1944as Milt Holmes

Flight Command

1940as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943as Johnny Smith

Streets of New York

1939as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan

Phantom Killer

1942as Edward Clarkk

In Old California

1942as Joe Dawson

King of the Zombies

1941as James 'Mac' McCarthy

Trocadero

1944as Spike Nelson

Aerial Gunner

1943as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

Heroes in Blue

1939as Terry Murphy

Flying Blind

1941as Bob Fuller

Air Devils

1938as Percy 'Slats' Harrington