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Dick Purcell

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Born: August 6, 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

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Film

76 Titles
Captain America
5.4
FILM
Captain America1944
Bullets or Ballots
6.6
FILM
Bullets or Ballots1936
Public Wedding
6.0
FILM
Public Wedding1937
Flight Command
5.9
FILM
Flight Command1940
Idaho
6.3
FILM
Idaho1943
Follow the Fleet
6.8
FILM
Follow the Fleet1936
The Bank Dick
6.5
FILM
The Bank Dick1940
Valley of the Giants
6.7
FILM
Valley of the Giants1938
Streets of New York
5.4
FILM
Streets of New York1939
Alcatraz Island
5.1
FILM
Alcatraz Island1937
King of the Zombies
5.2
FILM
King of the Zombies1941
Reveille with Beverly
7.5
FILM
Reveille with Beverly1943
Ceiling Zero
5.9
FILM
Ceiling Zero1936
Trocadero
5.1
FILM
Trocadero1944
In Old California
5.3
FILM
In Old California1942
The Doorway to Hell
6.5
FILM
The Doorway to Hell1930
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