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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.

Filmography76 TITLES
In Old California
5.1
In Old California1942
Flight Command
5.6
Flight Command1940
Arise, My Love
6.3
Arise, My Love1940
The Bank Dick
6.5
The Bank Dick1940
New Moon
6.5
New Moon1940
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Breakdowns of 1938
4.7
Breakdowns of 19381938
Garden of the Moon
6.2
Garden of the Moon1938
Over the Wall
5.0
Over the Wall1938
Missing Witnesses
5.5
Missing Witnesses1937
Alcatraz Island
4.9
Alcatraz Island1937
Bullets or Ballots
6.6
Bullets or Ballots1936
Snowed Under
7.0
Snowed Under1936
Public Wedding
5.7
Public Wedding1937
Idaho
5.7
Idaho1943
Private Affairs
Private Affairs1940
Man Hunt
Man Hunt1936
The Law in Her Hands
5.0
The Law in Her Hands1936
The Doorway to Hell
6.3
The Doorway to Hell1930
Follow the Fleet
6.8
Follow the Fleet1936
Captain America
5.3
Captain America1944
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 81939
Valley of the Giants
6.0
Valley of the Giants1938
Irish Luck
5.8
Irish Luck1939
Blackwell's Island
5.0
Blackwell's Island1939
King of Hockey
5.0
King of Hockey1936
Flying Blind
3.2
Flying Blind1941
Timber Queen
5.7
Timber Queen1944
Reported Missing
Reported Missing1937
No Place for a Lady
6.0
No Place for a Lady1943
No Hands on the Clock
4.9
No Hands on the Clock1941
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
4.0
Outside the Three-Mile Limit1940
Torpedo Boat
6.0
Torpedo Boat1942
Navy Blues
5.0
Navy Blues1937
King of the Zombies
5.1
King of the Zombies1941
Reveille with Beverly
7.0
Reveille with Beverly1943
Men in Exile
4.2
Men in Exile1937
Mystery House
4.4
Mystery House1938
Penrod's Double Trouble
6.0
Penrod's Double Trouble1938
Brides Are Like That
4.8
Brides Are Like That1936
The Captain's Kid
6.0
The Captain's Kid1936
Phantom Killer
4.5
Phantom Killer1942
Wine, Women and Horses
4.3
Wine, Women and Horses1937
Bullets for O'Hara
4.0
Bullets for O'Hara1941
Public Enemy's Wife
5.8
Public Enemy's Wife1936
The Daredevil Drivers
5.0
The Daredevil Drivers1938
I Live on Danger
5.7
I Live on Danger1942
Streets of New York
4.8
Streets of New York1939
Leave It to the Irish
3.1
Leave It to the Irish1944
The Case of the Velvet Claws
6.8
The Case of the Velvet Claws1936
Nancy Drew… Detective
6.3
Nancy Drew… Detective1938
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
8.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes1989
Freshman Love
6.0
Freshman Love1936
Ceiling Zero
5.8
Ceiling Zero1936
X Marks the Spot
3.9
X Marks the Spot1942
Talent Scout
6.0
Talent Scout1937
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
5.4
The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943
Jailbreak
6.4
Jailbreak1936
Melody for Two
Melody for Two1937
Draegerman Courage
6.5
Draegerman Courage1937
Aerial Gunner
4.4
Aerial Gunner1943
Air Devils
2.3
Air Devils1938
Two in a Taxi
Two in a Taxi1941
High Explosive
5.7
High Explosive1943
The Old Homestead
The Old Homestead1942
Flight Into Nowhere
4.0
Flight Into Nowhere1938
The Pittsburgh Kid
The Pittsburgh Kid1941
Drunk Driving
5.4
Drunk Driving1939
Tough Kid
6.0
Tough Kid1938
Trocadero
4.7
Trocadero1944
Broadway Musketeers
3.5
Broadway Musketeers1938
Bengal Tiger
4.2
Bengal Tiger1936
Times Square Playboy
4.4
Times Square Playboy1936
Heroes in Blue
4.0
Heroes in Blue1939
While America Sleeps
6.0
While America Sleeps1939
Accidents Will Happen
6.0
Accidents Will Happen1938
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
6.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank1943