Acting
Dick Purcell
- Born
- August 6, 1905
- Died
- April 10, 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.
Filmography
Known for
6.5The Bank Dick
1940
8.0The Old Homestead
1942
5.2King of the Zombies
1941
5.7Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
6.6Bullets or Ballots
1936
6.9New Moon
1940
6.5Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
5.5Blackwell's Island
1939
4.8Times Square Playboy
1936
4.8Mystery House
1938
5.9Flight Command
1940
7.5Reveille with Beverly
1943
5.3Captain America
1944
5.6No Hands on the Clock
1941
6.3Arise, My Love
1940
5.7Over the Wall
1938
5.3Phantom Killer
1942
5.7The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943