Dick Purcell
Filmography

Dick Purcell

ActorBorn Aug 6, 1905Greenwich, Connecticut, USA76 titles

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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The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick
1940 · 6.5
Mackley Q. Greene
Captain America
Captain America
1944 · 5.3
Captain America / Grant Gardner
King of the Zombies
King of the Zombies
1941 · 5.2
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · 6.5
'Red' Murphy
Ceiling Zero
Ceiling Zero
1936 · 5.9
Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · 6.6
Ed Driscoll
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · 5.3
Joe Dawson
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · 6.3
Pink
Jailbreak
Jailbreak
1936 · 6.7
Ed Slayden
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
1938 · 6.7
Creel