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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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
Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon
1938 · 6.8
Rick Fulton
The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick
1940 · 6.5
Mackley Q. Greene
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot
1942 · 4.5
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 · 5.7
Johnny Smith
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · 6.3
Pink
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · 6.5
'Red' Murphy
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
1938 · 6.7
Creel
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · 5.3
Joe Dawson