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
Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · 6.6
Ed Driscoll
In Old California
In Old California
1942 · 5.3
Joe Dawson
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet
1936 · 6.9
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Captain America
Captain America
1944 · 5.3
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · 5.8
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 · 6.5
'Red' Murphy
King of the Zombies
King of the Zombies
1941 · 5.2
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 · 6.3
Pink
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · 6.5
Keiffer