Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Birthday

06.08.1905

Deathday

10.04.1944

Place of birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

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.

Movies

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1/29/1936

Two in a Taxi

Two in a Taxi

7/10/1941

Torpedo Boat

Torpedo Boat

1/24/1942

Snowed Under

Snowed Under

3/29/1936

Freshman Love

Freshman Love

1/18/1936

New Moon

New Moon

6/28/1940

Talent Scout

Talent Scout

7/24/1937

Jailbreak

Jailbreak

8/5/1936

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

11/29/1940

Tough Kid

Tough Kid

12/28/1938

Irish Luck

Irish Luck

8/22/1939

Idaho

Idaho

3/10/1943

Timber Queen

Timber Queen

1/13/1944

Navy Blues

Navy Blues

3/29/1937

Flight Command

Flight Command

12/27/1940

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1/16/1936

Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving

10/28/1939

King of Hockey

King of Hockey

12/19/1936

Trocadero

Trocadero

4/24/1944

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

10/13/1937

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

3/20/1943

Men in Exile

Men in Exile

4/4/1937

Bengal Tiger

Bengal Tiger

7/29/1936

Mystery House

Mystery House

5/21/1938

Flying Blind

Flying Blind

8/29/1941

Air Devils

Air Devils

5/13/1938

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