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Dick Purcell

Acting
1905-08-06
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known For 76 titles
Draegerman Courage (1937) subtitle poster
Draegerman Courage
1937 Movie
as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Subtitles Public Enemy's Wife (1936) subtitle poster
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 Movie
as Louie
Subtitles The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) subtitle poster
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 Movie
as Johnny Smith
Subtitles Aerial Gunner (1943) subtitle poster
Aerial Gunner
1943 Movie
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Subtitles Flying Blind (1941) subtitle poster
Flying Blind
1941 Movie
as Bob Fuller
Subtitles Blackwell's Island (1939) subtitle poster
Blackwell's Island
1939 Movie
as Terry Walsh
Subtitles Wine, Women and Horses (1937) subtitle poster
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 Movie
as George Mayhew
Subtitles X Marks the Spot (1942) subtitle poster
X Marks the Spot
1942 Movie
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Subtitles Private Affairs (1940) subtitle poster
Private Affairs
1940 Movie
as Dick Cartwright
Subtitles The Daredevil Drivers (1938) subtitle poster
The Daredevil Drivers
1938 Movie
as Bill Foster
Subtitles Timber Queen (1944) subtitle poster
Timber Queen
1944 Movie
as Milt Holmes
Subtitles Men in Exile (1937) subtitle poster
Men in Exile
1937 Movie
as Jimmy Carmody
Subtitles King of the Zombies (1941) subtitle poster
King of the Zombies
1941 Movie
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Subtitles Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) subtitle poster
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 Movie
as Keiffer
Subtitles Reported Missing (1937) subtitle poster
Reported Missing
1937 Movie
as Paul Wayne
Subtitles Bullets for O'Hara (1941) subtitle poster
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 Movie
as Wicks
Subtitles No Hands on the Clock (1941) subtitle poster
No Hands on the Clock
1941 Movie
as Red Harris
Subtitles Broadway Musketeers (1938) subtitle poster
Broadway Musketeers
1938 Movie
as Vince Morrell
Subtitles I Live on Danger (1942) subtitle poster
I Live on Danger
1942 Movie
as Norm Thompson
Subtitles Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) subtitle poster
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 Movie
as Dick Purcell
Subtitles Follow the Fleet (1936) subtitle poster
Follow the Fleet
1936 Movie
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Subtitles Public Wedding (1937) subtitle poster
Public Wedding
1937 Movie
as Joe Taylor
Subtitles Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940) subtitle poster
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 Movie
as Agent Melvin Pierce
Subtitles Garden of the Moon (1938) subtitle poster
Garden of the Moon
1938 Movie
as Rick Fulton
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