Dick Purcell
Acting
Born 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.
Filmography
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Sep 8, 1989
Leave It to the Irish
Aug 26, 1944
Trocadero
Apr 24, 1944
Captain America
Feb 5, 1944
Timber Queen
Jan 13, 1944
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Nov 5, 1943
High Explosive
Mar 27, 1943
Aerial Gunner
Mar 20, 1943
Idaho
Mar 10, 1943
No Place for a Lady
Feb 11, 1943
Reveille with Beverly
Feb 4, 1943
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Jan 24, 1943
X Marks the Spot
Nov 4, 1942
Phantom Killer
Oct 2, 1942
The Old Homestead
Aug 17, 1942
I Live on Danger
Jun 16, 1942
In Old California
May 31, 1942
Torpedo Boat
Jan 24, 1942
No Hands on the Clock
Dec 1, 1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Aug 29, 1941
Flying Blind
Aug 29, 1941
Bullets for O'Hara
Jul 19, 1941
Two in a Taxi
Jul 10, 1941
King of the Zombies
May 14, 1941
Flight Command
Dec 27, 1940
The Bank Dick
Nov 29, 1940
Arise, My Love
Nov 8, 1940
Private Affairs
Jul 5, 1940
New Moon
Jun 28, 1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Mar 7, 1940