Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Acting

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

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Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes ★ 8.0 Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes 1989 Leave It to the Irish ★ 4.4 Leave It to the Irish 1944 Trocadero ★ 5.1 Trocadero 1944 Captain America ★ 5.4 Captain America 1944 Timber Queen ★ 6.0 Timber Queen 1944 The Mystery of the 13th Guest ★ 5.7 The Mystery of the 13th Guest 1943 High Explosive ★ 6.3 High Explosive 1943 Aerial Gunner ★ 5.0 Aerial Gunner 1943 Idaho ★ 6.3 Idaho 1943 No Place for a Lady ★ 6.0 No Place for a Lady 1943 Reveille with Beverly ★ 7.5 Reveille with Beverly 1943 Fighting Men: Crack That Tank ★ 6.0 Fighting Men: Crack That Tank 1943 X Marks the Spot ★ 4.4 X Marks the Spot 1942 Phantom Killer ★ 5.3 Phantom Killer 1942 The Old Homestead ★ 8.0 The Old Homestead 1942 I Live on Danger ★ 6.1 I Live on Danger 1942 In Old California ★ 5.3 In Old California 1942 Torpedo Boat ★ 7.5 Torpedo Boat 1942 No Hands on the Clock ★ 5.6 No Hands on the Clock 1941 The Pittsburgh Kid ★ 7.0 The Pittsburgh Kid 1941 Flying Blind ★ 4.6 Flying Blind 1941 Bullets for O'Hara ★ 5.0 Bullets for O'Hara 1941 Two in a Taxi ★ 8.0 Two in a Taxi 1941 King of the Zombies ★ 5.2 King of the Zombies 1941 Flight Command ★ 5.9 Flight Command 1940 The Bank Dick ★ 6.5 The Bank Dick 1940 Arise, My Love ★ 6.3 Arise, My Love 1940 Private Affairs ★ 7.0 Private Affairs 1940 New Moon ★ 6.9 New Moon 1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit ★ 5.7 Outside the Three-Mile Limit 1940 Heroes in Blue ★ 4.9 Heroes in Blue 1939 Drunk Driving ★ 5.8 Drunk Driving 1939 Irish Luck ★ 6.4 Irish Luck 1939 While America Sleeps ★ 6.7 While America Sleeps 1939 Streets of New York ★ 5.4 Streets of New York 1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 ★ 4.0 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 1939 Blackwell's Island ★ 5.5 Blackwell's Island 1939 Breakdowns of 1938 ★ 5.8 Breakdowns of 1938 1938 Tough Kid ★ 6.5 Tough Kid 1938 Nancy Drew… Detective ★ 6.5 Nancy Drew… Detective 1938 Broadway Musketeers ★ 4.4 Broadway Musketeers 1938 Garden of the Moon ★ 6.8 Garden of the Moon 1938 Valley of the Giants ★ 6.7 Valley of the Giants 1938 Penrod's Double Trouble ★ 7.5 Penrod's Double Trouble 1938 Mystery House ★ 4.8 Mystery House 1938 Air Devils ★ 4.3 Air Devils 1938 Flight Into Nowhere ★ 5.3 Flight Into Nowhere 1938 Accidents Will Happen ★ 6.3 Accidents Will Happen 1938 Over the Wall ★ 5.7 Over the Wall 1938 The Daredevil Drivers ★ 6.0 The Daredevil Drivers 1938 Missing Witnesses ★ 7.0 Missing Witnesses 1937 Alcatraz Island ★ 5.1 Alcatraz Island 1937 Wine, Women and Horses ★ 5.3 Wine, Women and Horses 1937 Reported Missing ★ 10.0 Reported Missing 1937 Talent Scout ★ 6.7 Talent Scout 1937 Public Wedding ★ 6.0 Public Wedding 1937 Draegerman Courage ★ 7.3 Draegerman Courage 1937 Melody for Two ★ 7.0 Melody for Two 1937 Men in Exile ★ 5.0 Men in Exile 1937 Navy Blues ★ 6.0 Navy Blues 1937 King of Hockey ★ 5.4 King of Hockey 1936 The Captain's Kid ★ 6.7 The Captain's Kid 1936 Jailbreak ★ 6.7 Jailbreak 1936 Bengal Tiger ★ 4.8 Bengal Tiger 1936 Public Enemy's Wife ★ 6.4 Public Enemy's Wife 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws ★ 7.2 The Case of the Velvet Claws 1936 Bullets or Ballots ★ 6.6 Bullets or Ballots 1936 The Law in Her Hands ★ 6.0 The Law in Her Hands 1936 Times Square Playboy ★ 4.8 Times Square Playboy 1936 Brides Are Like That ★ 6.1 Brides Are Like That 1936 Snowed Under ★ 7.4 Snowed Under 1936 Follow the Fleet ★ 6.8 Follow the Fleet 1936 Man Hunt ★ 10.0 Man Hunt 1936 Freshman Love ★ 7.0 Freshman Love 1936 Ceiling Zero ★ 5.9 Ceiling Zero 1936 The Doorway to Hell ★ 6.5 The Doorway to Hell 1930