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Dick Purcell
Born 1905-08-06Greenwich, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Batman and Robin and Other Super HeroesRoleLeave It to the IrishPat BurkeTrocaderoSpike NelsonCaptain AmericaCaptain America / Grant GardnerTimber QueenMilt HolmesThe Mystery of the 13th GuestJohnny SmithHigh ExplosiveDaveAerial GunnerLancelot 'Gadget' BlaineIdahoDuke SpringerNo Place for a LadyRandy BrooksReveille with BeverlyAndy AdamsFighting Men: Crack That TankTank InstructorX Marks the SpotPolice Lt. William 'Bill' DeckerPhantom KillerEdward ClarkkThe Old HomesteadScarf LenninI Live on DangerNorm ThompsonIn Old CaliforniaJoe DawsonTorpedo BoatRalph AndrewsNo Hands on the ClockRed HarrisThe Pittsburgh KidCliff HallidayFlying BlindBob FullerBullets for O'HaraWicksTwo in a TaxiBill GrattonKing of the ZombiesJames 'Mac' McCarthy