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Dick Purcell
Actor

Dick Purcell

Born August 6, 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died April 10, 1944

5 films

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 5

King of the Zombies (1941) movie poster
King of the Zombies1941
Arise, My Love (1940) movie poster
Arise, My Love1940
Flight Command (1940) movie poster
Flight Command1940
The Bank Dick (1940) movie poster
The Bank Dick1940
Drunk Driving (1939) movie poster
Drunk Driving1939