Dick Purcell
Known for ActingBorn 1905-08-06 — died 1944-04-10Greenwich, 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
Arise, My Love
1940 · as Pink
Tough Kid
1938 · as 'Red' Murphy
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · as Ed Driscoll
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain America
1944 · as Captain America / Grant Gardner
In Old California
1942 · as Joe Dawson
The Bank Dick
1940 · as Mackley Q. Greene
Follow the Fleet
1936 · as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · as Keiffer
Aerial Gunner
1943 · as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Snowed Under
1936 · as Bert (uncredited)
Over the Wall
1938 · as Ace Scanlon
Freshman Love
1936 · as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Idaho
1943 · as Duke Springer
Mystery House
1938 · as Lance O'Leary
King of the Zombies
1941 · as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Valley of the Giants
1938 · as Creel
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989