
Known for
Acting
Born
August 6, 1905
Birthplace
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Died
April 10, 1944 (aged 38)
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.
1989
1944
as Pat Burke
1944
as Spike Nelson
1944
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
1944
as Milt Holmes
1943
as Johnny Smith
1943
as Dave
1943
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
1943
as Duke Springer
1943
as Randy Brooks
1943
as Andy Adams
1943
as Tank Instructor
1942
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
1942
as Edward Clarkk
1942
as Scarf Lennin
1942
as Norm Thompson
1942
as Joe Dawson
1942
as Ralph Andrews
1941
as Red Harris
1941
as Cliff Halliday
1941
as Bob Fuller
1941
as Wicks
1941
as Bill Gratton
1941
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
1940
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne