Acting
Dick Purcell
- Born
- 1905-08-06 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Died
- 1944-04-10
- Filmography
- 76 titles on TMDB
About Dick Purcell
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.
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Films & television
76 titles
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Rick Fulton
Captain America / Grant Gardner
"Bull" Regan
Ed Driscoll
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Mackley Q. Greene
James 'Mac' McCarthy
Terry Walsh
Andy Adams
Johnny Smith
'Red' Murphy
Red Harris
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Tex Boyden
Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Mayhew
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Joe Dawson
Agent Melvin Pierce
Pat Burke
Ace Scanlon
George Chester
Norm Thompson
Dick Purcell
Randy Brooks
David 'Harp' Santell
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