Dick Purcell

★ Acting #58,041

1905 - 1944 (age 38) • Acting

Born: 8/6/1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died: 4/10/1944 (age 38)

Known for: Acting

Dick Purcell

★ Acting #58,041

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

King of the Zombies

52%

James 'Mac' McCarthy

1941

Bullets or Ballots

66%

Ed Driscoll

1936

In Old California

53%

Joe Dawson

1942

Captain America

53%

Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944

Arise, My Love

63%

Pink

1940

X Marks the Spot

45%

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942

Alcatraz Island

51%

David 'Harp' Santell

1937

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

57%

Johnny Smith

1943

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

80%

1989

Leave It to the Irish

44%

Pat Burke

1944

Trocadero

51%

Spike Nelson

1944

Captain America

53%

Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944

Timber Queen

60%

Milt Holmes

1944

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

57%

Johnny Smith

1943

High Explosive

63%

Dave

1943

Aerial Gunner

50%

Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine

1943

Idaho

63%

Duke Springer

1943

No Place for a Lady

60%

Randy Brooks

1943

Reveille with Beverly

75%

Andy Adams

1943

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

60%

Tank Instructor

1943

X Marks the Spot

45%

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942

Phantom Killer

53%

Edward Clarkk

1942

The Old Homestead

80%

Scarf Lennin

1942

I Live on Danger

61%

Norm Thompson

1942

In Old California

53%

Joe Dawson

1942

Torpedo Boat

75%

Ralph Andrews

1942

No Hands on the Clock

56%

Red Harris

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

70%

Cliff Halliday

1941

Flying Blind

46%

Bob Fuller

1941

Bullets for O'Hara

50%

Wicks

1941

Two in a Taxi

80%

Bill Gratton

1941

King of the Zombies

52%

James 'Mac' McCarthy

1941

Flight Command

59%

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1940

The Bank Dick

65%

Mackley Q. Greene

1940

Arise, My Love

63%

Pink

1940

Private Affairs

70%

Dick Cartwright

1940