Dick Purcell

Born: 1905-08-06, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died: 1944-04-10

Biography

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

• Follow the Fleet (1936)
• Tough Kid (1938)
• King of the Zombies (1941)
• Bullets or Ballots (1936)
• In Old California (1942)
• Arise, My Love (1940)
• Ceiling Zero (1936)
• Aerial Gunner (1943)
• Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
• Idaho (1943)
• The Captain's Kid (1936)
• Brides Are Like That (1936)
• Missing Witnesses (1937)
• Public Wedding (1937)
• Phantom Killer (1942)
• Over the Wall (1938)
• The Doorway to Hell (1930)
• Blackwell's Island (1939)
• Flight Command (1940)
• The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
• Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
• The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
• Valley of the Giants (1938)
• Reveille with Beverly (1943)
• Garden of the Moon (1938)
• Draegerman Courage (1937)
• Mystery House (1938)
• Torpedo Boat (1942)
• Talent Scout (1937)
• Alcatraz Island (1937)