Acting
Dick Purcell
Born August 6, 1905 Died April 10, 1944 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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
8.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989·Documentary
4.4
Leave It to the Irish
1944·Mystery
5.1
Trocadero
1944·Comedy
5.4
Captain America
1944·Action
6.0
Timber Queen
1944·Drama
5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943·Crime
6.3
High Explosive
1943·Action
5.0
Aerial Gunner
1943·War
6.3
Idaho
1943·Western
6.0
No Place for a Lady
1943·Crime
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943·Comedy
6.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943·Documentary
4.5
X Marks the Spot
1942·Mystery
5.3
Phantom Killer
1942·Romance
8.0
The Old Homestead
1942·Comedy
6.1
I Live on Danger
1942·Thriller
5.3
In Old California
1942·Action
7.5
Torpedo Boat
1942·War
5.6
No Hands on the Clock
1941·Crime
7.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941·Action
4.6
Flying Blind
1941·Drama
5.0
Bullets for O'Hara
1941·Romance
8.0
Two in a Taxi
1941·Crime
5.2
King of the Zombies
1941·Horror