Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Known for: Acting

Born: August 5, 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - Died: April 9, 1944

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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The Bank Dick

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The Bank Dick

Mackley Q. Greene

1940 Comedy
The Old Homestead

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The Old Homestead

Scarf Lennin

1942 Comedy
King of the Zombies

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King of the Zombies

James 'Mac' McCarthy

1941 Horror
Outside the Three-Mile Limit

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Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Agent Melvin Pierce

1940 Crime
Bullets or Ballots

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Bullets or Ballots

Ed Driscoll

1936 Crime
New Moon

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New Moon

Alexander

1940 Romance
Nancy Drew… Detective

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Nancy Drew… Detective

Keiffer

1938 Comedy
Blackwell's Island

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Blackwell's Island

Terry Walsh

1939 Comedy
Times Square Playboy

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Times Square Playboy

Wally Calhoun

1936 Comedy
Mystery House

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Mystery House

Lance O'Leary

1938 Adventure
Flight Command

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Flight Command

Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

1940 Drama
Reveille with Beverly

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Reveille with Beverly

Andy Adams

1943 Comedy
Captain America

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Captain America

Captain America / Grant Gardner

1944 Action
No Hands on the Clock

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No Hands on the Clock

Red Harris

1941 Crime
Arise, My Love

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Arise, My Love

Pink

1940 Comedy
Over the Wall

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Over the Wall

Ace Scanlon

1938 Romance
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

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The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Johnny Smith

1943 Crime
The Case of the Velvet Claws

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

Crandal

1936 Mystery
Brides Are Like That

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Brides Are Like That

Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)

1936 Comedy
Men in Exile

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Men in Exile

Jimmy Carmody

1937 Crime
Wine, Women and Horses

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Wine, Women and Horses

George Mayhew

1937 Drama
Public Enemy's Wife

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Public Enemy's Wife

Louie

1936 Drama
Missing Witnesses

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Missing Witnesses

"Bull" Regan

1937 Romance
X Marks the Spot

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X Marks the Spot

Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

1942 Mystery