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    Dick Purcell

    Dick Purcell

    Personal Info

    Known ForActing
    BornAugust 6, 1905
    DiedApril 10, 1944 (aged 38)
    Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
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    Dick Purcell

    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.

    Known For

    75 movies
    Public Wedding
    5.7

    Public Wedding

    1937

    Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

    1937

    Air Devils
    2.3

    Air Devils

    1938

    Drunk Driving
    5.4

    Drunk Driving

    1939

    Timber Queen
    5.7

    Timber Queen

    1944

    Mystery House
    4.4

    Mystery House

    1938

    Ceiling Zero
    5.8

    Ceiling Zero

    1936

    Snowed Under
    7.0

    Snowed Under

    1936

    Irish Luck
    5.8

    Irish Luck

    1939

    Navy Blues
    5.0

    Navy Blues

    1937

    Captain America
    5.3

    Captain America

    1944

    Idaho
    5.7

    Idaho

    1943

    Draegerman Courage
    6.5

    Draegerman Courage

    1937

    New Moon
    6.5

    New Moon

    1940

    Nancy Drew… Detective
    6.3

    Nancy Drew… Detective

    1938

    Arise, My Love
    6.3

    Arise, My Love

    1940

    Tough Kid
    6.0

    Tough Kid

    1938

    The Bank Dick
    6.5

    The Bank Dick

    1940

    Phantom Killer
    4.5

    Phantom Killer

    1942

    Breakdowns of 1938
    4.7

    Breakdowns of 1938

    1938

    Heroes in Blue
    4.0

    Heroes in Blue

    1939

    Alcatraz Island
    4.9

    Alcatraz Island

    1937

    Torpedo Boat
    6.0

    Torpedo Boat

    1942

    Leave It to the Irish
    3.1

    Leave It to the Irish

    1944

    In Old California
    5.1

    In Old California

    1942

    Blackwell's Island
    5.0

    Blackwell's Island

    1939

    Over the Wall
    5.0

    Over the Wall

    1938

    King of the Zombies
    5.1

    King of the Zombies

    1941

    Bullets or Ballots
    6.6

    Bullets or Ballots

    1936

    Valley of the Giants
    6.0

    Valley of the Giants

    1938

    Two in a Taxi

    Two in a Taxi

    1941

    Times Square Playboy
    4.4

    Times Square Playboy

    1936

    King of Hockey
    5.0

    King of Hockey

    1936

    I Live on Danger
    5.7

    I Live on Danger

    1942

    The Old Homestead

    The Old Homestead

    1942

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
    4.0

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    1939

    The Doorway to Hell
    6.3

    The Doorway to Hell

    1930

    Public Enemy's Wife
    5.8

    Public Enemy's Wife

    1936

    Follow the Fleet
    6.8

    Follow the Fleet

    1936

    Streets of New York
    4.8

    Streets of New York

    1939

    Melody for Two

    Melody for Two

    1937

    Aerial Gunner
    4.4

    Aerial Gunner

    1943

    While America Sleeps
    6.0

    While America Sleeps

    1939

    Jailbreak
    6.4

    Jailbreak

    1936

    The Law in Her Hands
    5.0

    The Law in Her Hands

    1936

    The Case of the Velvet Claws
    6.8

    The Case of the Velvet Claws

    1936

    High Explosive
    5.7

    High Explosive

    1943

    The Mystery of the 13th Guest
    5.4

    The Mystery of the 13th Guest

    1943

    Flight Command
    5.6

    Flight Command

    1940

    Bengal Tiger
    4.2

    Bengal Tiger

    1936

    The Captain's Kid
    6.0

    The Captain's Kid

    1936

    Missing Witnesses
    5.5

    Missing Witnesses

    1937

    No Hands on the Clock
    4.9

    No Hands on the Clock

    1941

    Reveille with Beverly
    7.0

    Reveille with Beverly

    1943

    Garden of the Moon
    6.2

    Garden of the Moon

    1938

    Talent Scout
    6.0

    Talent Scout

    1937

    Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

    1940

    Men in Exile
    4.2

    Men in Exile

    1937

    The Daredevil Drivers
    5.0

    The Daredevil Drivers

    1938

    Wine, Women and Horses
    4.3

    Wine, Women and Horses

    1937

    The Pittsburgh Kid

    The Pittsburgh Kid

    1941

    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    1936

    Broadway Musketeers
    3.5

    Broadway Musketeers

    1938

    Bullets for O'Hara
    4.0

    Bullets for O'Hara

    1941

    Flying Blind
    2.7

    Flying Blind

    1941

    Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
    6.0

    Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

    1943

    Trocadero
    4.7

    Trocadero

    1944

    No Place for a Lady
    6.0

    No Place for a Lady

    1943

    Freshman Love
    6.0

    Freshman Love

    1936

    Accidents Will Happen
    6.0

    Accidents Will Happen

    1938

    X Marks the Spot
    3.9

    X Marks the Spot

    1942

    Penrod's Double Trouble
    6.0

    Penrod's Double Trouble

    1938

    Brides Are Like That
    4.8

    Brides Are Like That

    1936

    Outside the Three-Mile Limit
    4.0

    Outside the Three-Mile Limit

    1940

    Flight Into Nowhere
    4.0

    Flight Into Nowhere

    1938