Dick Purcell
Born
8/6/1905
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
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 For76 Movies
Captain America
1944
★5.3
Bullets or Ballots
1936
★6.6
Tough Kid
1938
★6.5
Follow the Fleet
1936
★6.9
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
★6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
★6.5
In Old California
1942
★5.3
King of the Zombies
1941
★5.2
Valley of the Giants
1938
★6.7
Arise, My Love
1940
★6.3
Flight Command
1940
★5.9
No Hands on the Clock
1941
★5.6
The Doorway to Hell
1930
★6.5
Alcatraz Island
1937
★5.1
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
★5.0
Streets of New York
1939
★5.4
X Marks the Spot
1942
★4.5
New Moon
1940
★6.9
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
★7.2
Aerial Gunner
1943
★5.0
Ceiling Zero
1936
★5.9
Idaho
1943
★6.3
Two in a Taxi
1941
★8.0
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
★6.4
Freshman Love
1936
★7.0
Phantom Killer
1942
★5.3
Private Affairs
1940
★7.0
Blackwell's Island
1939
★5.5
Talent Scout
1937
★6.7
Timber Queen
1944
★6.0
Jailbreak
1936
★6.7
Reveille with Beverly
1943
★7.5
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
★5.8
Air Devils
1938
★4.3
Flying Blind
1941
★4.6
Leave It to the Irish
1944
★4.4
The Captain's Kid
1936
★6.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
★5.7
No Place for a Lady
1943
★6.0
Brides Are Like That
1936
★6.1
Mystery House
1938
★4.8
Public Wedding
1937
★6.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
★8.0
Garden of the Moon
1938
★6.8
I Live on Danger
1942
★6.1
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
★7.5
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
★7.0
The Law in Her Hands
1936
★6.0
Broadway Musketeers
1938
★4.4
Snowed Under
1936
★7.4
Melody for Two
1937
★7.0
Over the Wall
1938
★5.7
Accidents Will Happen
1938
★6.3
High Explosive
1943
★6.3
Man Hunt
1936
★10.0
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
★5.7
King of Hockey
1936
★5.4
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
★6.0
Reported Missing
1937
★10.0
Missing Witnesses
1937
★7.0
Torpedo Boat
1942
★7.5
Heroes in Blue
1939
★4.9
While America Sleeps
1939
★6.7
Times Square Playboy
1936
★4.8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
★4.0
The Old Homestead
1942
★8.0
Navy Blues
1937
★6.0
Draegerman Courage
1937
★7.3
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
★5.3
Irish Luck
1939
★6.4
Bengal Tiger
1936
★4.8
Drunk Driving
1939
★5.8
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
★5.3
Trocadero
1944
★5.1
Men in Exile
1937
★5.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943
★6.0