Personal Info
Birthday
August 6, 1905
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (76)
No Backdrop
8.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie1989
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4.4
Leave It to the Irish
Movie1944
5.1
Trocadero
Movie1944
5.2
Captain America
Movie1944
6.0
Timber Queen
Movie1944
5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie1943
6.3
High Explosive
Movie1943
5.0
Aerial Gunner
Movie1943
6.3
Idaho
Movie1943
6.0
No Place for a Lady
Movie1943
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
Movie1943
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6.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
Movie1943
4.5
X Marks the Spot
Movie1942
5.3
Phantom Killer
Movie1942
8.0
The Old Homestead
Movie1942
6.1
I Live on Danger
Movie1942
5.3
In Old California
Movie1942
7.5
Torpedo Boat
Movie1942
5.6
No Hands on the Clock
Movie1941
7.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie1941
4.6
Flying Blind
Movie1941
5.0
Bullets for O'Hara
Movie1941
No Backdrop
8.0
Two in a Taxi
Movie1941
5.2
King of the Zombies
Movie1941
5.9
Flight Command
Movie1940
6.5
The Bank Dick
Movie1940
6.3
Arise, My Love
Movie1940
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7.0
Private Affairs
Movie1940
6.9
New Moon
Movie1940
5.7
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Movie1940
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4.9
Heroes in Blue
Movie1939
No Backdrop
5.8
Drunk Driving
Movie1939
6.4
Irish Luck
Movie1939
No Backdrop
6.7
While America Sleeps
Movie1939
5.4
Streets of New York
Movie1939
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4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Movie1939
5.5
Blackwell's Island
Movie1939
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5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie1938
6.5
Tough Kid
Movie1938
6.5
Nancy Drew… Detective
Movie1938
4.4
Broadway Musketeers
Movie1938
6.8
Garden of the Moon
Movie1938
6.7
Valley of the Giants
Movie1938
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7.5
Penrod's Double Trouble
Movie1938
4.8
Mystery House
Movie1938
4.3
Air Devils
Movie1938
5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
Movie1938
6.3
Accidents Will Happen
Movie1938
5.7
Over the Wall
Movie1938
6.0
The Daredevil Drivers
Movie1938
7.0
Missing Witnesses
Movie1937
5.1
Alcatraz Island
Movie1937
5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
Movie1937
10.0
Reported Missing
Movie1937
6.7
Talent Scout
Movie1937
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6.0
Public Wedding
Movie1937
7.3
Draegerman Courage
Movie1937
7.0
Melody for Two
Movie1937
5.0
Men in Exile
Movie1937
6.0
Navy Blues
Movie1937
5.4
King of Hockey
Movie1936
No Backdrop
6.7
The Captain's Kid
Movie1936
6.7
Jailbreak
Movie1936
4.8
Bengal Tiger
Movie1936
6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie1936
7.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Movie1936
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
Movie1936
6.0
The Law in Her Hands
Movie1936
4.8
Times Square Playboy
Movie1936
6.1
Brides Are Like That
Movie1936
7.4
Snowed Under
Movie1936
6.8
Follow the Fleet
Movie1936
10.0
Man Hunt
Movie1936
7.0
Freshman Love
Movie1936
5.9
Ceiling Zero
Movie1936
6.5
The Doorway to Hell
Movie1930