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Dick Purcell
Acting
Born: August 6, 1905
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.
Known For
Idaho
as Duke Springer
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Irish Luck
as Steve Lanahan
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
In Old California
as Joe Dawson
Over the Wall
as Ace Scanlon
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
