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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
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Idaho
as Duke Springer
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene
Arise, My Love
as Pink
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
New Moon
as Alexander
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
