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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

The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene

Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Idaho
as Duke Springer

New Moon
as Alexander

Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes

In Old California
as Joe Dawson

Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne

Arise, My Love
as Pink

Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine