Born: 1905-08-06 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Died: 1944-04-10
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.
Also known as:
Leave It to the Irish - 1944-08-26
Trocadero - 1944-04-24
Captain America - 1944-02-05
Timber Queen - 1944-01-13
The Mystery of the 13th Guest - 1943-11-05
High Explosive - 1943-03-27
Aerial Gunner - 1943-03-20
Idaho - 1943-03-10
No Place for a Lady - 1943-02-11
Reveille with Beverly - 1943-02-04
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank - 1943-01-24
X Marks the Spot - 1942-11-04
Phantom Killer - 1942-10-02
The Old Homestead - 1942-08-17
I Live on Danger - 1942-06-16
In Old California - 1942-05-31
Torpedo Boat - 1942-01-24
No Hands on the Clock - 1941-12-01
The Pittsburgh Kid - 1941-08-29
Flying Blind - 1941-08-29