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Dick Purcell

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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.

Filmography75 films
Rank Dick Purcell's movies

Start with all movie credits in Favorite Dick Purcell Movies, then arrange them in your own order.

  1. Leave It to the Irish1944
  2. Trocadero1944
  3. Captain America1944
  4. Timber Queen1944
  5. The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943
  6. High Explosive1943
  7. Aerial Gunner1943
  8. Idaho1943
  9. No Place for a Lady1943
  10. Reveille with Beverly1943
  11. Fighting Men: Crack That Tank1943
  12. X Marks the Spot1942
  13. Phantom Killer1942
  14. The Old Homestead1942
  15. I Live on Danger1942
  16. In Old California1942
  17. Torpedo Boat1942
  18. No Hands on the Clock1941
  19. Flying Blind1941
  20. The Pittsburgh Kid1941
  21. Bullets for O'Hara1941
  22. Two in a Taxi1941
  23. King of the Zombies1941
  24. Flight Command1940
  25. The Bank Dick1940
  26. Arise, My Love1940
  27. Private Affairs1940
  28. New Moon1940
  29. Outside the Three-Mile Limit1940
  30. Heroes in Blue1939
  31. Drunk Driving1939
  32. Irish Luck1939
  33. While America Sleeps1939
  34. Streets of New York1939
  35. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 81939
  36. Blackwell's Island1939
  37. Breakdowns of 19381938
  38. Tough Kid1938
  39. Nancy Drew… Detective1938
  40. Broadway Musketeers1938
  41. Garden of the Moon1938
  42. Valley of the Giants1938
  43. Penrod's Double Trouble1938
  44. Mystery House1938
  45. Air Devils1938
  46. Flight Into Nowhere1938
  47. Accidents Will Happen1938
  48. Over the Wall1938
  49. The Daredevil Drivers1938
  50. Missing Witnesses1937
  51. Alcatraz Island1937
  52. Wine, Women and Horses1937
  53. Reported Missing1937
  54. Talent Scout1937
  55. Public Wedding1937
  56. Draegerman Courage1937
  57. Melody for Two1937
  58. Men in Exile1937
  59. Navy Blues1937
  60. King of Hockey1936
  61. The Captain's Kid1936
  62. Jailbreak1936
  63. Bengal Tiger1936
  64. Public Enemy's Wife1936
  65. The Case of the Velvet Claws1936
  66. Bullets or Ballots1936
  67. The Law in Her Hands1936
  68. Times Square Playboy1936
  69. Brides Are Like That1936
  70. Snowed Under1936
  71. Follow the Fleet1936
  72. Man Hunt1936
  73. Freshman Love1936
  74. Ceiling Zero1936
  75. The Doorway to Hell1930
  1. Leave It to the Irish1944
  2. Trocadero1944
  3. Captain America1944