Dick Purcell
Birthday: 1905-08-06 | Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USADick 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
Acting
Role
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
as Pat Burke
as Andy Adams
as Johnny Smith
as Randy Brooks
as Edward Clarkk
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
as Ralph Andrews
as Bob Fuller
as Cliff Halliday
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
as Red Harris
as Wicks
as Alexander
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
as Mackley Q. Greene
as Pinky O'Connor
as Steve Lanahan
as Terry Walsh
as 'Red' Murphy
as Bill Foster
as Jim Faber
as Keiffer
as Lance O'Leary
as Tex Boyden
as "Bull" Regan
as Mel Lynch
as Paul Wayne
as Ed Driscoll
as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
