Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Birthday: 1905-08-06

Deathday: 1944-04-10

Place of birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Also known as: Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. Purcell, Richard Purcell

imdb_id: nm0700711

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.

Played in movies:

Snowed Under

Score: 7.0

Reveille with Beverly

Score: 7.0

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Score: 6.8

Follow the Fleet

Score: 6.8

Bullets or Ballots

Score: 6.6

Draegerman Courage

Score: 6.5

New Moon

Score: 6.5

The Bank Dick

Score: 6.5

Jailbreak

Score: 6.4

The Doorway to Hell

Score: 6.3

Arise, My Love

Score: 6.3

Nancy Drew… Detective

Score: 6.3

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

Score: 6.0

While America Sleeps

Score: 6.0

The Captain's Kid

Score: 6.0

Talent Scout

Score: 6.0

Freshman Love

Score: 6.0

Torpedo Boat

Score: 6.0

No Place for a Lady

Score: 6.0

Tough Kid

Score: 6.0

Accidents Will Happen

Score: 6.0

Penrod's Double Trouble

Score: 6.0

Valley of the Giants

Score: 6.0

Garden of the Moon

Score: 5.8

Irish Luck

Score: 5.8

Public Enemy's Wife

Score: 5.8

High Explosive

Score: 5.7

Idaho

Score: 5.7

Public Wedding

Score: 5.7

Timber Queen

Score: 5.7

I Live on Danger

Score: 5.7

Ceiling Zero

Score: 5.7

Flight Command

Score: 5.6

Missing Witnesses

Score: 5.5

Drunk Driving

Score: 5.4

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Score: 5.4

Captain America

Score: 5.4

In Old California

Score: 5.1

King of the Zombies

Score: 5.1

The Daredevil Drivers

Score: 5.0

The Law in Her Hands

Score: 5.0

King of Hockey

Score: 5.0

Navy Blues

Score: 5.0

Over the Wall

Score: 5.0

Blackwell's Island

Score: 5.0

Alcatraz Island

Score: 4.9

No Hands on the Clock

Score: 4.9

Mystery House

Score: 4.9

Streets of New York

Score: 4.8

Men in Exile

Score: 4.8

Brides Are Like That

Score: 4.8

Times Square Playboy

Score: 4.8

Breakdowns of 1938

Score: 4.7

Trocadero

Score: 4.7

Bengal Tiger

Score: 4.5

Aerial Gunner

Score: 4.4

Wine, Women and Horses

Score: 4.3

Broadway Musketeers

Score: 4.3

Phantom Killer

Score: 4.3

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Score: 4.0

Flight Into Nowhere

Score: 4.0

Bullets for O'Hara

Score: 4.0

Heroes in Blue

Score: 4.0

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Score: 4.0

X Marks the Spot

Score: 3.9

Leave It to the Irish

Score: 3.5

Flying Blind

Score: 2.7

Air Devils

Score: 2.3

Two in a Taxi

Score: 0.0

Private Affairs

Score: 0.0

The Pittsburgh Kid

Score: 0.0

Man Hunt

Score: 0.0

Reported Missing

Score: 0.0

Melody for Two

Score: 0.0

The Old Homestead

Score: 0.0

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