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Dick Purcell
Born: 1905-08-06 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (76)
Sorted by Score10.0
Reported Missing
1937
10.0
Man Hunt
1936
8.0
The Old Homestead
1942
8.0
Two in a Taxi
1941
8.0
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943
7.5
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
7.5
Torpedo Boat
1942
7.4
Snowed Under
1936
7.3
Draegerman Courage
1937
7.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
7.0
Missing Witnesses
1937
7.0
Melody for Two
1937
7.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
7.0
Freshman Love
1936
7.0
Private Affairs
1940
6.9
New Moon
1940
6.9
Follow the Fleet
1936
6.8
Garden of the Moon
1938
6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
6.7
Jailbreak
1936
6.7
Talent Scout
1937
6.7
The Captain's Kid
1936
6.7
While America Sleeps
1939
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
6.5
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
6.5
Tough Kid
1938
6.5
The Doorway to Hell
1930
6.4
Irish Luck
1939
6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
6.3
Arise, My Love
1940
6.3
Accidents Will Happen
1938
6.3
Idaho
1943
6.3
High Explosive
1943
6.1
I Live on Danger
1942
6.1
Brides Are Like That
1936
6.0
Navy Blues
1937
6.0
The Law in Her Hands
1936
6.0
Timber Queen
1944
6.0
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
6.0
Public Wedding
1937
6.0
No Place for a Lady
1943
6.0
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943
5.9
Flight Command
1940
5.9
Ceiling Zero
1936
5.8
Drunk Driving
1939
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
5.7
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
5.7
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
5.7
Over the Wall
1938
5.6
No Hands on the Clock
1941
5.5
Blackwell's Island
1939
5.4
Streets of New York
1939
5.4
King of Hockey
1936
5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
5.3
Captain America
1944
5.3
In Old California
1942
5.3
Phantom Killer
1942
5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
5.2
King of the Zombies
1941
5.1
Trocadero
1944
5.1
Alcatraz Island
1937
5.0
Men in Exile
1937
5.0
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
5.0
Aerial Gunner
1943
4.9
Heroes in Blue
1939
4.8
Times Square Playboy
1936
4.8
Mystery House
1938
4.8
Bengal Tiger
1936
4.6
Flying Blind
1941
4.5
X Marks the Spot
1942
4.4
Leave It to the Irish
1944
4.4
Broadway Musketeers
1938
4.3
Air Devils
1938
4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939