Dick Purcell

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.

Known For

The Bank Dick

as Mackley Q. Greene

Follow the Fleet

as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

as Ed Driscoll

King of the Zombies

as James 'Mac' McCarthy

In Old California

as Joe Dawson

Captain America

as Captain America / Grant Gardner

The Doorway to Hell

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Nancy Drew… Detective

as Keiffer

Arise, My Love

as Pinky O'Connor

Ceiling Zero

as Smiley (as Dick Purcell)