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Dick Purcell
Known for: ActingDick 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.
Filmography 19
Follow the Fleet
as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) 
New Moon
as Alexander 
In Old California
as Joe Dawson 
King of the Zombies
as James 'Mac' McCarthy 
Bullets or Ballots
as Ed Driscoll 
I Live on Danger
as Norm Thompson 
The Bank Dick
as Mackley Q. Greene 
Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne 
Streets of New York
as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan 
Idaho
as Duke Springer 
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Crandal 
X Marks the Spot
as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker 
Tough Kid
as 'Red' Murphy 
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke 
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith 
Penrod's Double Trouble
as Tex Boyden 
Mystery House
as Lance O'Leary 
No Hands on the Clock
as Red Harris 
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Keiffer