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Dick Purcell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Richard Purcell, Richard 'Dick' Purcell, Richard G. Purcell, Jr.
American actor, best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Fantastic Stories Presents the Imagination (Stories of Science and Fantasy) Super Pack
- Mr. Chipfellow's Jackpot
- Mr. Chipfellow's Jackpot Illustrated
- Samuelson's Frankenstein
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes1989
- Captain America — Captain America / Grant Gardner1944
- Leave It to the Irish — Pat Burke1944
- Trocadero — Spike Nelson1944
- Timber Queen — Milt Holmes1944
- Reveille with Beverly — Andy Adams1943
- The Mystery of the 13th Guest — Johnny Smith1943
- No Place for a Lady — Randy Brooks1943
- Aerial Gunner — Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine1943
- Idaho — Duke Springer1943
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1659-09-10
- Active to
- 1695-11-21
baroquebritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerenglish
Discography
- Fantaisies pour violes
- Music of Henry Purcell, Jenkins and Locke1954
- Come Ye Sons of Art1955
- Ode for St. Cecilia's Day1956
- Homage to Henry Purcell1958
- Welcome to All the Pleasures (Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1683) / Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell1959
- Dido and Aeneas1961
- Come Ye Sons of Art / The Bell Anthem / My Beloved Spake - Anthem1962
- Dido and Aeneas1964
- Music for the Chapel Royal1964
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greenwich
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Spouse
- Ethelind Terry
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Fordham University
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Dick Purcell in King of the Zombies (1941).jpg
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- Dick Purcell
- date of death
- 1944-04-10
- date of birth
- 1905-08-06
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (1)
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