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Dick Purcell

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Also 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

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  • 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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Instance of
human
Given name
Dick
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Greenwich
Place of death
Hollywood
Occupation
film actor
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
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