Dick Purcell
b. 1905 — d. 1944 (aged 39)
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Actor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dick Purcell (August 6, 1908 - April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial. The strain of filming Captain America had been too much for his heart and he collapsed in the locker room at a Los Angeles country club. Purcell was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Purcell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.1
Captain America
1944 Actor
Grant Gardner
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★ 5.7
Trocadero
1944 Actor
Spike Nelson
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★ 4.7
Leave It to the Irish
1944 Actor
Pat Burke
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★ 5.7
Timber Queen
1944 Actor
Milt Holmes
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★ 5.4
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 Actor
Johnny Smith
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★ 5.6
Aerial Gunner
1943 Actor
Pvt. Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
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★ 6.0
Idaho
1943 Actor
Duke Springer
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★ 6.5
No Place for a Lady
1943 Actor
Rand Brooke
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★ 6.4
High Explosive
1943 Actor
Dave
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★ 7.2
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
1943 Actor
Tank Instructor
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★ 6.3
In Old California
1942 Actor
Joe Dawson
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★ 5.5
Phantom Killer
1942 Actor
Edward Clark
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★ 5.3
X Marks the Spot
1942 Actor
Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
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★ 6.1
I Live on Danger
1942 Actor
Norm Thompson
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★ 7.2
Torpedo Boat
1942 Actor
Ralph Andrews
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The Old Homestead
1942 Actor
Scarf Lennin
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★ 5.3
King of the Zombies
1941 Actor
James McCarthy
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★ 5.4
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 Actor
Wicks
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★ 6.0
No Hands on the Clock
1941 Actor
Red Harris
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★ 4.7
Flying Blind
1941 Actor
Bob Fuller
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★ 6.1
Two in a Taxi
1941 Actor
Bill Gratton
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★ 7.1
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 Actor
Cliff Halliday
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★ 7.1
The Bank Dick
1940 Actor
Mackley Q. Greene
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★ 6.8
Arise, My Love
1940 Actor
Pink
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★ 6.3
Flight Command
1940 Actor
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
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★ 6.6
New Moon
1940 Actor
Alexander
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★ 5.6
Private Affairs
1940 Actor
Dick Cartwright
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★ 6.3
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940 Actor
Agent Melvin Pierce
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★ 6.1
Blackwell's Island
1939 Actor
Terry Walsh
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★ 5.6
Irish Luck
1939 Actor
Steve Lanahan
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★ 6.5
Drunk Driving
1939 Actor
John Jones
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★ 6.2
Streets of New York
1939 Actor
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
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★ 5.5
Heroes in Blue
1939 Actor
Terry Murphy
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★ 6.1
While America Sleeps
1939 Actor
Dave Miller
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★ 6.7
Nancy Drew: Detective
1938 Actor
Keiffer
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★ 5.5
Mystery House
1938 Actor
Lance O'Leary
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★ 6.1
Accidents Will Happen
1938 Actor
Jim Faber
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★ 5.8
Garden of the Moon
1938 Actor
Rick Fulton
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★ 6.2
Valley of the Giants
1938 Actor
Creel
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★ 6.1
Broadway Musketeers
1938 Actor
Vincent 'Vince' Morrell
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★ 6.2
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938 Actor
Tex Boyden
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★ 5.6
Over the Wall
1938 Actor
Ace Scanlon
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★ 4.9
The Daredevil Drivers
1938 Actor
Bill Foster
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★ 4.9
Air Devils
1938 Actor
Percy 'Slats' Harrington
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★ 5.0
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 Actor
Bill Kellogg
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★ 5.8
Tough Kid
1938 Actor
'Red' Murphy
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★ 6.4
Slim
1937 Actor
Tom
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★ 5.7
Alcatraz Island
1937 Actor
'Harp' Santell
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★ 5.8
Public Wedding
1937 Actor
Joe Taylor
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★ 5.6
Men in Exile
1937 Actor
Jimmy Carmody
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★ 5.6
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 Actor
George Mayhew
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★ 5.5
Missing Witnesses
1937 Actor
'Bull' Regan
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★ 6.2
Navy Blues
1937 Actor
Russell J. 'Rusty' Gibbs
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★ 6.3
Melody for Two
1937 Actor
Mel Lynch
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★ 6.6
Reported Missing!
1937 Actor
Paul Wayne
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★ 7.0
Bullets or Ballots
1936 Actor
Ed Driscoll
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★ 6.7
Ceiling Zero
1936 Actor
Smiley
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★ 6.1
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 Actor
Crandal
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★ 5.7
The Law in Her Hands
1936 Actor
Marty
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★ 6.1
Times Square Playboy
1936 Actor
Wally Calhoun
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★ 6.0
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 Actor
Louie
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★ 5.6
Brides Are Like That
1936 Actor
Dr. Randolph Jenkins
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★ 5.2
Bengal Tiger
1936 Actor
Nick DeLargo
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★ 5.6
King of Hockey
1936 Actor
Gabby Dugan
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★ 5.8
Man Hunt
1936 Actor
Skip McHenry
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★ 6.2
The Captain's Kid
1936 Actor
George Chester
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★ 5.7
Jailbreak
1936 Actor
Ed Slayden
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★ 4.2
Torchy's Night Cap
1932 Actor
George - the Groom-to-Be