Dick Purcell

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 76

Gender Male

Birthday August 6, 1905

Day of Death April 10, 1944 (38 years old)

Place of Birth Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

  • Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.
  • Richard Gerold Purcell
  • Richard G. Purcell
  • Richard Purcell

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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.

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