Dick Purcell
An image from Bullets or Ballots, one of the productions that also features Dick Purcell.
Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

August 6, 1905 — 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.

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies

1941

Captain America

Captain America

1944

In Old California

In Old California

1942

Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

1940

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

1936