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Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell is known for acting, with popular credits including The Bank Dick, The Old Homestead, King of the Zombies, Outside the Three-Mile Limit.

Born 06 Aug 1905 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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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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Known for The Bank Dick, The Old Homestead, King of the Zombies, Outside the Three-Mile Limit.

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1989 Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes movie 1944 Leave It to the Irish as Pat Burke movie 1944 Trocadero as Spike Nelson movie 1944 Captain America as Captain America / Grant Gardner movie 1944 Timber Queen as Milt Holmes movie 1943 The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Johnny Smith movie 1943 High Explosive as Dave movie 1943 Aerial Gunner as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine movie 1943 Idaho as Duke Springer movie 1943 No Place for a Lady as Randy Brooks movie 1943 Reveille with Beverly as Andy Adams movie 1943 Fighting Men: Crack That Tank as Tank Instructor movie 1942 X Marks the Spot as Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker movie 1942 Phantom Killer as Edward Clarkk movie 1942 The Old Homestead as Scarf Lennin movie 1942 I Live on Danger as Norm Thompson movie 1942 In Old California as Joe Dawson movie 1942 Torpedo Boat as Ralph Andrews movie 1941 No Hands on the Clock as Red Harris movie 1941 The Pittsburgh Kid as Cliff Halliday movie 1941 Flying Blind as Bob Fuller movie 1941 Bullets for O'Hara as Wicks movie 1941 Two in a Taxi as Bill Gratton movie 1941 King of the Zombies as James 'Mac' McCarthy movie 1940 Flight Command as Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne movie 1940 The Bank Dick as Mackley Q. Greene movie 1940 Arise, My Love as Pink movie 1940 Private Affairs as Dick Cartwright movie 1940 New Moon as Alexander movie 1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Agent Melvin Pierce movie 1939 Heroes in Blue as Terry Murphy movie 1939 Drunk Driving as John Jones movie 1939 Irish Luck as Steve Lanahan movie 1939 While America Sleeps as Dave Miller movie 1939 Streets of New York as T.P. 'Tap' Keenan movie 1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Dick Purcell movie 1939 Blackwell's Island as Terry Walsh movie 1938 Breakdowns of 1938 as Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited) movie 1938 Tough Kid as 'Red' Murphy movie 1938 Nancy Drew… Detective as Keiffer movie 1938 Broadway Musketeers as Vince Morrell movie 1938 Garden of the Moon as Rick Fulton movie 1938 Valley of the Giants as Creel movie 1938 Penrod's Double Trouble as Tex Boyden movie 1938 Mystery House as Lance O'Leary movie 1938 Air Devils as Percy 'Slats' Harrington movie 1938 Flight Into Nowhere as Bill Kellogg movie 1938 Accidents Will Happen as Jim Faber movie 1938 Over the Wall as Ace Scanlon movie 1938 The Daredevil Drivers as Bill Foster movie 1937 Missing Witnesses as "Bull" Regan movie 1937 Alcatraz Island as David 'Harp' Santell movie 1937 Wine, Women and Horses as George Mayhew movie 1937 Reported Missing as Paul Wayne movie 1937 Talent Scout as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) movie 1937 Public Wedding as Joe Taylor movie 1937 Draegerman Courage as Trapped Draegerman (uncredited) movie 1937 Melody for Two as Mel Lynch movie 1937 Men in Exile as Jimmy Carmody movie 1937 Navy Blues as Rusty Gibbs movie 1936 King of Hockey as Gabby Dugan movie 1936 The Captain's Kid as George Chester movie 1936 Jailbreak as Ed Slayden movie 1936 Bengal Tiger as Nick DeLargo movie 1936 Public Enemy's Wife as Louie movie 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws as Crandal movie 1936 Bullets or Ballots as Ed Driscoll movie 1936 The Law in Her Hands as Marty movie 1936 Times Square Playboy as Wally Calhoun movie 1936 Brides Are Like That as Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell) movie 1936 Snowed Under as Bert (uncredited) movie 1936 Follow the Fleet as Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited) movie 1936 Man Hunt as Skip McHenry movie 1936 Freshman Love as Radio Announcer (uncredited) movie 1936 Ceiling Zero as Smiley (as Dick Purcell) movie 1930 The Doorway to Hell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) movie

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Who is Dick Purcell?

Dick Purcell is known for acting, with popular credits including The Bank Dick, The Old Homestead, King of the Zombies, Outside the Three-Mile Limit.

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Dick Purcell is 120 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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Dick Purcell is known for credits including The Bank Dick, The Old Homestead, King of the Zombies, Outside the Three-Mile Limit, Bullets or Ballots.

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