Dick Purcell

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 76
Gender: Male
Born: August 6, 1905
Died: April 10, 1944
Place of birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known as: Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.Richard Gerold PurcellRichard G. PurcellRichard Purcell

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.