Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

August 6, 1905

Day of Death

April 10, 1944(aged 38)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Career

1930 – 1989

Credits

76 movies

Also Known As

Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.

Richard Gerold Purcell

Richard G. Purcell

Richard Purcell

Dick Purcell

Acting

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.