Acting
Dick Purcell
Also Known As: Richard Gerold Purcell Jr., Richard Gerold Purcell, Richard G. Purcell
Birth Date
August 6, 1905
Death Date
April 10, 1944
(passed away at 38)
Place of Birth
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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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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