Dick Purcell
Birthday: 1905-08-06
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Movies
The Bank Dick
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now co...
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The Old Homestead
In this entry in the "Weaver Family" series, the town of Farmington is being plagued by a crime wave...
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King of the Zombies
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off co...
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Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfei...
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Bullets or Ballots
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly...
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Nancy Drew… Detective
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, N...
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Times Square Playboy
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he...
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Mystery House
When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a sui...
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Flight Command
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pe...
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Reveille with Beverly
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo...
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Captain America
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons ...
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No Hands on the Clock
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case....
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Arise, My Love
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World Wa...
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Over the Wall
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfr...
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Phantom Killer
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several ...
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The Mystery of the 13th Guest
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instr...
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The Case of the Velvet Claws
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, b...
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Brides Are Like That
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his n...
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Men in Exile
An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder....
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Wine, Women and Horses
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife....
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Public Enemy's Wife
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, finge...
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Missing Witnesses
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City....
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X Marks the Spot
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police office...
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Valley of the Giants
A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive e...
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Penrod's Double Trouble
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical...
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Accidents Will Happen
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retal...
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Navy Blues
A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian wi...
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Leave It to the Irish
A private eye (James Dunn) investigates the murder of a fur dealer. Monogram....
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Trocadero
A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film per...
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I Live on Danger
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss....
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Follow the Fleet
When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with hi...
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Heroes in Blue
Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's f...
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The Law in Her Hands
A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob....
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Timber Queen
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, ...
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Reported Missing
A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed....
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The Daredevil Drivers
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her r...
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Garden of the Moon
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin...
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Public Wedding
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fak...
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Jailbreak
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars....
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Tough Kid
Skipper Murphy is serving as trainer and inspiration for his brother Red Murphy training for a world...
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Alcatraz Island
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove...
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The Pittsburgh Kid
Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers o...
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No Place for a Lady
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, ...
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Torpedo Boat
Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a light...
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Aerial Gunner
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman....
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In Old California
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt D...
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Freshman Love
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like ...
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Flight Into Nowhere
When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing...
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The Captain's Kid
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town d...
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Flying Blind
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in...
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Broadway Musketeers
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a youn...
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While America Sleeps
An episode in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Dave Miller, an aircraft plant worker, is actually se...
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Drunk Driving
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too m...
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Idaho
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for...
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Breakdowns of 1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938....
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Ceiling Zero
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling...
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Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
A tank driver explains the nature of the armored combat vehicle and the techniques of how the infant...
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The Doorway to Hell
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides ...
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Private Affairs
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love...
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Bengal Tiger
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone....
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating...
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Streets of New York
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of ma...
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Draegerman Courage
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners....
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Two in a Taxi
An ambitious but financially strapped taxi driver becomes involved with mobsters to obtain money to ...
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High Explosive
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell...
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Snowed Under
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated t...
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