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American actor (1905–1944)
Dick Purcell
Born
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr.
(1905-08-06 ) August 6, 1905Died April 10, 1944(1944-04-10) (aged 38 ) Education Fordham University Occupation Actor Years active 1914–1944 Employer Warner Brothers Known for Captain America Spouse
(m. 1942; div. 1942)
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. (August 6, 1905 – April 10, 1944)[1] Marvel Comics ' Captain America in the 1944 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill .[2] Tough Kid (1938), Accidents Will Happen (1938), Heroes in Blue Irish Luck The Bank Dick King of the Zombies
Early life [ edit ]
Purcell was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1905 (not 1908, as many sources suggest)[citation needed . One of 5 children, he attended Catholic grade school and high school, before enrolling as a student at Fordham University in The Bronx in New York City .
Purcell began his acting career on the stage in New York, appearing in at least three plays: Men in White Sailor, Beware! and Paths of Glory . A talent scout saw Purcell's performance in Paths of Glory which led to a small role in the film Ceiling Zero Man Hunt
Captain America serial [ edit ]
Purcell got the title role in the 1944 Republic serial film Captain America [3] Captain America . The serial has Captain America, whose everyday identity is District Attorney Grant Gardner, thwarting the attempts of The Scarab, the villainous alter ego of museum curator Dr. Cyrus Maldor, to acquire a pair of super weapon devices, the "Dynamic Vibrator" and "Electronic Firebolt".
The serial, which would go on to be box office success, would be Republic's most expensive to make but also its last one about a superhero .
Personal life [ edit ]
Purcell eloped to Las Vegas with the actress Ethelind Terry . The two married on March 3, 1942, only to divorce on August 26, 1942.[4] [5]
Shortly after he completed the Captain America film serial, and just before its general release, Purcell collapsed and died in the locker room of a Hollywood country club on 10 April 1944, shortly after playing a round of golf. His remains were interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City . Film historian Raymond Stedman speculated that the strain of filming Captain America was too much for his heart .[6]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Ceiling Zero
Freshman Love
Man Hunt
Brides Are Like That
Snowed Under
Times Square Playboy
The Law in Her Hands
Bullets or Ballots
Public Enemy's Wife
Bengal Tiger
Jailbreak
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Captain's Kid
King of Hockey
Navy Blues
Men in Exile
Melody for Two
Draegerman Courage
Slim
Public Wedding
Reported Missing
Wine, Women and Horses
Alcatraz Island
Missing Witnesses
Daredevil Drivers
Over the Wall
Accidents Will Happen
Flight into Nowhere
Air Devils
Mystery House
Penrod's Double Trouble
Valley of the Giants
Garden of the Moon
Broadway Musketeers
Nancy Drew... Detective
Tough Kid
Blackwell's Island
Streets of New York
Irish Luck
Heroes in Blue
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
New Moon
Private Affairs
Arise, My Love
The Bank Dick
Flight Command
King of the Zombies
Two in a Taxi
Bullets for O'Hara
Flying Blind
The Pittsburgh Kid
No Hands on the Clock
Torpedo Boat
In Old California
I Live on Danger
The Old Homestead
Phantom Killer
X Marks the Spot
Reveille with Beverly
No Place for a Lady
Idaho
Aerial Gunner
High Explosive
Mystery of the 13th Guest
Timber Queen
Captain America Grant Gardner / Captain America
Trocadero
Leave It to the Irish
References [ edit ]
^ Selective Service Registration Cards, WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947, published by National Archives and Records Administration
^ Dick Purcell at IMDb
^ Harmon, Jim ; Donald F. Glut (1973). "10. The Long-Underwear Boys "You've Met Me, Now Meet My Fist!"The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury . Routledge. pp. 255, 258–259, 263. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9
^ The Final Curtain: Marriages ISSN 0006-2510 .
^ The Final Curtain ISSN 0006-2510 .
^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "5. Shazam and Good-by" Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment . University of Oklahoma Press. p. 131 . ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5
External links [ edit ]
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