# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-purcell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:11:00.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-purcell"
name: "Dick Purcell"
slug: "dick-purcell"
description: "Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1944 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid (1938), Accidents Will Happen (1938), Heroes in Blue (1939), Irish Luck (1939), The Bank Dick (1940), and King of the Zombies (1941)."
tagline: "American actor, best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Purcell_in_King_of_the_Zombies_(1941).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-08-06"
deathDate: "1944-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             3.45
  historical:           9.03348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700711/"
    handle:    "nm0700711"
sources:
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    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديك بورسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Purcell"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Перселл, Дик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5273293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13970"
    title: "Dick Purcell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump