Dick Purcell
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.
Known for
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
Leave It to the Irish
1944 • Pat Burke
Trocadero
1944 • Spike Nelson
Captain America
1944 • Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen
1944 • Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943 • Johnny Smith
High Explosive
1943 • Dave
Aerial Gunner
1943 • Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
