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.
Known For
Follow the Fleet
Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Ed Driscoll
In Old California
Joe Dawson
The Bank Dick
Mackley Q. Greene
Captain America
Captain America / Grant Gardner
Irish Luck
Steve Lanahan
New Moon
Alexander
Flight Command
Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Streets of New York
T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Drunk Driving
John Jones