

Actor
August 6, 1905 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
cast
Leave It to the Irish
as Pat Burke
Trocadero
as Spike Nelson
Captain America
as Captain America / Grant Gardner
Timber Queen
as Milt Holmes
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Johnny Smith
High Explosive
as Dave
Aerial Gunner
as Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Idaho
as Duke Springer
No Place for a Lady
as Randy Brooks
Reveille with Beverly
as Andy Adams
Fighting Men: Crack That Tank
as Tank Instructor