Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics Captain America in the 1943 film serial, costarring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid , Heroes in Blue , Irish Luck and King of the Zombies .

Purcell was born Richard Gerald Purcell, Jr. in Greenwich, Connecticut. An only child, he attended Catholic grade school and high school, before enrolling as a student at Fordham University in The Bronx in New York City.

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