CAPTAIN AMERICA Grant Gardner Actor: Dick Purcell Appeared on: • Captain America (1944) This Captain America is from the 1944 Republic black-and-white serial film loosely based on the character from Timely Comics (today known as Marvel Comics).  District Attorney Grant Gardner is Captain America, trying to thwart the plans of The Scarab, really museum curator Dr. Cyrus Maldor - especially regarding his attempts to acquire the "Dynamic Vibrator" and "Electronic Firebolt", devices that could be used as super-weapons.