Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Acting 1904-11-14 Mountain View, Arkansas, USA

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest. He recorded a number of records with Davis and on his own, for the Vocalion label in the late 1920s. Powell moved to Pittsburgh, where he found great local success as the Master of Ceremonies at the Enright Theater and the Stanley Theater. In April 1930, Warner Bros. bought up Brunswick Records which at that time owned Vocalion. Warner Bros. was sufficiently impressed by Powell's singing and stage presence to offer him a film contract in 1932. He made his film debut as a singing bandleader in Blessed Event. He went on to star as a boyish crooner in movie musicals such as 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Dames, Flirtation Walk, and On the Avenue, often appearing opposite Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. Powell desperately wanted to expand his range but Warner Bros. wouldn't allow him to do so, although they did (mis)cast him in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) as Lysander. This was to be Powell's only Shakespearean role and one he did not want to play, feeling that he was completely wrong for the part. Finally, reaching his forties and knowing that his young romantic leading man days were behind him he lobbied to play the lead in Double Indemnity. He lost out to Fred MacMurray, another Hollywood nice guy. MacMurray’s success, however, fueled Powell’s resolve to pursue projects with greater range and in 1944, he was cast in the first of a series of films noir, as private detective Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, directed by Edward Dmytryk. The film was a big hit and Powell had successfully reinvented himself as a dramatic actor. The following year Dmytryk and Powell re-teamed to make Cornered, a gripping, post-WWII thriller that helped define the film noir style. He became a popular "tough guy" lead appearing in movies such as Johnny O'Clock and Cry Danger. But 1948 saw him step out of the brutish type when he starred in Pitfall, a film noir that sees a bored insurance company worker fall for an innocent but dangerous femme fatale, played by Lizabeth Scott. Even when he appeared in lighter fare such as The Reformer and the Redhead and Susan Slept Here (1954) he never sang in his later roles. The latter, his final onscreen appearance in a feature film, did include a dance number with costar Debbie Reynolds. From 1949-1953, Powell played the lead role in the National Broadcasting Company radio theater production Richard Diamond, Private Detective. His character in the 30-minute weekly was a likable private detective with a quick wit. When Richard Diamond came to television in 1957, the lead role was portrayed by David Janssen.

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2006 Self (archive footage)
1999 Self (archive footage)
1988 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984 (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1976 Self (archive footage)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1973 Thanks
1967 Executive Producer
1965 (Archive Footage)
1963 Executive Producer
1961 Host / Inspector Amos Burke
1961 Self - Host
1961 Self - Host
1961 Executive Producer
1961 Executive Producer
1961 Producer
1961 Executive Producer
1959 Paul Martin
1959 Dr. Timothy McVey
1959 Director
1958 Director
1958 Producer
1957 Director
1957 Producer
1956 Director
1956 Director
1956 Producer
1954 Mark Christopher
1954 Philip Marlowe
1953 Director
1952 James Lee Bartlow
1952 Self
1952 Willie Dante
1952 Eddie White
1952 US Marshal Philip Dana
1952 Burt Stroude
1952 Paul
1952 Mike Donegan
1952 Graham
1952 Dan
1952 Dan Hodges
1952 Dave Robinson
1952 Fred
1952 Chris
1952 Jeff
1952 Eddie
1952 Dave
1952 Capt. Avery
1952 Andrew
1952 Will Sonnett
1952 Fleet Mason
1952 Grover Doane
1952 Steve
1952 Priest
1952 Philip Benton
1952 Dan Matson
1951 Rocky Mulloy
1951 John Kennedy
1951 Rex Shepherd
1951 Director
1950 Andrew Hale
1950 Rick Garvey
1950 Self - Intermission Guest
1950 Self - Mystery Guest
1950 Self - Panelist
1949 Sgt. Mike Flannigan
1949 Self
1948 John Forbes
1948 Lt. John Martin Haven
1948 Commissioner Michael Barrows
1948 Whit Corbett
1948 Self
1947 Johnny O'Clock
1947 Self
1945 Laurence Gerard
1944 Philip Marlowe
1944 Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
1944 William 'Swanee' Swanson
1944 Self - Host
1943 Pete Hamilton
1943 Steve Baird
1943 Link Ferris
1943 Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942 Dick Powell
1941 Thomas Halstead
1941 Frederick "Fred" Chambers
1940 Jimmy McDonald
1940 Alan MacNally
1939 Professor Donald Hardwick
1939 Self (uncredited)
1938 Ronnie Bowers
1938 Peter Mason
1938 Elly Jordan
1938 Bill Davis
1938 Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937 Gary Blake
1937 Charles 'Chuck' Daly
1937 Bob Brent
1937 Self
1936 Rosmer Peck
1936 Donald Ames
1936 Jerome Bonaparte
1936 George Randall
1936 Himself
1936 Director
1935 Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
1935 Dick Curtis
1935 Lysander
1935 Eric Land
1935 Bingo Nelson
1935 Richard 'Dick' Melville III
1935 Himself (uncredited)
1934 Jimmy Higgens
1934 Dick "Canary" Dorcy
1934 Buddy Clayton
1934 Bob Lane
1934 Tommy
1934 Himself
1934 Himself
1934 Self (archive footage)
1933 Billy Lawler
1933 Brad
1933 Scotty Blair
1933 John Kent
1933 Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
1933 The Songwriter
1933 Jerry
1933 Jerry Ford
1932 Bunny Harmon
1932 Dan Hardy
1932 Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)