Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Birthday: 14 November 1904, Mountain View, Arkansas, USA

Birth Name: Richard Ewing Powell

Height: 180 cm

In the 1930s , Dick Powell was the juvenile lead in the Warner backstage musicals opposite such rising stars as Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. After his career in musicals, he was cast in private-eye roles and became a producer and director for both TV and movies.

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to sha...Show more »

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore. Show less «

[observation, 1936] I'm not a kid anymore but I'm still playing boy scouts.

[observation, 1936] I'm not a kid anymore but I'm still playing boy scouts.

Dick Powell's FILMOGRAPHY
All
as Actor (21)
as Director (1)

The Red Skelton Show - Season 1

Gold Diggers of 1933

Inside the Third Reich

The DuPont Show with June Allyson - Season 1

The Enemy Below

Susan Slept Here

The Bad and the Beautiful

You Never Can Tell

The Reformer and the Redhead

Murder My Sweet

Meet the People

Christmas in July

Gold Diggers of 1937

A Midsummer Nights Dream

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Footlight Parade

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Dick Powell'S roles

Billy Lawler. Actor of

Philip Marlowe. Actor of

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