Dick Powell
Actor
Born November 14, 1904 in 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.
Filmography
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Paper Moon
Ghostbreakers
The Losers
Ricochet
Self - Host
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Host / Inspector Amos Burke
The Dick Powell Show
Self - Host
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
One Must Die
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Paul Martin
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
The Hunters
The Enemy Below
You Can't Run Away from It
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Self - Host
The Conqueror
Climax!
Philip Marlowe
Susan Slept Here
Mark Christopher
Split Second
The Bad and the Beautiful
James Lee Bartlow
This Is Your Life
Self
Four Star Playhouse
Willie Dante
You Never Can Tell
Rex Shepherd
The Tall Target
John Kennedy
Cry Danger
Rocky Mulloy
The Jack Benny Program
Dick Powell
Right Cross
Rick Garvey
The Reformer and the Redhead
Andrew Hale
What's My Line?
Self
Mrs. Mike
Sgt. Mike Flannigan
The Emmy Awards
Self
Rogues' Regiment
Whit Corbett
Station West
Lt. John Martin Haven
Pitfall
John Forbes
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Michael Barrows
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
Johnny O'Clock
Johnny O'Clock
Cornered
Laurence Gerard
Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe
Meet the People
William 'Swanee' Swanson
It Happened Tomorrow
Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host
True to Life
Link Ferris
Riding High
Steve Baird
Three Cheers for the Girls
Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Go Lucky
Pete Hamilton
Star Spangled Rhythm
Dick Powell
In the Navy
Thomas Halstead
Model Wife
Frederick "Fred" Chambers
Christmas in July
Jimmy McDonald
I Want a Divorce
Alan MacNally
Naughty but Nice
Professor Donald Hardwick
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Going Places
Peter Mason
Breakdowns of 1938
Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Bill Davis
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Elly Jordan
Hollywood Hotel
Ronnie Bowers
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
Varsity Show
Charles 'Chuck' Daly
The Singing Marine
Bob Brent
On the Avenue
Gary Blake
Gold Diggers of 1937
Rosmer Peck
Stage Struck
George Randall
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Hearts Divided
Jerome Bonaparte
Colleen
Donald Ames
One And One Is One
Himself
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
Thanks a Million
Eric Land
Shipmates Forever
Richard 'Dick' Melville III
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
Page Miss Glory
Bingo Nelson
Broadway Gondolier
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
Gold Diggers of 1935
Dick Curtis
Flirtation Walk
Dick "Canary" Dorcy
Happiness Ahead
Bob Lane
Dames
Jimmy Higgens
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Buddy Clayton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
Wonder Bar
Tommy
And She Learned About Dames
Himself
Convention City
Jerry Ford
College Coach
Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
Footlight Parade
Scotty
Gold Diggers of 1933
Brad
42nd Street
Billy Lawler
The King's Vacation
John Kent
The Road Is Open Again
The Songwriter
Just Around the Corner
Jerry
Too Busy to Work
Dan Hardy
Big City Blues
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blessed Event
Bunny Harmon