Dick Powell
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-11-14 (59 years old)
Deathday
1963-01-02
Place of Birth
Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
Also known As
Richard Ewing Powell
Дик Пауэлл
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell
Dick Powell
Biography
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 Bro...
Acting
1933
as Billy Lawler
1944
as Philip Marlowe
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
1933
as Brad
1952
as James Lee Bartlow
1948
as John Forbes
1951
as Rocky Mulloy
1941
as Thomas Halstead
1951
as John Kennedy
1940
as Jimmy McDonald
1933
as Scotty Blair
1945
as Laurence Gerard
1948
as Lt. John Martin Haven
1932
as Bunny Harmon
1935
as Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
1938
as Ronnie Bowers
1935
as Dick Curtis
1934
as Jimmy Higgens
1950
as Andrew Hale
1938
as Peter Mason
1948
as Commissioner Michael Barrows
1947
as Johnny O'Clock
1935
as Lysander
1954
as Mark Christopher
1934
as Dick "Canary" Dorcy
1936
as Rosmer Peck
1944
as William 'Swanee' Swanson
1937
as Gary Blake
1942
as Dick Powell
1934
as Buddy Clayton
1935
as Eric Land
1936
as Donald Ames
1951
as Rex Shepherd
1934
as Bob Lane
1934
as Tommy
1933
as John Kent
1937
as Charles 'Chuck' Daly
1938
as Elly Jordan
1933
as Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
1943
as Pete Hamilton
1933
as The Songwriter
1936
as Jerome Bonaparte
1935
as Bingo Nelson
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
as Richard 'Dick' Melville III
1950
as Rick Garvey
1936
as George Randall
1933
as Jerry
1943
as Steve Baird
1940
as Alan MacNally
1939
as Professor Donald Hardwick
1937
as Bob Brent
1938
as Bill Davis
1943
as Link Ferris
1948
as Whit Corbett
1933
as Jerry Ford
1939
as Self (uncredited)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as (archive footage)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1941
as Frederick "Fred" Chambers
1932
as Dan Hardy
1961
as Host / Inspector Amos Burke
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1961
as Self - Host
1934
as Himself
1999
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1949
as Sgt. Mike Flannigan
1936
as Himself
1932
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1938
as Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
as Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
1937
as Self
1947
as Self
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1934
as Himself
1936
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1985
1934
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Production
1956
as Director
1953
as Director
1957
as Director
1957
as Producer
1958
as Director
1956
as Director
1958
as Producer
1963
as Executive Producer
1967
as Executive Producer
1956
as Producer
1951
as Director
1961
as Executive Producer
1961
as Executive Producer
1973
as Thanks
1936
as Director
1959
as Director
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