Dick Powell
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Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature.
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Dick Powell in 1934
Ruby Keeler and Powell in Footlight Parade (1933)
Dick Powell in a trailer for Dames (1934)
Dick Powell and Inez Asher
Guest stars for the premiere episode of The Dick Powell Show, "Who Killed Julie Greer?" Standing, from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, and Dean Jones, seated, from left, Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell.
June Allyson and Dick Powell in 1962Filmography 40
The Bad and the Beautiful
Murder, My Sweet
The Enemy Below
42nd Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
Footlight Parade
Christmas in July
Pitfall
It Happened Tomorrow
Johnny O'Clock
The Conqueror
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cry Danger
Gold Diggers of 1935
The Tall Target
Cornered
Dames
In the Navy
Susan Slept Here
The Hunters
Station West
Split Second
That's Dancing!
Gold Diggers of 1937
Wonder Bar
To the Ends of the Earth
Flirtation Walk
Hollywood Hotel
College Coach
Big City Blues
Star Spangled Rhythm
You Never Can Tell
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Thanks a Million
Varsity Show
You Can't Run Away from It
Blessed Event
Naughty But Nice
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Going Places149 credits on file
Television 15
American Experience
Golden Globe Awards
What's My Line?
Climax!
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Jack Benny Program
This Is Your Life
The Dick Powell Show
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Emmy Awards
The DuPont Show of the WeekAwards 3
In their orbit 5
Nearby in actors 6
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Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.
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