Tom Powers
American actor (1890-1955) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 65
Thomas McCreery Powers was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude.
Tom Powers is read about 50 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Double JeopardyFilm, 1955Harry Sheldon
The AmericanoFilm, 1955Jim Rogers1954
The Lone WolfSeries, Carl Olsen1953
Devil's CanyonFilm, Joe Holbert (uncredited)1952
Adventures of SupermanSeries, Railroad Official
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, 1952Gen. Vincent
Denver and Rio GrandeFilm, 1952Sloan1951
The StripFilm, Lt. Detective Bonnabel1950
Destination MoonFilm, General Thayer1949
Chicago DeadlineFilm, Howard1948
I Love TroubleFilm, Ralph Johnston1947
Angel and the BadmanFilm, Dr. Mangram1946
The Blue DahliaFilm, Capt. Hendrickson1944
Double IndemnityFilm, Mr. Dietrichson1914
Daisy Doodad's DialFilm, Husband
Gertie the DinosaurFilm, 1914Clumsy Copy Boy (uncredited)1912
A Cure for PokeritisFilm1890Born7 July 1890Known for
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Double Indemnity 1944
Julius Caesar 1953
The Blue Dahlia 1946
Gertie the Dinosaur 1914
They Won't Believe Me 1947
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- Harry Joe Brown Produced The Nevadan and Ten Wanted Men
John Houseman Produced Julius Caesar and The Blue Dahlia- John Sturges Directed Right Cross and For the Love of Rusty
Irving Pichel Directed Destination Moon (1950)
Laurence Trimble Directed A Cure for Pokeritis and As Ye Repent
Howard Freeman Also in Up in Central Park (1948)- H. C. Potter Directed The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Broderick Crawford Also in The Time of Your Life and The Last Posse
Randolph Scott Produced Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Miklós Rózsa Wrote Double Indemnity and Julius Caesar
Alan Ladd Also in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Raymond Burr Also in I Love Trouble and Station West
William Bendix Also in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Frank Faylen Also in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Franklyn Farnum Also in They Won't Believe Me and The Steel Trap
William Edward Phipps Also in Station West and Scene of the Crime
Anthony Caruso Also in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Olin Howland Also in Angel and the Badman and The Nevadan
Pedro de Cordoba Also in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
James Millican Also in The Blue Dahlia and Diplomatic Courier
Ethan Laidlaw Also in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
George Magrill Also in Double Indemnity and The Steel Trap
Raymond Greenleaf Also in East Side, West Side and Horizons West- Russell Rouse Directed The Well (1954)
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Filmography 40
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Television 3
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About this person
He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, Caesar. In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944).
