Dick Powell
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
American Experience
1988
That's Dancing!
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
It's Showtime
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Ricochet
1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
One Must Die
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Climax!
1954
Susan Slept Here
1954
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
This Is Your Life
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
1952
You Never Can Tell
1951
The Tall Target
1951
Cry Danger
1951
Right Cross
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Mrs. Mike
1949
The Emmy Awards
1949
Rogues' Regiment
1948
Station West
1948
Pitfall
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
Johnny O'Clock
1947
Cornered
1945
Murder, My Sweet
1944
Meet the People
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
True to Life
1943
Riding High
1943
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
Happy Go Lucky
1943
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
In the Navy
1941
Model Wife
1941
Christmas in July
1940
I Want a Divorce
1940
Naughty But Nice
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Going Places
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Hard to Get
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
Hollywood Hotel
1938
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
Varsity Show
1937
The Singing Marine
1937
On the Avenue
1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
Stage Struck
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
Hearts Divided
1936
Colleen
1936
One And One Is One
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
A Dream Comes True
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
Thanks a Million
1935
Shipmates Forever
1935