Dick Powell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 t...
Known For
Filmography
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
FDR
1994
as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
as Host / Inspector Amos Burke
Ricochet
1961
as Self - Host
One Must Die
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Self
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Self - Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Paul Martin
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Timothy McVey
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Self - Host
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Mark Christopher
Climax!
1954
as Philip Marlowe
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as James Lee Bartlow
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Willie Dante
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Eddie White
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as US Marshal Philip Dana
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Burt Stroude
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Paul
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mike Donegan
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Graham
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Dan
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Dan Hodges
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Dave Robinson
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Fred
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Chris
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Jeff
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Eddie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Dave
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Capt. Avery
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Andrew
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Will Sonnett
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Fleet Mason
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Grover Doane
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Steve
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Priest
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Philip Benton
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Dan Matson
Cry Danger
1951
as Rocky Mulloy
The Tall Target
1951
as John Kennedy
You Never Can Tell
1951
as Rex Shepherd
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Andrew Hale
Right Cross
1950
as Rick Garvey
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Self - Intermission Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Dick Powell
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Sgt. Mike Flannigan
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Pitfall
1948
as John Forbes
Station West
1948
as Lt. John Martin Haven
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as Commissioner Michael Barrows
Rogues' Regiment
1948
as Whit Corbett
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Johnny O'Clock
1947
as Johnny O'Clock
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
Cornered
1945
as Laurence Gerard
Murder, My Sweet
1944
as Philip Marlowe
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
Meet the People
1944
as William 'Swanee' Swanson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
Happy Go Lucky
1943
as Pete Hamilton
Riding High
1943
as Steve Baird
True to Life
1943
as Link Ferris
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
as Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Dick Powell
In the Navy
1941
as Thomas Halstead
Model Wife
1941
as Frederick "Fred" Chambers
Christmas in July
1940
as Jimmy MacDonald
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Alan MacNally
Naughty but Nice
1939
as Professor Donald Hardwick
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Ronnie Bowers
Going Places
1938
as Peter Mason
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Elly Jordan
Hard to Get
1938
as Bill Davis
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
On the Avenue
1937
as Gary Blake
Varsity Show
1937
as Charles 'Chuck' Daly
The Singing Marine
1937
as Bob Brent
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Rosmer Peck
Colleen
1936
as Donald Ames
Hearts Divided
1936
as Jerome Bonaparte
Stage Struck
1936
as George Randall
One And One Is One
1936
as Himself
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
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
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Dick Curtis
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Lysander
Thanks a Million
1935
as Eric Land
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Bingo Nelson
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Richard 'Dick' Melville III
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
Dames
1934
as Jimmy Higgens
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Dick "Canary" Dorcy
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Buddy Clayton
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Bob Lane
Wonder Bar
1934
as Tommy
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Himself
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Himself
Studio Highlights
1934
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
42nd Street
1933
as Billy Lawler
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Brad
Footlight Parade
1933
as Scotty
The King's Vacation
1933
as John Kent
College Coach
1933
as Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
The Road Is Open Again
1933
as The Songwriter
Just Around the Corner
1933
as Jerry
Convention City
1933
as Jerry Ford
Blessed Event
1932
as Bunny Harmon
Too Busy to Work
1932
as Dan Hardy
Big City Blues
1932
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)