Dick Powell
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday14 November 1904
Died2 January 1963 (age 58)
Place of birthMountain View, Arkansas, USA
Known credits115
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 …
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Self (archive footage)
FDR
1994 · Self (archive footage)
American Experience
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Paper Moon
1973 · Thanks
Ghostbreakers
1967 · Executive Producer
The Losers
1963 · Executive Producer
Ricochet
1961 · Self - Host
Ricochet
1961 · Executive Producer
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961 · Host / Inspector Amos Burke
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Self - Host
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961 · Executive Producer
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Producer
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Executive Producer
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Self
One Must Die
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Paul Martin
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Dr. Timothy McVey
Woman on the Run
1959 · Director
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
The Hunters
1958 · Director
The Hunters
1958 · Producer
The Enemy Below
1957 · Director
The Enemy Below
1957 · Producer
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Director
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Self - Host
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Creator
The Conqueror
1956 · Director
The Conqueror
1956 · Producer
Climax!
1954 · Philip Marlowe
Susan Slept Here
1954 · Mark Christopher
Split Second
1953 · Director
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · James Lee Bartlow
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Willie Dante
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Eddie White
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · US Marshal Philip Dana
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Burt Stroude
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