Dick Powell

Dick Powell

  • Highest Rated: 100% Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
  • Lowest Rated: 50% Susan Slept Here (1954)
  • Birthday: Nov 14, 1904
  • Birthplace: Mountain View, Arkansas, USA

  • Curly-haired actor, director, and producer, Powell worked as a vocalist and instrumentalist for bands (he had several hit records), and occasionally was an M.C. He debuted onscreen in 1932, at first as a crooner in '30s Warner Bros. backstage musicals, often opposite Ruby Keeler. After playing choir-boy-type leads for a decade, he made a surprising switch to dramatic roles in the 1940s, showing special skill as tough heroes or private eyes such as Philip Marlowe. Powell's last big-screen appearance was in Susan Slept Here (1954), in which he once again sang; he went on to appear frequently on TV. His career took another turn in the early '50s when he began producing and directing films; he was also a founder and president of Four Star Television, a prosperous TV production company. His second wife was actress Joan Blondell, with whom he appeared in Model Wife (1941) and I Want a Divorce (1940); his widow is actress June Allyson. In John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locust (1975) he was portrayed by his son, Dick Powell, Jr.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

Rating

Title

Credit

Box
Office

Year

No Score Yet Abbott and Costello in the Movies Actor — 2002
No Score Yet The Hunters Director Producer — 1958
80% The Enemy Below Director Producer — 1957
No Score Yet You Can't Run Away From It Director Producer — 1956
No Score Yet The Conqueror Producer Director — 1956
50% Susan Slept Here Mark — 1954
96% The Bad and the Beautiful James Lee Bartlow — 1953
No Score Yet Split Second Director — 1953
No Score Yet Four Star Playhouse Actor — 1952
No Score Yet Callaway Went Thataway Guest — 1951
No Score Yet You Never Can Tell Rex Shepherd — 1951
No Score Yet The Tall Target John Kennedy — 1951
No Score Yet Cry Danger Rocky Mulloy — 1951
No Score Yet Right Cross Rick Garvey — 1950
No Score Yet The Reformer and the Redhead Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale — 1950
No Score Yet Station West Haven — 1948
No Score Yet To the Ends of the Earth Commissioner Michael Barrows — 1948
No Score Yet Pitfall John Forbes — 1948
No Score Yet Rogues' Regiment Whit Corbett — 1948
No Score Yet Johnny O'Clock Johnny O'Clock — 1947
No Score Yet Cornered Laurence Gerard — 1945
94% Murder, My Sweet Philip Marlowe — 1944
60% It Happened Tomorrow Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens — 1944
No Score Yet Meet the People William "Swanee" Swanson — 1944
No Score Yet Star Spangled Rhythm Specialty — 1942
No Score Yet In the Navy Thomas Halstead — 1941
94% Christmas in July Jimmy MacDonald — 1940
No Score Yet Naughty But Nice Prof. Donald Hardwick — 1939
No Score Yet Going Places Peter Mason — 1939
No Score Yet Cowboy from Brooklyn Elly Jordan, aka Wyoming Steve Gibson — 1938
No Score Yet Hard to Get Bill Davis — 1938
No Score Yet Hollywood Hotel Henry Bowers — 1937
No Score Yet Varsity Show Charles 'Chuck' Daly — 1937
No Score Yet On The Avenue Gary Blake — 1937
No Score Yet Gold Diggers of 1937 Actor — 1937
No Score Yet The Singing Marine Pfc. Robert 'Bob' / 'Arkansas' Brent — 1937
No Score Yet Hearts Divided Captain Jerome Bonaparte — 1936
No Score Yet Colleen Donald Ames 3rd — 1936
No Score Yet Thanks a Million Eric Land — 1935
91% A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander — 1935
No Score Yet Page Miss Glory Bingo Nelson — 1935
100% Gold Diggers of 1935 Dick Curtis — 1935
No Score Yet Shipmates Forever Richard John Melville III — 1935
100% Flirtation Walk Dick "Canary" Dorcy — 1934
No Score Yet Dames Jimmy Higgens — 1934
No Score Yet Wonder Bar Tommy — 1934
No Score Yet Happiness Ahead Bob Lane — 1934
No Score Yet Twenty Million Sweethearts Buddy Clayton — 1934
No Score Yet College Coach (Football Coach ) Philip 'Phil'/'Sarge' Sargeant — 1933
100% Footlight Parade Scotty Blair — 1933
100% Gold Diggers of 1933 Brad Roberts/Robert Bradford — 1933
96% 42nd Street Billy Lawler — 1933
No Score Yet Convention City Jerry Ford — 1933
No Score Yet Too Busy To Work Actor — 1932
No Score Yet Blessed Event Harmon — 1932
100% Street Scene Officer Harry Murphy — 1931
No Score Yet Busby Berkeley - The Busby Berkeley Disc Actor —

TV

Rating

Title

Credit

Year

No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre
1956-1961
Host
  • 2019
  • 2017
  • 1961
  • 1960
  • 1959
  • 1958
  • 1957
  • 1956

QUOTES FROM Dick Powell CHARACTERS

Philip Marlowe
She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud
Philip Marlowe
She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud.