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Dick Powell was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. He started as a musical comedy star, but later transformed into a hardboiled leading man, and was the first to play Philip Marlowe on screen.
Dick Powell was a versatile Hollywood star who transitioned from musicals to film noirs. He also produced and directed TV shows and movies, and co-founded Four Star Television.
Dick Powell was an American actor who transitioned from musicals to film noirs, and later became a producer and director. He starred in classics like Murder, My Sweet, The Bad and the Beautiful, and The Conqueror, and was married to June Allyson and Joan Blondell.
Diagnosed with lung cancer six years later, Dick Powell succumbed to the disease the day after New Year’s, 1963. He was just 58. He left an estate valued at $10 million, a tribute to his business instincts and success as a producer. But what I and his other living fans remember is up on the screen — it’s Dick Powell the actor.
Dick Powell was and still is a great actor, His ability’s in front and behind the scenes was exceptional and a great body of work in such a short life aka one of the nore greats along side of Robert Mitchum.
Dick Powell was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss who starred in musicals, film noir and radio shows. Learn about his life, career, roles, and achievements on The Movie Database (TMDB).
Learn about Dick Powell, a versatile actor who starred in musicals, noir films and westerns. Find out his birth and death dates, marriages, photos and videos of his work.
Two thoughts about Dick Powell “ absolutly, he was a legend, ” — Alan Roberts, March 14, 2015 at 6:43 a.m. “ As a child I remember watching so many great shows on TV W/ DICK POWELL He was multi talented.
Dick Powell. Early Life. Dick Powell was born Richard Ewing Powell on November 14 th, 1904 in Mountain View, Arkansas.His father, Ewing, was a machinery salesman who legend says helped introduce the gasoline engine to the state of Arkansas.
Dick Powell was an exceptionally talented and versatile performer, whose career can conveniently be divided into three parts. Firstly, the young song and dance man, who started as a romantic juvenile lead in Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930's with Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell.
