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Dick Powell (I) (1904–1963)


In the 1930s , Dick Powell was the juvenile lead in the Warner backstage musicals opposite such rising stars as Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. After his career in musicals, he was cast in private-eye roles and became a producer and director for both TV and movies. See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (70 titles)
1962-1963 Ensign O'Toole (TV series)
Chief Richard E. Powell
Operation Contest (1963)
Operation: Benefit (1962) … Chief Richard E. Powell
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Alex Harper
In Search of a Son (1962) … Alex Harper
 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
Colonel Drayton
Everybody Versus Timmy Drayton (1961) … Colonel Drayton
 
1959-1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Dr. Timothy McVey / Paul Martin
The Doctor and the Redhead (1960) … Dr. Timothy McVey
A Summer's Ending (1959) … Paul Martin
 
1958 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Backwash (1958)
 
1956 The Best in Mystery (TV series)
Willie Dante (1956)
 
1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Willie Dante / Andrew Ward / Bill 'Chris' Christopher / …
Success Story (1956) … Dan Matson
Watch the Sunset (1956) … Philip Benton
One Forty-Two (1956) … Father Gregory
 
1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Intermission Guest
The Enchanted Cottage (1955) … Intermission Guest
 
1954 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Dick
The Jam Session Show (1954) … Dick
 
1954 Climax! (TV series)
Philip Marlowe
 
1954 Susan Slept Here
Mark Christopher
 
1954 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Cameo
Deadeye at the Golden Nugget (1954) … Cameo
 
1951 You Never Can Tell
Rex Shepherd
 
1951 The Tall Target
John Kennedy
 
1951 Cry Danger
Rocky
 
1950 Right Cross
Rick Garvey
 
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
Andrew Rockton Hale
 
1949 Mrs. Mike
Sgt. Mike Flannigan
 
1948 Rogues' Regiment
Whit Corbett
 
1948 Station West
Haven
 
1948 Pitfall
John Forbes
 
1948 To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Michael Barrows
 
1947 Johnny O'Clock
Johnny O'Clock
 
1945 Cornered
Laurence Gerard
 
1944 Meet the People
William 'Swanee' Swanson
 
1944 It Happened Tomorrow
Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
 
1943 True to Life
Link Ferris
 
1943 Riding High
Steve Baird
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky
Pete Hamilton
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Dick Powell-' Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number
 
1941 In the Navy
Thomas Halstead
 
1941 Model Wife
Fred Chambers
 
1940 Christmas in July
Jimmy MacDonald
 
1940 I Want a Divorce
Alan MacNally
 
1939 Naughty But Nice
Professor Donald 'Don' Hardwick
 
1938 Going Places
Peter Mason aka Peter Randall
 
1938 Hard to Get
Bill
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Elly Jordan, aka Wyoming Steve Gibson
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel
Ronnie Bowers
 
1937 Varsity Show
Charles 'Chuck' Daly
 
1937 The Singing Marine
Bob Brent
 
1937 On the Avenue
Gary Blake
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937
Rosmer Peck
 
1936 Stage Struck
George Randall
 
1936 Hearts Divided
Captain Jerome Bonaparte
 
1936 Colleen
Donald Ames 3rd
 
1935 Thanks a Million
Eric Land
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander - In Love with Hermia
 
1935 Page Miss Glory
Bingo Nelson
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
 
1935 Gold Diggers of 1935
Dick Curtis
 
1934 Flirtation Walk
Dick 'Canary' Dorcy
 
1934 Happiness Ahead
Bob Lane
 
1934 Dames
Jimmy
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
Clayton
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Tommy
 
1933 Convention City
Jerry Ford
 
1933 College Coach
Phil Sargeant
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Scotty
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
Brad
 
1933 The King's Vacation
John Kent
 
1933 Just Around the Corner (short)
Jerry
 
1933 The Road Is Open Again (short)
The Songwriter
 
1932 Too Busy to Work
Dan Hardy
 
1932 Big City Blues
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
1967 Ghostbreakers (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series) (executive producer - 53 episodes)
Last of the Private Eyes (1963) (executive producer)
The Old Man and the City (1963) (executive producer)
The Last of the Big Spenders (1963) (executive producer)
Epilogue (1963) (executive producer)
The Third Side of a Coin (1963) (executive producer)
 
1958 The Hunters (producer)
 
1957 The Enemy Below (producer)
 
1956 You Can't Run Away from It (producer)
 
1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 19 episodes)
The Stacked Deck (1956) (producer)
Watch the Sunset (1956) (producer)
One Forty-Two (1956) (producer)
A Long Way from Texas (1956) (producer)
No Limit (1956) (producer)
 
1956 The Conqueror (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (51 titles)
2013 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV series documentary)
On the Air (2013) (performer: "Love Is On the Air Tonight")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited, "The Words Are in My Heart" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited, "The Road Is Open Again" - uncredited)
 
2002 Hollywood Ending (performer: "Hooray for Hollywood" 1937)
 
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (performer: "I Only Have Eyes For You")
 
2001 The Wedding Planner (performer: "Mr. and Mrs. Is The Name")
 
1997 In the Gloaming (TV movie) (performer: "Young and Healthy")
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary) (performer: "Pettin' in the Park" - uncredited)
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (performer: "Dames")
 
1973 Paper Moon (performer: "Flirtation Walk" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary) (performer: "Pettin' in the Park" - uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
The Fabulous Musicals (1963) (performer: "Dames" - uncredited, "Flirtation Walk" - uncredited, "Honeymoon Hotel" - uncredited, "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited)
 
1954 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
The Jam Session Show (1954) (performer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
 
1944 Meet the People (performer: "Meet the People" 1940, "In Times Like These" 1944, "It's Smart to Be People" 1944)
 
1943 True to Life (performer: "The Old Music Master", "There She Was")
 
1943 Three Cheers for the Girls (short) (performer: "The Song of the Marines" - uncredited)
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky (performer: "Sing a Tropical Song, "Happy Go Lucky")
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "Hit the Road to Dreamland")
 
1941 In the Navy (performer: "Starlight, Starbright" 1941, "A Sailor's Life for Me" 1941, "We're in the Navy" 1941 / "Starlight, Starbright" 1941)
 
1939 Naughty But Nice (performer: "I'm Happy About the Whole Thing" 1939 - uncredited, "In a Moment of Weakness" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1938 Hard to Get (performer: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" 1938 - uncredited, "There's a Sunny Side to Every Situation" 1938 - uncredited, "Sonny Boy" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1938 Going Places (performer: "Say It With a Kiss" 1938, "Oh, What a Horse Was Charlie" 1938, "Mutiny in the Nursery" 1938 / "Jeepers Creepers" 1938)
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn (performer: "Cowboy from Brooklyn", "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I've Got a Heartful of Music", "The Last Round-Up Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along" 1933, "I'll Dream of You Tonight" / "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I'll Dream of You Tonight")
 
1938 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short) (performer: "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")
 
1937 Varsity Show (performer: "We're Working Our Way Through College" 1937 - uncredited, "You've Got Something There" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 The Singing Marine (performer: "The Song of the Marines" 1937 - uncredited, "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn" - uncredited, "The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed" 1937 - uncredited, "'Cause My Baby Says It's So" 1937 - uncredited, "You Can't Run Away from Love Tonight" 1937 - uncredited, "Night Over Shanghai" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 On the Avenue (performer: "The Girl on the Police Gazette" 1937 - uncredited, "You're Laughing at Me" 1937 - uncredited, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" 1937 - uncredited / "Slumming on Park Avenue" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel (performer: "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" 1937, "Let That Be a Lesson to You" 1937, "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" 1937, "Sing, You Son of a Gun" 1937)
 
1936 Stage Struck (performer: "Fancy Meeting You" 1936 - uncredited, "In Your Own Quiet Way" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Hearts Divided (performer: "My Kingdom for a Kiss" 1936 - uncredited, "Two Hearts Divided" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937 (performer: "With Plenty of Money and You" 1936, "Life Insurance Song" 1936 - uncredited, "Speaking of the Weather" 1936, "Let's Put Our Heads Together" 1936, "All's Fair in Love and War" 1936)
 
1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "An Evening with You" 1936 - uncredited, "I Don't Have to Dream Again" 1936 - uncredited, "Summer Night" 1935 - uncredited, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1935 Thanks a Million (performer: "Thanks a Million" 1935, "Sittin' on a Hilltop" 1935, "Pocketful of Sunshine" 1935 / "Square Deal Party" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Page Miss Glory (performer: "Page Miss Glory" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Gold Diggers of 1935 (performer: "I'm Goin' Shoppin' with You" 1935 - uncredited, "The Words Are in My Heart" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier (performer: "Lonely Gondolier" 1935 - uncredited, "Lulu's Back in Town" 1935 - uncredited, "Outside of You" 1935 - uncredited, "The Rose in Her Hair" 1935 - uncredited, "Rigoletto" 1851 - uncredited / "Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" 1935 - uncredited, "Lulu's Back in Town" 1935 - uncredited, "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited, "The Rose in Her Hair" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Shipmates Forever (performer: "Don't Give Up the Ship" - uncredited, "I'd Love to Take Orders from You" - uncredited, "I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes" - uncredited, "Abdulla Bulbul Amir" - uncredited)
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream (performer: "Scottish Symphony" 1842 - uncredited, "Spring Song" 1841 - uncredited)
 
1934 Wonder Bar (performer: "Don't Say Good-Night" 1934 - uncredited, "Why Do I Dream Those Dreams?" 1934 - uncredited, "Wonder Bar" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts (performer: "Fair and Warmer" 1934 - uncredited, "I'll String Along with You" 1934 - uncredited, "The Flying Trapeze" 1868 - uncredited / "I'll String Along with You" 1934 - uncredited, "Out for No Good" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Happiness Ahead (performer: "Beauty Must Be Loved" 1934 - uncredited, "Happiness Ahead" 1934 - uncredited, "Pop! Goes Your Heart" 1934 - uncredited, "All on Account of a Strawberry Sundae" 1934 - uncredited, "Massaging Window Panes" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Flirtation Walk (performer: "Flirtation Walk" 1934 - uncredited, "Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name" 1934 - uncredited, "No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache" 1934 - uncredited, "Aloha Oe" 1878 - uncredited)
 
1934 Dames (performer: "Dames" 1934 - uncredited, "I Only Have Eyes for You" 1934 - uncredited, "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye" 19340 - uncredited, "Try to See It My Way" 1934 - uncredited / "I Only Have Eyes for You" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 And She Learned About Dames (short) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited)
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (performer: "Shadow Waltz" 1933 - uncredited, "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" 1933 - uncredited, "Pettin' in the Park" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 Footlight Parade (performer: "By a Waterfall" 1933 - uncredited, "Ah! The Moon Is Here" 1933 - uncredited, "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" 1896 - uncredited, "Honeymoon Hotel" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 College Coach (performer: "Lonely Lane" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 42nd Street (performer: "Forty-Second Street" 1932 - uncredited, "It Must Be June" 1932 - uncredited, "Young and Healthy" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1933 The Road Is Open Again (short) (performer: "The Road Is Open Again" - uncredited)
 
1932 Blessed Event (performer: "How Can You Say No When All the World Is Saying Yes?" 1932 - uncredited, "Shapiro Shoes" 1932 - uncredited, "Too Many Tears" 1932 - uncredited, "I'm Makin' Hay in the Moonlight" 1932 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
1959 Woman on the Run (TV movie)
 
1958 The Hunters
 
1957 The Enemy Below
 
1956 The Conqueror
 
1953 Split Second
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1973 Paper Moon (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (25 titles)
1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Himself - Host
The Black-Robed Ghost (1963) … Himself - Host
 
1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host / Burton Stevens / Col. Luke Harper / …
The Honorable Albert Higgins (1963) … Himself - Host
The Big Day (1962) … Himself - Host
The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff (1962) … Himself - Host/Major Ed Clayborn
Borderline (1962) … Himself - Host
Days of Glory (1962) … Himself - Host
 
1962 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
Himself
One Sleepy People (1962) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1954-1962 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 9 September 1962 (1962) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 17 September 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 10 September 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 11 January 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 24 August 1958 (1958) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Himself
USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) … Himself
 
1956-1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Himself - Host / Ben Sanderson / Brenner / …
Jericho (1961) … Himself - Host (uncredited)
Image of a Drawn Sword (1961) … Himself - Host
Storm Over Eden (1961) … Himself - Host
The Release (1961) … Himself - Host
Man from Everywhere (1961) … Himself - Host
 
1961 The 13th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Mervyn LeRoy (1960) … Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
 
1954-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode #11.49 (1958) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode #8.1 (1954) … Himself
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Intermission Guest
Night Song (1956) … Himself - Intermission Guest
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #3.1 (1955) … Himself
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 3 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage) (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Newsreel (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 And She Learned About Dames (short)
Himself (also archive footage) (uncredited)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1998 The Canadians (TV series)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)
Standing Beside Al Jolson at Grandstand (uncredited)
 
Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Himself (clips from "42nd Street"/"Dames")
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1982 Inside the Third Reich (TV movie)
Actor in film clip (edited from: Footlight Parade)
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Two Weeks in Another Town
Himself (uncredited)
 
1943 Three Cheers for the Girls (short)
Singer (Marine Hymn) (uncredited)
 
1938 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself (sings "Ride - Tenderfoot - Ride" from "Cowboy from Brooklyn") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(11/23/50) Radio: Appeared in "NBC's Screen Directors' Playhouse" in the production "Mrs. Mike" with June Allyson (his wife at the time). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[observation, 1936] I'm not a kid anymore but I'm still playing boy scouts. See more »

Trivia:

His estate was reportedly valued at $10,000,000 at the time of his death. See more »

Trademark:

Affable "juvenile leads" or "boy heroes", which he played into his 40s See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio