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Tom Powers (I) (1890–1955)

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After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kentucky-born Tom Powers signed with Vitagraph Pictures at 21 years of age, in 1911. He stayed there for two years, then shortly thereafter traveled to England, appearing there in both stage productions and films. When he returned to the US he made a few more pictures... See full bio »

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in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1957 The Christophers (TV series)
Dr. Howe
– Gentle Warrior (1957) … Dr. Howe
 
1957 Panic! (TV series)
Warden
– The Prisoner (1957) … Warden
 
1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Wilkeson
– Who Is Byington? (1956) … Wilkeson
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Dr. Fernwood
– Crack-Up (1956) … Dr. Fernwood
 
1956 The Go-Getter
Miller's Business Partner
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Gen. Vincent
– The Firing Squad (1955) … Gen. Vincent
 
1955 Big Town (TV series)
– The Last Assignment (1955)
 
1955 Double Jeopardy
Harry Sheldon
 
1955 The Eternal Sea
General (uncredited)
 
1953-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Franco / Judge / Minister
– No Sad Songs for Me (1955) … Dr. Franco
– Penny Serenade (1955) … Judge
– Shall Not Perish (1954) … Minister
– Lovely Day (1953)
 
1951-1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Barney Ringo / Paton / Payson / …
– The Failure (1955) … Payson
– Crusade Without Conscience (1954) … Thor
– Ringo's Last Assignment (1954) … Barney Ringo
– The People's Choice (1952)
– A Question of Wills (1951) … Paton
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1955 New York Confidential
District Attorney Rossi
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
– The Leaf Out of the Book (1955)
 
1955 Ten Wanted Men
Henry Green
 
1955 The Americano
Jim Rogers
 
1954 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Stark
– Exit for Margo (1954) … Stark
 
1954 The Mad Magician
Inspector (uncredited)
 
1954 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Carl Olsen / Tom Steele
– The Newhall Story (a.k.a. Phoenix-Newhall) … Tom Steele
– The Ski Story … Carl Olsen
 
1954 Lucky Me
Thayer Crony (uncredited)
 
1954 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Railroad Official
– Beware the Wrecker (1954) … Railroad Official
 
1954 Mayor of the Town (TV series)
Jacobs
– Butch's Tonsillectomy (1954) … Jacobs
– Doctor's Orders (1954) … Jacobs
– Papa Dear (1954) … Jacobs
– The Watchmaker (1954) … Jacobs
 
1953 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
Mr. Hopkins
– No Noise (1953) … Mr. Hopkins
 
1953 Sea of Lost Ships
Rear Admiral
 
1953 Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Washington Advisor
 
1953 I, the Jury
Milt Miller
 
1953 Devil's Canyon
Joe Holbert (uncredited)
 
1953 Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Sheriff
 
1953 The Last Posse
Frank White
 
1953 Julius Caesar
Metellus Cimber
 
1953 Scared Stiff
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1953 The Marksman
Lt. Governor Watson
 
1952 The Steel Trap
Valcourt, Travel Agent
 
1952 Horizons West
Frank Tarleton
 
1952 The WAC from Walla Walla
General (uncredited)
 
1952 We're Not Married!
Atty. Gen. Frank Bush (uncredited)
 
1952 Diplomatic Courier
Cherney (uncredited)
 
1952 Bal Tabarin
Eddie Mendies
 
1952 Denver and Rio Grande
Sloan
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– One for the Books (1952)
 
1952 Jet Job
Oscar Collins
 
1952 The Fabulous Senorita
Delaney
 
1952 Flesh and Fury
Andy Randolph
 
1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
Andrew Wharton (uncredited)
 
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger
Dr. Fernwood (uncredited)
 
1951 The Well
Jim, Mayor
 
1951 The Strip
Detective Lt. Bonnabel
 
1951 The Tall Target
Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
Adm. Ryan
 
1951 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Marshal Lindon
– Two Gold Lockets (1951) … Marshal Lindon
 
1950 Again... Pioneers
Ken Keeler
 
1950 Right Cross
Tom Balford
 
1950 Destination Moon
General Thayer
 
1950 The Nevadan
Bill Martin
 
1949 East Side, West Side
Owen Lee
 
1949 Chinatown at Midnight
Captain Howard Brown
 
1949 Chicago Deadline
Glenn Howard
 
1949 Scene of the Crime
Umpire Menafoe
 
1949 Special Agent
Chief Special Agent Wilcox
 
1948 Mexican Hayride
Plainclothesman Ed Mason
 
1948 Angel in Exile
Warden
 
1948 Station West
Captain Iles
 
1948 The Velvet Touch
Detective (uncredited)
 
1948 Up in Central Park
Rogan
 
1948 The Time of Your Life
Freddy Blick (a stool pigeon and frame-up artist)
 
1948 I Love Trouble
Ralph Johnston
 
1947 The Son of Rusty
Hugh Mitchell
 
1947 They Won't Believe Me
Trenton
 
1947 For the Love of Rusty
Hugh Mitchell
 
1947 The Farmer's Daughter
Hy Nordick
 
1947 Angel and the Badman
Dr. Mangram
 
1946 The Last Crooked Mile
Floyd Sorelson
 
1946 Her Adventurous Night
Dan Carter
 
1946 The Blue Dahlia
Capt. Hendrickson
 
1946 Two Years Before the Mast
Bellamer
 
1945 The Chicago Kid
Mike Thurber
 
1945 The Phantom Speaks
Harvey Bogardus
 
1944 Practically Yours
Commander Harry Harpe
 
1944 Double Indemnity
Mr. Dietrichson
 
1917 The Auction Block
Bob Wharton
 
1916 Love in a Mist (short)
The Fiancee
 
1915 The Traitor (short)
Lieutenant Shaw
 
1915 The Passing of a Soul (short)
The Son
 
1915 As Ye Repent
Jim Somers
 
1915 The Painted Lady Betty (short)
Jack
 
1915 A Lancashire Lass (short)
Howard
 
1915 Be Sure Your Sins (short)
Leo Garth
 
1915 Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge
 
1914 Oh My Aunt! (short)
Suitor
 
1914 Life's Dark Road (short)
The Lover
 
1914 His Great Opportunity (short)
Understudy
 
1914 The Basilisk (short)
Eric Larne, the fiancé
 
1914 The Pet of the Regiment (short)
Tommy Atkins
 
1914 Time the Great Healer (short)
Dick/Harry
 
1914 Morphia the Death Drug (short)
The Boy
 
1914 Aladdin: or, a Lad Out (short)
The Lad
 
1914 The Unseen Witness (short)
Brian Foster
 
1914 In the Shadow of Big Ben (short)
Harry Forrest
 
1914 Unfit; or, The Strength of the Weak (short)
Ned Osborne
 
1914 Cinder-Elfred (short)
Elfred
 
1914 Memory (short)
Paolo
 
1914 The Hills Are Calling (short)
Donald
 
1914 Gertie the Dinosaur (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Lucky Jim (short)
Jim Brown
 
1914/II The Hunchback (short)
Tom
 
1914 The Schemers: or, The Jewels of Hate (short)
James Mortimer
 
1914 The Terror of the Air (short)
Roger Doubleday
 
1914 Dr. Fenton's Ordeal (short)
Rupert Harding
 
1914/I Over the Garden Wall (short)
Billy Birch
 
1914 Judged by Appearances (short)
Ralph Bellamy
 
1914 Flotilla the Flirt (short)
Tompasso
 
1914 Daisy Doodad's Dial (short)
 
1914 Creatures of Habit (short)
Tom
 
1913 Cutey Plays Detective (short)
The Pal
 
1913 Counsellor Bobby (short)
Dr. Randall - Jenny's Sweetheart
 
1913 A Window on Washington Park (short)
Alan Dale, the Old Man's Nephew
 
1913 Let 'Em Quarrel (short)
Powell - the Husband
 
1913 Checkmated (short)
Cecil Wray
 
1913 The House in Suburbia (short)
John Doane
 
1913 Sisters All (short)
 
1913 Under the Make-Up (short)
Pierrot
 
1912 While She Powdered Her Nose (short)
Abner Waite
 
1912 The Signal of Distress (short)
George Gordon
 
1912 Susie to Susanne (short)
John - Susie's Sweetheart
 
1912 The Face or the Voice (short)
Robert's Friend
 
1912 Saving an Audience (short)
John
 
1912 The Cylinder's Secret (short)
Richard Johns, Howard's Son
 
1912 An Eventful Elopement (short)
Charley Fortune - Mabel's Sweetheart
 
1912 Love in the Ghetto (short)
Sammy Bertram - Rebecca's Sweetheart
 
1912 The Hieroglyphic (short)
Tom Swayne
 
1912 The Illumination (short)
Giuseppe
 
1912 The Haunted Rocker (short)
Jack Farnum - Madge's Suitor
 
1912 The Great Diamond Robbery (short)
D'Ahseen - First Detective
 
1912 A Story of the Circus (short)
Kenneth'sThe Boy's Father
 
1912 A Cure for Pokeritis (short)
 
1912/I The Heart of a Man (short)
Tom Hunter
 
1912 A Girl of the West (short)
Jones - the Ranch Owner
 
1911 The Black Chasm (short)
 
1911 The Half-Breed's Daughter (short)
Luke Lansing - a Gold Miner
 
1911 The Girl and the Sheriff (short)
The Mountain Boy
 
1911 A Western Heroine (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Friend (short)
Sheriff Joe Cooper
 
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1914 Morphia the Death Drug (short) (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1922 Starland Review No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 

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(1916) Stage: Appeared in "Mr. Lazarus" on Broadway. Written by Harvey J. O'Higgins and Harriet Ford. Shubert Theatre: 5 Sep 1916-Oct 1916 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Undetermined role. Cast: Florine Arnold, Marie Ascaraga, William T. Clark, Henry E. Dixey, Eva Le Gallienne. Produced by Helen Tyler. See more »
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Enjoyed a successful career on Broadway as a playwright, actor and director; active there from 1916-1944. See more »

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