Dick Powell
Richard Ewing Powell · Дик Пауэлл · Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell
- Туған күні:
- 1904-11-14
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1963-01-02
- Туған жері:
- Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
Өмірбаяны
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 and the Stanley Theater. In April 1930, Warner Bros. bought up Brunswick Records which at that time owned Vocalion. Warner Bros. was sufficiently impressed by Powell's singing and stage presence to offer him a film contract in 1932. He made his film debut as a singing bandleader in Blessed Event. He went on to star as a boyish crooner in movie musicals such as 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Dames, Flirtation Walk, and On the Avenue, often appearing opposite Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. Powell desperately wanted to expand his range but Warner Bros. wouldn't allow him to do so, although they did (mis)cast him in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) as Lysander. This was to be Powell's only Shakespearean role and one he did not want to play, feeling that he was completely wrong for the part. Finally, reaching his forties and knowing that his young romantic leading man days were behind him he lobbied to play the lead in Double Indemnity. He lost out to Fred MacMurray, another Hollywood nice guy. MacMurray’s success, however, fueled Powell’s resolve to pursue projects with greater range and in 1944, he was cast in the first of a series of films noir, as private detective Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, directed by Edward Dmytryk. The film was a big hit and Powell had successfully reinvented himself as a dramatic actor. The following year Dmytryk and Powell re-teamed to make Cornered, a gripping, post-WWII thriller that helped define the film noir style. He became a popular "tough guy" lead appearing in movies such as Johnny O'Clock and Cry Danger. But 1948 saw him step out of the brutish type when he starred in Pitfall, a film noir that sees a bored insurance company worker fall for an innocent but dangerous femme fatale, played by Lizabeth Scott. Even when he appeared in lighter fare such as The Reformer and the Redhead and Susan Slept Here (1954) he never sang in his later roles. The latter, his final onscreen appearance in a feature film, did include a dance number with costar Debbie Reynolds. From 1949-1953, Powell played the lead role in the National Broadcasting Company radio theater production Richard Diamond, Private Detective. His character in the 30-minute weekly was a likable private detective with a quick wit. When Richard Diamond came to television in 1957, the lead role was portrayed by David Janssen.
Фильмографиясы
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
TMDb 9.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Ricochet
1961
Self - Host
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
Host / Inspector Amos Burke
One Must Die
1961
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Сьюзен спала здесь
1954
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mark Christopher
Злые и красивые
1952
TMDb 7.3 / 10
James Lee Bartlow
You Never Can Tell
1951
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rex Shepherd
The Tall Target
1951
TMDb 6.8 / 10
John Kennedy
Cry Danger
1951
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Rocky Mulloy
Right Cross
1950
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rick Garvey
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Andrew Hale
Mrs. Mike
1949
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sgt. Mike Flannigan
Rogues' Regiment
1948
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Whit Corbett
Station West
1948
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Lt. John Martin Haven
Западня
1948
TMDb 6.9 / 10
John Forbes
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Commissioner Michael Barrows
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Self
Джонни О'Клок
1947
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Johnny O'Clock
Cornered
1945
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Laurence Gerard
Это убийство, моя милочка
1944
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Philip Marlowe
Meet the People
1944
TMDb 5.8 / 10
William 'Swanee' Swanson
Это случилось завтра
1944
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
True to Life
1943
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Link Ferris
Riding High
1943
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Steve Baird
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Go Lucky
1943
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Pete Hamilton
Звездно-полосатый ритм
1942
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dick Powell
In the Navy
1941
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Thomas Halstead
Model Wife
1941
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Frederick "Fred" Chambers
Christmas in July
1940
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jimmy MacDonald
I Want a Divorce
1940
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Alan MacNally
Naughty but Nice
1939
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Professor Donald Hardwick
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Self (uncredited)
Going Places
1938
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Peter Mason
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bill Davis
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Elly Jordan
Hollywood Hotel
1938
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Ronnie Bowers
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Varsity Show
1937
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Charles 'Chuck' Daly
The Singing Marine
1937
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Bob Brent
On the Avenue
1937
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Gary Blake
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rosmer Peck
Stage Struck
1936
TMDb 5.3 / 10
George Randall
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Hearts Divided
1936
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Jerome Bonaparte
Colleen
1936
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Donald Ames
One And One Is One
1936
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Himself
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
A Dream Comes True
1935
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Self
Thanks a Million
1935
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Eric Land
Shipmates Forever
1935
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Richard 'Dick' Melville III
Сон в летнюю ночь
1935
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Lysander
Page Miss Glory
1935
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bingo Nelson
Broadway Gondolier
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
Золотоискатели 1935-го года
1935
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dick Curtis
Flirtation Walk
1934
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Dick "Canary" Dorcy
Happiness Ahead
1934
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bob Lane
Дамы
1934
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Jimmy Higgens
Studio Highlights
1934
Self (archive footage)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Buddy Clayton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
Self
Wonder Bar
1934
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tommy
And She Learned About Dames
1934
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Himself
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Himself
Convention City
1933
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Jerry Ford
College Coach
1933
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
Парад в огнях рампы
1933
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Scotty
Золотоискатели 1933-го года
1933
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Brad
42-я улица
1933
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Billy Lawler
The King's Vacation
1933
TMDb 5.7 / 10
John Kent
The Road Is Open Again
1933
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Songwriter
Just Around the Corner
1933
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Jerry
Too Busy to Work
1932
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dan Hardy
Big City Blues
1932
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blessed Event
1932
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bunny Harmon