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Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) [1] was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature.
Dick Powell. Actor: Murder, My Sweet. Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly as did Dick Powell: in his case, from the boyish, wavy-haired crooner in musicals to rugged crime fighters in film noirs.
Dick Powell. Actor: Murder, My Sweet. Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly as did Dick Powell: in his case, from the boyish, wavy-haired crooner in musicals to rugged crime fighters in film noirs.
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.
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 ...
Nov 14, 2017 · In 1944, Dick Powell was forty years old, divorced from Joan Blondell…and still a romantic tenor, singing on a radio show for a beauty cream popular with middle-aged women. He knew that a picture was being made from James M. Cain’s hardboiled crime thriller Double Indemnity , and pressed himself forward for the part, desperate to do ...
Find the location of Dick Powell's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career.
