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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.
- November 14, 1904
- January 2, 1963
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.
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May 17, 2017 · Top 10 Charts. 22.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 33. 6.7K views 6 years ago. Countdown to Dick Powell's highest rated films 1933-1958 Film actor, singer, director, producer and hard-boiled...
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Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss.
Nov 14, 2017 · Sadly, Four Star Productions would outlive Dick Powell. He developed cancer in 1962, and died in early 1963 at the age of fifty-nine. Some theorize that his premature death was the result of exposure to radioactive fallout while directing the adventure film The Conqueror at an abandoned atomic testing site in Nevada a decade earlier.