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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. Powell grew up in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three brothers (one of them, Howard, ended up as vice ...
- 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.
- January 1, 1
- Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- West Los Angeles, California, USA
Singer, actor, and producer who directed The Enemy Below and The Hunters and appeared as a singer in the musicals Gold Diggers of 1933 and Flirtation Walk, among others. Dick Powell was born in AR. He was a successful MC at two theaters in Pittsburgh. His first musical group was Charlie Davis Orchestra, with whom he sang.
- Male
- Stage Actor
- American
- AR
Nov 14, 2017 · Dick Powell was a Southern boy, although you’d never know it from his voice. Born in Arkansas in 1904, Powell grew up in the Ozark Mountains. But, he was no drawling hillbilly — he attended college in Little Rock where he developed a taste for literature, a taste for business, and a taste for music, not necessarily in that order.
Aug 17, 2023 · Richard Ewing Powell was a musician, actor, and director. An ambitious man always pursuing new avenues for his creativity, Powell experimented with different media (radio, film, and television) at a time when not many did. The films of which he was a part ranged from 1930s comical musicals to 1940s films noir.
Actor | Director | Producer | Singer Born Richard Powell on Nov. 14, 1904 in Mountain View, AR. Died Jan. 2, 1963 of cancer in Dick Powell's Wilshire Boulevard apartment, Calif. D ick Powell had...
