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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.
- January 1, 1
- Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- West Los Angeles, California, USA
January 2, 1963 · West Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer) Birth name. Richard Ewing Powell. Height. 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. 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
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.
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Biography. Read More. A romantic singing lead in a number of musicals throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Dick Powell traded in his tenor voice and good guy image to take on a more hard-boiled persona following a career-transforming performance as Phillip Marlowe in the classic film noir "Murder, My Sweet" (1944).
Mar 12, 2018 · Posted on 03.12.18 by John Farr. Dick Powell: always underrated, and today, perhaps even unknown. While any movie buff worth their salt will certainly remember him, for most anyone else not holding an AARP card, the mention of his name will likely elicit a blank stare.
Biography. On November 14, 1904, Richard Ewing Powell was born to Ewing and Sallie Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas. They already had one son, Howard, and in two years would complete the family with Luther. Ewing was the head of the International Harvester Company and his job kept him moving around the state.
