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Powell's ranch-style house was used for exterior filming on the ABC TV series, Hart to Hart. The estate, known as Amber Hills, was on 48 acres (19 hectares) in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood, Los Angeles. [9] Powell enjoyed general aviation as a private pilot.
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.
Dick Powell was an American actor, singer, voice actor, and director. He is best remembered as the first actor to portray the fictional character, private detective ‘Philip Marlowe,’ on screen. As a young boy, Powell was encouraged by his father to sing in church choirs.
Dick Powell died prematurely of lung cancer in January 1963 at the age of 58. He was survived by his third wife, the actress June Allyson.
- November 14, 1904
- January 2, 1963
Dick Powell was an exceptionally talented and versatile performer, whose career can conveniently be divided into three parts. Firstly, the young song and dance man, who started as a romantic juvenile lead in Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930's with Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell.
Powell began making a string of tough-guy pictures for RKO while balancing his real estate hobby, his relationship with his children, and keeping a watchful eye on June's blooming career. June was told she could never have children due to a childhood accident, so the couple decided to adopt a baby.
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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.
