Dick Powell
Acting
Born November 14, 1904 · Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
Biography
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 Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest. He recorded a number of records with Davis and on his own, for the Vocalion label in the late 1920s. Powell moved to Pittsburgh, where he found great local success as the Master of Ceremonies at the Enright Theater…
Known For · 40 titles
Golden Globe Awards
What's My Line?
American Experience
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Climax!
Four Star Playhouse
The Jack Benny Program
The Ed Sullivan Show
This Is Your Life
The Dick Powell Show
Lux Video Theatre
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Emmy Awards
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Bad and the Beautiful
Footlight Parade
Murder, My Sweet
42nd Street
Susan Slept Here
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gold Diggers of 1933
Convention City
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Wonder Bar
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Naughty but Nice
That's Dancing!
FDR
Hollywood Newsreel
It's Showtime
The Reformer and the Redhead
Pitfall
Television: The First Fifty Years
Things You Never See on the Screen
It Happened Tomorrow
The Singing Marine
The All-Star Christmas Show
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10