Dick Powell

4 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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Zane Grey Theater (1956)

The Dick Powell Theatre (1961)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Four Star Playhouse (1952)

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Actor (73 credits)

1962-1963 Ensign O'Toole (TV Series)
Chief Richard E. Powell

- Operation Contest (1963)

- Operation: Benefit (1962) ... Chief Richard E. Powell

1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series)
Alex Harper

- In Search of a Son (1962) ... Alex Harper

1962 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series)
Dick Powell

- One Sleepy People (1962) ... Dick Powell (uncredited)

1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series)
Colonel Drayton

- Everybody Versus Timmy Drayton (1961) ... Colonel Drayton

1959-1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
Dr. Timothy McVey / Paul Martin

- The Doctor and the Redhead (1960) ... Dr. Timothy McVey

- A Summer's Ending (1959) ... Paul Martin

1958 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series)

- Backwash (1958)

1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)
Willie Dante / Dan / Dan Matson / ...

- Success Story (1956) ... Dan Matson

- The Stacked Deck (1956) ... Willie Dante

- Watch the Sunset (1956) ... Philip Benton

- One Forty-Two (1956) ... Father Gregory

- A Long Way from Texas (1956) ... Willie Dante

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1956 The Best in Mystery (TV Series)
Willie Dante (1956)

1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Intermission Guest

- The Enchanted Cottage (1955) ... Intermission Guest

1954 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
Dick

- The Jam Session Show (1954) ... Dick

1954 Climax! (TV Series)
Philip Marlowe

- The Long Goodbye (1954) ... Philip Marlowe

1954 Susan Slept Here
Mark Christopher

1954 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Cameo

- Deadeye at the Golden Nugget (1954) ... Cameo

1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
James Lee Bartlow

1951 You Never Can Tell
Rex Shepherd

1951 The Tall Target
John Kennedy

1951 Cry Danger
Rocky

1950 Right Cross
Rick Garvey

1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
Andrew Rockton Hale

1949 Mrs. Mike
Sgt. Mike Flannigan

1948 Rogues' Regiment
Whit Corbett

1948 Station West
John Haven

1948 Pitfall
John Forbes

1948 To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Michael Barrows

1947 Johnny O'Clock
Johnny O'Clock

1945 Cornered
Laurence Gerard

1944 Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe

1944 Meet the People
William 'Swanee' Swanson

1944 It Happened Tomorrow
Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

1943 True to Life
Link Ferris

1943 Riding High
Steve Baird

1943 Happy Go Lucky
Pete Hamilton

1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Dick Powell-' Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number

1941 In the Navy
Thomas Halstead

1941 Model Wife
Fred Chambers

1940 Christmas in July
Jimmy MacDonald

1940 I Want a Divorce
Alan MacNally

1939 Naughty But Nice
Professor Donald 'Don' Hardwick

1938 Going Places
Peter Mason

1938 Hard to Get
Bill

1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Elly Jordan, aka Wyoming Steve Gibson

1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (Short)
Elly Jordan (Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)

1937 Hollywood Hotel
Ronnie Bowers

1937 Varsity Show
Charles 'Chuck' Daly

1937 The Singing Marine
Bob Brent

1937 On the Avenue
Gary Blake

1936 Gold Diggers of 1937
Rosmer Peck

1936 Stage Struck
George Randall

1936 Hearts Divided
Captain Jerome Bonaparte

1936 Colleen
Donald Ames 3rd

1935 Thanks a Million
Eric Land

1935 Shipmates Forever
Richard John 'Dick' Melville III

1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander - In Love with Hermia

1935 Page Miss Glory
Bingo Nelson

1935 Broadway Gondolier
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli

1935 Gold Diggers of 1935
Dick Curtis

1934 Flirtation Walk
Dick 'Canary' Dorcy

1934 Happiness Ahead
Bob Lane

1934 Dames
Jimmy

1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
Buddy Clayton

1934 Wonder Bar
Tommy

1933 The Road Is Open Again (Short)
The Songwriter

1933 Convention City
Jerry Ford

1933 College Coach
Phil Sargent

1933 Footlight Parade
Scotty

1933 Sky Symphony (Short)
Dick Powell

1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
Brad

1933 42nd Street
Billy Lawler

1933 The King's Vacation
John Kent

1933 Just Around the Corner (Short)
Jerry

1932 Too Busy to Work
Dan Hardy

1932 Big City Blues
Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)

1932 Blessed Event
Bunny Harmon

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Producer (8 credits)

1967 Ghostbreakers (TV Movie) (executive producer)

1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) (executive producer - 53 episodes)

- Last of the Private Eyes (1963) ... (executive producer)

- The Old Man and the City (1963) ... (executive producer)

- The Last of the Big Spenders (1963) ... (executive producer)

- Epilogue (1963) ... (executive producer)

- The Third Side of a Coin (1963) ... (executive producer)

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1958 The Hunters (producer)

1957 The Enemy Below (producer)

1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)

- Double Cross (1956) ... (producer)

1956 You Can't Run Away from It (producer)

1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) (producer - 28 episodes)

- Success Story (1956) ... (producer)

- The Stacked Deck (1956) ... (producer)

- Watch the Sunset (1956) ... (producer)

- One Forty-Two (1956) ... (producer)

- A Long Way from Texas (1956) ... (producer)

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1956 The Conqueror (producer)

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Soundtrack (53 credits)

2013 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- On the Air (2013) ... (performer: "Love Is On the Air Tonight")

2009 Nativity! (performer: "Hooray for Hollywood")

2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "The Words Are in My Heart" - uncredited)

2008 Of Time and the City (Documentary) (performer: "Hooray for Hollywood")

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "The Road Is Open Again" - uncredited)

2002 Hollywood Ending (performer: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937))

2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (performer: "I Only Have Eyes For You")

2001 The Wedding Planner (performer: "Mr. and Mrs. Is The Name")

1997 In the Gloaming (TV Movie) (performer: "Young and Healthy")

1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Pettin' in the Park" - uncredited)

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "Dames")

1973 Paper Moon (performer: "Flirtation Walk" (1934) - uncredited)

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary) (performer: "Pettin' in the Park" - uncredited)

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Fabulous Musicals (1963) ... (performer: "Dames", "Flirtation Walk", "Honeymoon Hotel", "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited)

1954 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Jam Session Show (1954) ... (performer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)

1944 Meet the People (performer: "Meet the People" (1940), "In Times Like These" (1944), "It's Smart to Be People" (1944))

1943 True to Life (performer: "The Old Music Master", "There She Was")

1943 Three Cheers for the Girls (Short) (performer: "The Song of the Marines" - uncredited)

1943 Happy Go Lucky (performer: "Sing a Tropical Song, "Happy Go Lucky")

1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "Hit the Road to Dreamland")

1941 In the Navy ("Starlight, Starbright" (1941)) / (performer: "Starlight, Starbright" (1941), "A Sailor's Life for Me" (1941), "We're in the Navy" (1941))

1939 Naughty But Nice (performer: "I'm Happy About the Whole Thing" (1939), "In a Moment of Weakness" (1939) - uncredited)

1938 Going Places ("Jeepers Creepers" (1938), uncredited) / (performer: "Say It With a Kiss" (1938), "Oh, What a Horse Was Charlie" (1938), "Mutiny in the Nursery" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 Hard to Get (performer: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (1938), "There's a Sunny Side to Every Situation" (1938), "Sonny Boy" (1928) - uncredited)

1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn ("Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I'll Dream of You Tonight") / (performer: "Cowboy from Brooklyn", "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I've Got a Heartful of Music", "The Last Round-Up (Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along)" (1933), "I'll Dream of You Tonight")

1938 For Auld Lang Syne (Documentary short) (performer: "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")

1937 Hollywood Hotel (performer: "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" (1937), "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (1937), "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" (1937), "Sing, You Son of a Gun" (1937) - uncredited)

1937 Varsity Show (performer: "We're Working Our Way Through College" (1937), "You've Got Something There" (1937) - uncredited)

1937 The Singing Marine (performer: "The Song of the Marines" (1937), "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn", "The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed" (1937), "'Cause My Baby Says It's So" (1937), "You Can't Run Away from Love Tonight" (1937), "Night Over Shanghai" (1937) - uncredited)

1937 On the Avenue ("Slumming on Park Avenue" (1937), uncredited) / (performer: "The Girl on the Police Gazette" (1937), "You're Laughing at Me" (1937), "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (1937) - uncredited)

1936 Gold Diggers of 1937 (performer: "With Plenty of Money and You" (1936), "Life Insurance Song" (1936) (uncredited), "Speaking of the Weather" (1936), "Let's Put Our Heads Together" (1936), "All's Fair in Love and War" (1936))

1936 Stage Struck (performer: "Fancy Meeting You" (1936), "In Your Own Quiet Way" (1936) - uncredited)

1936 Hearts Divided (performer: "My Kingdom for a Kiss" (1936), "Two Hearts Divided" (1936) - uncredited)

1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited) / (performer: "An Evening with You" (1936), "I Don't Have to Dream Again" (1936), "Summer Night" (1935), "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) - uncredited)

1935 Thanks a Million ("Square Deal Party" (1935), uncredited) / (performer: "Thanks a Million" (1935), "Sittin' on a Hilltop" (1935), "Pocketful of Sunshine" (1935))

1935 Shipmates Forever (performer: "Don't Give Up the Ship", "I'd Love to Take Orders from You", "I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes", "Abdulla Bulbul Amir" - uncredited)

1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream (performer: "Scottish Symphony" (1842), "Spring Song" (1841) - uncredited)

1935 Page Miss Glory (performer: "Page Miss Glory" (1935) - uncredited)

1935 Broadway Gondolier ("Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" (1935), "Lulu's Back in Town" (1935), "The Pig and the Cow (and the Dog and Cat)" (1935), "The Rose in Her Hair" (1935), uncredited) / (performer: "Lonely Gondolier" (1935), "Lulu's Back in Town" (1935), "Outside of You" (1935), "The Rose in Her Hair" (1935), "Rigoletto" (1851) - uncredited)

1935 Gold Diggers of 1935 (performer: "I'm Goin' Shoppin' with You" (1935), "The Words Are in My Heart" (1935) - uncredited)

1934 And She Learned About Dames (Short) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited)

1934 Flirtation Walk (performer: "Flirtation Walk" (1934), "Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name" (1934), "No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache" (1934), "Aloha Oe" (1878) - uncredited)

1934 Happiness Ahead (performer: "Beauty Must Be Loved" (1934), "Happiness Ahead" (1934), "Pop! Goes Your Heart" (1934), "All on Account of a Strawberry Sundae" (1934), "Massaging Window Panes" (1934) - uncredited)

1934 Dames ("I Only Have Eyes for You" (1934), uncredited) / (performer: "Dames" (1934), "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1934), "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)" (1934), "Try to See It My Way" (1934) - uncredited)

1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts ("I'll String Along with You" (1934), "Out for No Good" (1934), uncredited) / (performer: "Fair and Warmer" (1934), "I'll String Along with You" (1934), "The Flying Trapeze" (1868) - uncredited)

1934 Wonder Bar (performer: "Don't Say Good-Night" (1934), "Why Do I Dream Those Dreams?" (1934), "Wonder Bar" (1934) - uncredited)

1933 The Road Is Open Again (Short) (performer: "The Road Is Open Again" - uncredited)

1933 College Coach (performer: "Lonely Lane" (1933) - uncredited)

1933 Footlight Parade (performer: "By a Waterfall" (1933), "Ah! The Moon Is Here" (1933), "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" (1896), "Honeymoon Hotel" (1933) - uncredited)

1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (performer: "Shadow Waltz" (1933), "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" (1933), "Pettin' in the Park" (1933) - uncredited)

1933 42nd Street (performer: "Forty-Second Street" (1932), "It Must Be June" (1932), "Young and Healthy" (1932) - uncredited)

1932 Blessed Event (performer: "How Can You Say No (When All the World Is Saying Yes)?" (1932), "Shapiro Shoes" (1932), "Too Many Tears" (1932), "I'm Makin' Hay in the Moonlight" (1932) - uncredited)

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Director (6 credits)

1959 Woman on the Run (TV Movie)

1958 The Hunters

1957 The Enemy Below

1956 You Can't Run Away from It

1956 The Conqueror

1953 Split Second

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Thanks (1 credit)

1973 Paper Moon (special thanks)

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Self (26 credits)

1963 G.E. True (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- The Black-Robed Ghost (1963) ... Himself - Host

1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Maj. Ed Clayborn / Vincent T. Malloy / ...

- The Honorable Albert Higgins (1963) ... Himself - Host

- The Big Day (1962) ... Himself - Host

- The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff (1962) ... Himself - Host / Maj. Ed Clayborn

- Borderline (1962) ... Himself - Host

- Days of Glory (1962) ... Himself - Host

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1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #5.227 (1962) ... Himself

1954-1962 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist

- Episode dated 9 September 1962 (1962) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

- Episode dated 17 September 1961 (1961) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

- Episode dated 10 September 1961 (1961) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

- Episode dated 11 January 1959 (1959) ... Himself - Guest Panelist

- Episode dated 24 August 1958 (1958) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

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1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Himself

- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) ... Himself

1956-1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Rebel / Col. Blackburn / ...

- Jericho (1961) ... Himself - Host (uncredited)

- Image of a Drawn Sword (1961) ... Himself - Host

- Storm Over Eden (1961) ... Himself - Host

- The Release (1961) ... Himself - Host

- Man from Everywhere (1961) ... Himself - Host

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1961 The 13th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Host

1960 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Himself

- Mervyn LeRoy (1960) ... Himself

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

1954-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Host / Himself

- Episode #11.49 (1958) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #8.1 (1954) ... Himself

1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Himself - Intermission Guest

- Night Song (1956) ... Himself - Intermission Guest

1955 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #3.1 (1955) ... Himself

1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Audience Member

1948 Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (Short)
Himself - Speaker

1939 Hollywood Hobbies (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (Documentary short)
Himself

1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (Documentary short)
Himself

1937 Breakdowns of 1937 (Short)
Himself

1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (Documentary short)
Himself

1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (Documentary short)
Himself

1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 3 (Documentary short)
Himself

1935 A Dream Comes True (Documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)

1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (Short)
Himself

1934 And She Learned About Dames (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1934 Hollywood Newsreel (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

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Archive footage (27 credits)

2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary)
Himself

2008 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Billy Lawler / James 'Jimmy' Higgens

- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) ... Billy Lawler / James 'Jimmy' Higgens

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Billy Lawler

- Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004) ... Billy Lawler

2003 Great Performances (TV Series)
Himself

- The Great American Songbook (2003) ... Himself

1998 Classified X (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1998 Thanks a Million: The Dick Powell Story (TV Movie)

1998 The Canadians (TV Series)
Himself

- Ruby Keeler: The Queen of Nostalgia (1998) ... Himself

1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1995 The Celluloid Closet (Documentary)
Standing Beside Al Jolson at Grandstand (uncredited)

1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV Movie documentary)
actor 'The Bad and the Beautiful' (uncredited)

1987 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Milton Berle: Mr. Television ... Himself (uncredited)

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Himself (clips from "42nd Street" / "Dames")

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1982 Inside the Third Reich (TV Movie)
Actor in film clip (edited from: Footlight Parade)

1976 It's Showtime (Documentary)

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)

1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Documentary)
Himself

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary)
Himself

1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Himself

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Himself

- The Fabulous Musicals (1963) ... Himself

1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Himself

1948 Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (Short)
Himself

1946 Musical Memories (Short)
Billy Lawler (edited from '42nd Street')

1943 Three Cheers for the Girls (Short)
Singer (Marine Hymn) - (film clip) (uncredited)

1938 For Auld Lang Syne (Documentary short)
Himself (sings "Ride - Tenderfoot - Ride" from "Cowboy from Brooklyn") (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

(6/11/45) Radio: Appeared (as "Philip Marlowe") in a "Lux Radio Theatre" production of "Murder, My Sweet". See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 2 Portrayals | See more »

Height:

5' 11" (1.8 m)

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The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore. See more »

Trivia:

He was a vocalist with Charlie Davis's orchestra before entering film. See more »

Trademark:

Affable "juvenile leads" or "boy heroes", which he played into his 40s

Star Sign:

Scorpio

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