Dick Powell

Dick Powell

American actor (1904-1963)

Richard Ewing Powell 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. He was the first actor to portray private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 82 films (1933–1961) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 134 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1944 It Happened Tomorrow. René Clair 74 min. B&W
1944 Meet The People. Charles Reisner 10 reels B&W sound
1944 Murder My Sweet Edward Dmytryk 95 B&W
1944 Murder, my sweet. Edward Dmytryk 3400 16mm B&W
1945 Cornered Edward Dmytryk 1:02 B&W
1945 Cornered. Edward Dmytryk 102 min B&W
1947 Johnny O'clock. Robert Rossen 95 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Pitfall Regal Films Inc 1:28:00 16mm B&W sound
1948 Pitfall. André de Toth 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Rogues' Regiment Universal-International 81 min 16mm B&W Sound
1948 Station West RKO Radio Pictures, Inc 87 min B&W
1948 To The Ends Of The Earth Ideal Pictures Inc 109 min 16mm B&W sound
1948 To the ends of the earth. Robert Stevenson 4000 16mm B&W sound
1948 To The Ends Of The Earth. Robert Stevenson 109 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 MRS. MIKE. Louis King 99 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Cry Danger. Olympic Productions Inc. 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 RIGHT CROSS John Sturges 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1950 Right Cross. Loew's Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Tall Target. Loew's Inc. 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 YOU NEVER CAN TELL. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 The Bad And The Beautiful. Loew’s Incorporated 117 min 35mm B&W sound
1954 Susan Slept Here. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Enemy Below Ciba-Geigy Corp 98 min 16mm Color sound
1957 The Enemy Below. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 97 min. 35mm Color sound
1958 The Hunters ▶ Dick Powell 105 min 16mm Color sound
1958 The Hunters Harvard University Film Study Ctr 76 16mm Color sound
1958 The Hunters Dick Powell 105 min Color
1958 THE HUNTERS Peabody Museum, Harvard University 73 min 16mm B&W Sound
1958 The Hunters Dick Powell 105 min 16mm Color
1958 The Hunters.  ▶ Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill. 105 min 16mm Color sound
1961 The Dick Powell show : Up jumped the devil / Four Star Television ; executive producer, Dick Powell, directed by Otto Lang. 43 16mm B&W sound
You Can Never Tell Universal-International 78 min 16mm B&W Sound