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
1937 Varsity Show warner brothers 120 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1937 VARSITY SHOW. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 13 reels Color & B&W
1936 COLLEEN. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" (1936, silent) ▶ dick-powell-joan-blondell
1936 Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" (c. 1936, silent) ▶ dick-powell-joan-blondell
1936 Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" (1936, silent) ▶ dick-powell-joan-blondell silent
1936 HEARTS DIVIDED. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1935 A Midsummer night's dream united artists 117 mi 16mm B&W sound
1935 BROADWAY GONDOLIER. Vitaphone Corp. 11 reels. B&W
1935 Gold Diggers Of 1935 warner brothers 95 min 16mm B&W sound
1935 Gold diggers of 1935 Films inc. 98 16mm B&W sound
1935 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 PAGE MISS GLORY. warner brothers 10 reels B&W
1935 SHIPMATES FOREVER. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 12 reels B&W
1935 THANKS A MILLION. Fox Film Corp 87 min Color & B&W
1934 Dames warner brothers 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1934 Dames 1934) (The Vitaphone Corporation 1:32:00 16mm B&W sound
1934 Dames. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1934 Flirtation Walk. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1934 HAPPINESS AHEAD. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 Wonder bar. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1933 42nd Street Lloyd Bacon 89 B&W
1933 42nd Street Lloyd Bacon 89 min 16mm B&W
1933 42nd street. Vitaphone Corp. 3206 16mm B&W sound
1933 COLLEGE COACH. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 CONVENTION CITY. First National Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 Footlight Parade Lloyd Bacon 1:04 B&W
1933 Footlight parade Lloyd Bacon 104 min B&W
1933 Gold diggers of 1933 united artists 98 16mm B&W sound
1933 Gold diggers Of 1933 Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley 96 min B&W
You Can Never Tell Universal-International 78 min 16mm B&W Sound