Tom Powers
American actor (1890–1955)
Thomas McCreery Powers was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude. He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, Caesar. In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 5 films (1914–1953) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 9 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Daisy Doodad's Dial | Tom Powers; Laurence Trimble; Florence Turner | ||||
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | Paramount News Service | 22 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1951 | The Strip. | Loew's Inc. | 85 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 97 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1953 | The Steel Trap. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 85 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |