Profile
Dick Powell
Singer + Actor + Producer
Male
Born
Nov 14, 1904
Hometown
Mountain View, Ar...
Died
Jan 2, 1963
Death Place
West Los Angeles,...
Other Names
Richard Ewing Powell
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. Despite the same last name he was not related to William Powell, Eleanor Powell or Jane Powell.
Romance
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Karin BoothDated 1942
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Maude MaundMarried 1925 - 1927
News + Updates
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Ten Movies That Speak To Utah's History And Character Salt Lake TribuneGoogle News - Aug 26, 2011
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Joan Blondell Q&A Pt.2: Joan Blondell Dick Powell June Allyson Triangle, Lost ... Alt Film Guide (Blog)Google News - Aug 25, 2011
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Speaking At Wired 2011: Richard Seymour Wired.Co.UkGoogle News - Aug 22, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1904
Birth
Born on November 14, 1904.
TWENTIES
1932
27 Years Old
Warner Bros. was sufficiently impressed by Powell's singing and stage presence to offer him a film contract in 1932.
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1933
28 Years Old
He went on to star as a boyish crooner in movie musicals such as 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Dames, Flirtation Walk, and On the Avenue, often appearing opposite Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell.
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THIRTIES
In 1944, Powell's career changed forever when he was cast in the first of a series of films noir, as private detective Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, directed by Edward Dmytryk.
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FORTIES
Powell also played the slightly-less hard-boiled detective Richard Rogue in the radio series "Rogue's Gallery", beginning in 1945.
1948
43 Years Old
But 1948 saw him step out of the brutish type when he starred in Pitfall, a film noir that sees a bored insurance company worker fall for an innocent but dangerous woman, played by Lizabeth Scott.
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1949
44 Years Old
From 1949–1953, Powell played the lead role in the National Broadcasting Company radio theater production Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
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FIFTIES
1958
53 Years Old
Powell guest-starred in numerous Four Star programs, including a 1958 appearance on the Duff-Lupino sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve.
In 1961 Howard Duff, husband of Ida Lupino, assumed the Dante role in a short-lived NBC adventure series Dante, set at a San Francisco nightclub called "Dante's Inferno".
1962
57 Years Old
On September 27, 1962, Powell acknowledged rumors that he was undergoing treatment for cancer.
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1963
58 Years Old
Powell died from lymphoma at the age of fifty-eight on January 2, 1963, seven years after The Conqueror was made.
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