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Dick Powell

from the trailer for
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Born Richard Ewing Powell
November 14, 1904(1904-11-14)
Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas, U.S.
Died January 2, 1963 (aged 58)
West Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Mildred Maund (1925-1927)
Joan Blondell (1936-1944)
June Allyson (1945-1963)

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. The Bad and the Beautiful ( 1952) is a MGM Melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Mountain View is the largest city in and the County seat of Stone County in the north-central region of the U Stone County is a County located in the US state of Arkansas. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Los Angeles Los Angeles California, a neighborhood of Los Angeles The Westside, a region of Los Angeles County, incorporating California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American June Allyson (October 7 1917 – July 8 2006 was a Golden Globe -winning American film and television Actress, popular in the 1940s Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio

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Biography

Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest. Mountain View is the largest city in and the County seat of Stone County in the north-central region of the U Stone County is a County located in the US state of Arkansas. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the third largest University, An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well He recorded a number of records with Davis, and on his own, for the Vocalion label in the late 1920s. Vocalion Records was a Record label historically active in the United States and in the United Kingdom. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada

Powell moved to Pittsburgh, where he found great local success as the Master of Ceremonies at the Enright Theater, and the Stanley Theater. In April 1930, Warner Bros. bought up Brunswick Records, which at that time owned Vocalion. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Brunswick Records is a United States based Record label. The label is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment. Warner Bros. was sufficiently impressed by Powell's singing and stage presence to offer him a film contract in 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. He made his film debut as a singing bandleader in Blessed Event. 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. 42nd Street is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon with choreography by Busby Berkeley. Gold Diggers of 1933 is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music and Al Dubin Dames is a Warner Bros musical Comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers created by Busby Berkeley. Flirtation Walk is a 1934 musical romance about a soldier ( Dick Powell) who falls in love with the general's daughter ( Ruby Keeler) but her On the Avenue is a 1937 Musical film starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, and Alice Faye. Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, ( August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) was an actress singer and dancer most famous for her Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American

Powell desperately wanted to expand his range but Warner Bros. wouldn’t let him. Finally, reaching his forties and knowing that his young romantic leading man days were behind him, he lobbied to play the lead in Double Indemnity. Double Indemnity ( 1944) is an Academy Award nominated Film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward He lost out to Fred MacMurray, another Hollywood nice guy. Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one MacMurray’s success, however, fueled Powell’s resolve to pursue projects with greater range and in 1944, 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. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye Murder My Sweet ( is a Film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Edward Dmytryk ( September 4, 1908 &ndash July 1, 1999) was an American Film director who was amongst the Hollywood The film was a big hit and Dick Powell had successfully reinvented himself as a dramatic actor. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

The following year, Dmytryk and Powell re-teamed to make Cornered, a gripping, post-WWII thriller that helped define the film noir style. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation He became a popular "tough guy" lead, appearing in movies such as Johnny O'Clock and Cry Danger. Johnny O'Clock ( 1947) is a American Crime Film noir directed by Robert Rossen and written by Robert Rossen Cry Danger is a 1951 Film noir thriller shot in 22 days in Los Angeles including the Bunker Hill section of the city Even when he appeared in lighter fare such as The Reformer and the Redhead and Susan Slept Here, he never sang in his later roles. Susan Slept Here ( 1954) is a Romantic comedy film starring Dick Powell (in his last film role and Debbie Reynolds.

From 1949 until 1953, Powell played the lead role in the NBC radio theater production Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Richard Diamond Private Detective is a detective drama which was on radio from 1949 to 1953 and on television from 1957 to 1960. His character in the 30-minute weekly was a likeable private detective with a quick wit.

In the 1950s, Powell produced and directed several B-movies and was one of the founders of Four Star Television, appearing in and supervising several shows for that company. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Four Star Television, also called Four Star Films, Four Star Productions, and Four Star International, was an American Television production His film The Enemy Below (1957) based on the novel by Denys Rayner won an Academy Award for special effects. The Enemy Below is a 1957 War film which tells the story of the battle between the captain of an American Destroyer escort and the The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR ( 9 February 1908 - 4 January 1967) fought throughout the Second "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

Powell died on January 2, 1963 from lymphoma at the age of fifty-eight. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system) He was one of many cast and crew members of The Conqueror (1956) who died from the same disease. The Conqueror is a 1956 Epic film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The Conqueror was filmed in Utah in a fallout zone from a Nevada atomic test site. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. It has long been suggested, but never proven, that the film's shooting location may have been the cause of the cancers that later afflicted the cast and crew. Powell was cremated, and his remains were interred in the Columbarium of Honor at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Personal life

Dick Powell was married three times:

  1. Mildred Maund (1925-1927)
  2. actress Joan Blondell (married September 19, 1936, divorced 1944), with whom he had two children, Ellen and adopted son Norman
  3. actress/singer June Allyson (August 19, 1945, until his death), with whom he had two children, Pamela (adopted) and Richard Powell, Jr. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. June Allyson (October 7 1917 – July 8 2006 was a Golden Globe -winning American film and television Actress, popular in the 1940s Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar

Filmography

As actor

Features

Short subjects

As director

External links


Preceded by
Jack Benny
19th Academy Awards		 Oscars host
20th Academy Awards (with Agnes Moorehead)		 Succeeded by
George Montgomery
21st Academy Awards
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