Biography
William Horatio Powell was an American actor, known primarily for his film career. Under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947).
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1948 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1935 · nominated
Filmography42 titles
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
One Way Passage
Libeled Lady
After the Thin Man
The Last Command
I Love You Again
Mister Roberts
The Thin Man Goes Home
Another Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
That's Entertainment, Part II
Shadow of the Thin Man
How to Marry a Millionaire
Song of the Thin Man
Love Crazy
Life with Father
Shadow of the Law
Romola
Feel My Pulse
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Evelyn Prentice
Fashions of 1934
Jewel Robbery
Double Wedding
Beau Geste
The Great Ziegfeld
The Kennel Murder Case
Private Detective 62
Lawyer Man
Ziegfeld Follies
The Greene Murder Case
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Star of Midnight
The Benson Murder Case
High Pressure
The Canary Murder Case
Reckless
The Youngest Profession
The Four Feathers
Rendezvous