Biography
Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, producer, and director. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame · 1996
- Trustees Award · 1963
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography33 titles
Paper Moon
The Jack Benny Program
The Bad and the Beautiful
FDR
Murder, My Sweet
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Enemy Below
What's My Line?
Christmas in July
That's Dancing!
Pitfall
42nd Street
Blessed Event
Four Star Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
It Happened Tomorrow
Varsity Show
Footlight Parade
Lux Video Theatre
American Experience
Gold Diggers of 1935
Dames
Station West
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Johnny O'Clock
Susan Slept Here
Gold Diggers of 1937
To the Ends of the Earth
The Hunters
Hollywood Hotel
Big City Blues
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
The Conqueror