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Dick Powell “The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don’t have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.” –Dick Powell Richard Ewing Powell was born in Mountain View, Arkansas, on November 14, 1904, to Ewing Powell and Sallie Rowena Thompson.
He entered his hand and footprints into the cement outside Sid Grauman's Chinese Theater with Joan Blondell in 1937. After a period of decline, Dick reinvented himself as a tough guy in film noir, and his performances are still impressive today. Never one to settle, he then tried his hand at directing and was successful.
Nov 10, 2023 · Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, film producer, film director and studio head. 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.
Aug 17, 2023 · Dick Powell was born in Mountain View (Stone County) on November 14, 1904, the second of three sons of Sallie Thompson and Ewing Powell. His father was a machinery salesman sometimes credited with introducing the gasoline engine to north Arkansas. Powell’s mother encouraged her three sons’ interest in music.
Jul 23, 2019 · Final Years of Dick Powell. Dick Powell’s ability to reinvent himself made the television-movie giant a legend of Hollywood who died before his time. “ The Conqueror ,” got filmed in 1954 among the red bluffs and white dunes close to Saint George, Utah. An area handpicked by the director/producer of the film, Dick Powell.
Zane Grey Theatre: Created by Luke Short, Charles A. Wallace. With Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin. An anthology based on the novels and stories of Zane Grey.
Dick Powell. Dick Powell vuonna 1938. Richard Ewing ”Dick” Powell ( 14. marraskuuta 1904 Mountain View, Arkansas, Yhdysvallat – 2. tammikuuta 1963 Los Angeles, Kalifornia, Yhdysvallat) oli yhdysvaltalainen näyttelijä, laulaja, televisiotuottaja ja elokuvaohjaaja. [1]
