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Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) [1] was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, 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.
Although dating David Rose, Peter Lawford, and John F. Kennedy, Allyson was actually being courted by Dick Powell, who was 13 years her senior and had been previously married to Mildred Maund and Joan Blondell. [43] On August 19, 1945, Allyson caused MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer some consternation by marrying Dick Powell. [44]
On September 19, 1936, she married actor Dick Powell. [42] They had a daughter, Ellen, who later became a studio hair stylist. [43] Powell legally adopted Blondell’s son Norman, [40] who later became a producer, director, and television executive. [44] Blondell and Powell divorced on July 14, 1944. [45] On July 5, 1947, Blondell married ...
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) 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 .
Ethel Ruby Keeler [1] (August 25, 1909 [1] – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to actor and singer Al Jolson.
In 2000, he began singing in an a cappella group, "Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix." He became a computer animation nut after acquiring Commodore Amiga in 1991. In August 2013, his automobile ...
Glen Sr. Powell. Glen Sr. proposed to Cyndy outside the Jefferson Memorial in 1983. The couple wed in November 1984, and they went on to welcome three children.The twosome raised their family in ...
Murder, My Sweet (released as Farewell, My Lovely in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley (in her final film before retirement). [4]