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Acting

Dick Powell

Career: Active from 1932 to 1959, busiest in 1933 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Gold Diggers of 1933
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dick Powell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Psychological
3.9, average 5.5
Uncanny
1.0, average 2.5
Scare
1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 11
Lighthearted 6
Classic Hollywood Musical 5
Romantic Comedy 5
Nostalgic 4
Escapist 4
Character-Driven 4
Classic Film Noir 4
Musical Comedy 3
Historical Setting 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Feel-Good 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1970s

1 title · average score 84

Paper Moon

84

Thanks

1960s

4 titles

Ghostbreakers

Executive Producer

The Losers

Executive Producer

Who Killed Julie Greer?

Executive Producer

Ricochet

Executive Producer

1950s

17 titles · average score 60

Woman on the Run

Director

The Hunters

61

Producer, Director

The Enemy Below

81

Producer, Director

The Conqueror

28

Producer, Director

You Can't Run Away from It

45

Director

Susan Slept Here

52

as Mark Christopher

Split Second

66

Director

The Bad and the Beautiful

79

as James Lee Bartlow

The Tall Target

58

as John Kennedy

You Never Can Tell

77

as Rex Shepherd

Cry Danger

72

as Rocky Mulloy

The Reformer and the Redhead

56

as Andrew Hale

1940s

19 titles · average score 64

Pitfall

74

as John Forbes

Station West

57

as Lt. John Martin Haven

To the Ends of the Earth

63

as Commissioner Michael Barrows

Johnny O'Clock

45

as Johnny O'Clock

Cornered

62

as Laurence Gerard

Murder, My Sweet

85

as Philip Marlowe

It Happened Tomorrow

69

as Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

Meet the People

45

as William 'Swanee' Swanson

Happy Go Lucky

58

as Pete Hamilton

Model Wife

as Frederick "Fred" Chambers

In the Navy

63

as Thomas Halstead

Christmas in July

84

as Jimmy MacDonald

1930s

36 titles · average score 63

Naughty but Nice

64

as Professor Donald Hardwick

Hollywood Hotel

53

as Ronnie Bowers

Hard to Get

64

as Bill Davis

The Singing Marine

55

as Bob Brent

Gold Diggers of 1937

49

as Rosmer Peck

Gold Diggers of 1935

84

as Dick Curtis

Dames

63

as Jimmy Higgens

Flirtation Walk

73

as Dick "Canary" Dorcy

Convention City

as Jerry Ford

Footlight Parade

81

as Scotty

Just Around the Corner

63

as Jerry

College Coach

52

as Phil "Sarge" Sargeant