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Portrait of Dick Powell

Acting

Dick Powell

Titles
95movies15TV shows
Career

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

Leading roles
50
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Dick Powell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.6
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 11
  • Lighthearted 6
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 5
  • Romantic Comedy 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Classic Film Noir 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Escapist 4
  • Period Piece 3
  • Screwball Comedy 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Musical Comedy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

1980s

1 title

1970s

1 title Β· average score 84

1960s

4 titles

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

1950s

17 titles Β· average score 60
All 17 titles from the 1950s

1940s

19 titles Β· average score 64

as John Forbes

as Lt. John Martin Haven

as Commissioner Michael Barrows

as Johnny O'Clock

as Laurence Gerard

as Philip Marlowe

as Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

as William 'Swanee' Swanson

as Link Ferris

as Thomas Halstead

as Frederick "Fred" Chambers

as Jimmy MacDonald

All 19 titles from the 1940s

1930s

36 titles Β· average score 63

as Professor Donald Hardwick

as Ronnie Bowers

as Peter Mason

as Jerome Bonaparte

as Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli

as Jimmy Higgens

as Dick "Canary" Dorcy

as Bunny Harmon

All 36 titles from the 1930s