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Acting

William Powell

Career: Active from 1922 to 2015, with a break from 1956 to 2014, busiest in 1927 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 75
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: I Love You Again
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Powell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Scare
1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 12
Social Commentary 8
Classic Whodunit 6
Character-Driven 6
Class Conflict 6
Nostalgic 5
Melodrama 5
Witty Dialogue 5
Historical Setting 4
Historical Drama 4
Screwball Comedy 4
Family Dynamics 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Discovering Jean Harlow

as archive footage

1990s

1 title · average score 79

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

79

as (archive footage)

1980s

1 title

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1970s

1 title · average score 70

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

1960s

1 title · average score 65

The Big Parade of Comedy

65

as Nick Charles (archive footage)

1950s

5 titles · average score 64

Mister Roberts

77

as Doc

The Girl Who Had Everything

47

as Steve Latimer

How to Marry a Millionaire

75

as J.D. Hanley

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

61

as Homer 'Doc' Brown

It's a Big Country

59

as Professor

1940s

17 titles · average score 64

Take One False Step

58

as Andrew Gentling

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

57

as Arthur Peabody

Song of the Thin Man

63

as Nick Charles

Life with Father

68

as Clarence Day Sr.

The Senator Was Indiscreet

71

as Senator Melvin G. Ashton

The Hoodlum Saint

58

as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

Ziegfeld Follies

64

as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

The Thin Man Goes Home

62

as Nick Charles

Crossroads

58

as David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier

Shadow of the Thin Man

70

as Nick Charles

Love Crazy

87

as Steve Ireland

I Love You Again

87

as Larry Wilson aka George Carey

1930s

35 titles · average score 63

Another Thin Man

72

as Nick Charles

The Emperor's Candlesticks

54

as Baron Stephan Wolensky

Libeled Lady

79

as Bill Chandler

My Man Godfrey

83

as Godfrey

After the Thin Man

81

as Nick Charles

The Great Ziegfeld

62

as Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

63

as Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford

The Thin Man

85

as Nick Charles

Evelyn Prentice

65

as John Prentice

Manhattan Melodrama

75

as Jim Wade

The Kennel Murder Case

64

as Philo Vance

One Way Passage

71

as Dan Hardesty

1920s

40 titles · average score 63

The Canary Murder Case

49

as Philo Vance

Pointed Heels

59

as Robert Courtland

The Greene Murder Case

61

as Philo Vance

Charming Sinners

as Karl Kraley

The Last Command

76

as Lev Andreyev

Forgotten Faces

as Froggy

Special Delivery

as Harold Jones

Senorita

as Manuel Oliveros

She's a Sheik

as Kada

White Mice

as Roddy Forrester

My Lady's Lips

as Scott Seddon

Romola

64

as Tito Melema