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Dick Powell


Dick Powell

Cumpleaños:

11/14/1904

Lugar de nacimiento:

Mountain View, Arkansas, USA:

Biografía:

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (14 de noviembre de 1904 – 2 de enero de 1963) fue un cantante, actor, productor, y director cinematográfico estadounidense. Nacido en Mountain View, Arkansas, Powell estudió en el Little Rock College (Hoy Universidad de Arkansas en Little Rock), antes de iniciar su carrera como cantante con la Orquesta de Charlie Davis, con sede en el Medio Oeste. Grabó varios discos con Davis y, también por su propia cuenta, con el sello Vocalion Records a finales de los años veinte. Powell emigró a Pittsburg, donde tuvo un gran éxito local como Maestro de Ceremonias en los teatros Enright y Stanley. En abril de 1930, Warner Bros. adquirió Brunswick Records, en ese momento propiedad de Vocalion. En Warner Bros. quedaron impresionados por el canto de Powell y por su aplomo en escena, por lo que le ofrecieron un contrato cinematográfico en 1932. Debutó en el cine como cantante líder de banda en Blessed Event (Grata compañía). Siguió interpretando el papel de joven crooner en musicales tales como 42nd Street (Calle 42), Footlight Parade (Desfile de candilejas), Gold Diggers of 1933 (Vampiresas 1933), Dames (Música y mujeres), Flirtation Walk (La generalita), y On the Avenue, a menudo trabajando junto a Ruby Keeler y Joan Blondell. Powell deseaba a toda costa ampliar su repertorio, pero Warner Bros. se lo impedía. Finalmente, llegados los años cuarenta, y aceptando que sus días de joven romántico quedaban atrás, presionó para interpretar el primer papel en Double Indemnity. Perdió frente a Fred MacMurray, otro apuesto actor de Hollywood. El éxito de MacMurray, sin embargo, alentó la resolución de Powell de conseguir proyectos de mayor envergadura, y en 1944 fue elegido para trabajar en la primera de una serie de películas de cine negro protagonizadas por el detective privado Philip Marlowe. Esta película fue Murder, My Sweet (Historia de un detective), dirigida por Edward Dmytryk. Fue un gran éxito, y Dick Powell consiguió asentarse como actor dramático. Al año siguiente, Dmytryk y Powell se volvieron a reunir para rodar Cornered (Venganza), un apasionante thriller que ayudó a definir el estilo del cine negro. Se hizo popular representando a "tipos duros" en películas tales como Johnny O'Clock y Cry Danger. Aun cuando trabajó con papeles más ligeros en filmes como The Reformer and the Redhead y Susan Slept Here (Las tres noches de Susana), ya nunca volvió a cantar en el cine. Desde 1949 a 1953, Powell tuvo el papel principal del programa radiofónico de la NBC Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Se trataba de un programa semanal de 30 minutos de duración, en el que interpretaba a un simpático detective privado dotado con un gran ingenio. En los años cincuenta, Powell produjo y dirigió varias películas de serie B y fue uno de los fundadores de Four Star Television, actuando y supervisando diversos programas para esa compañía. Su película The Enemy Below (Duelo en el Atlántico) (1957), basada en la novela de Denys Rayner, ganó un Oscar a los mejores efectos visuales.



Créditos

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
as
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Ricochet (1961)
as Self - Host
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
as Host / Inspector Amos Burke
One Must Die (1961)
as
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Susan Slept Here (1954)
as Mark Christopher
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as James Lee Bartlow
You Never Can Tell (1951)
as Rex Shepherd
The Tall Target (1951)
as John Kennedy
Cry Danger (1951)
as Rocky Mulloy
Right Cross (1950)
as Rick Garvey
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
as Andrew Hale
Mrs. Mike (1949)
as Sgt. Mike Flannigan
Rogues' Regiment (1948)
as Whit Corbett
Station West (1948)
as Lt. John Martin Haven
Pitfall (1948)
as John Forbes
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
as Commissioner Michael Barrows
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
as Self
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
as Johnny O'Clock
Cornered (1945)
as Laurence Gerard
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
as Philip Marlowe
Meet the People (1944)
as William 'Swanee' Swanson
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
True to Life (1943)
as Link Ferris
Riding High (1943)
as Steve Baird
Three Cheers for the Girls (1943)
as Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
as Pete Hamilton
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Dick Powell
In the Navy (1941)
as Thomas Halstead
Model Wife (1941)
as Frederick "Fred" Chambers
Christmas in July (1940)
as Jimmy McDonald
I Want a Divorce (1940)
as Alan MacNally
Naughty But Nice (1939)
as Professor Donald Hardwick
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Elly Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Places (1938)
as Peter Mason
Hard to Get (1938)
as Bill Davis
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
as Elly Jordan
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as Ronnie Bowers
Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
as Self
Varsity Show (1937)
as Charles 'Chuck' Daly
The Singing Marine (1937)
as Bob Brent
On the Avenue (1937)
as Gary Blake
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
as Rosmer Peck
Stage Struck (1936)
as George Randall
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Hearts Divided (1936)
as Jerome Bonaparte
Colleen (1936)
as Donald Ames
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" (1936)
as
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" (1936)
as
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" (1936)
as
One And One Is One (1936)
as Himself
A Dream Comes True (1935)
as Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)
as Self
Thanks a Million (1935)
as Eric Land
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Richard 'Dick' Melville III
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
as Lysander
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Bingo Nelson
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
as Dick Curtis
Flirtation Walk (1934)
as Dick "Canary" Dorcy
Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Bob Lane
Dames (1934)
as Jimmy Higgens
Studio Highlights (1934)
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
as Buddy Clayton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self
Wonder Bar (1934)
as Tommy
And She Learned About Dames (1934)
as Himself
Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
as Himself
Convention City (1933)
as Jerry Ford
College Coach (1933)
as Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Scotty Blair
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Brad
42nd Street (1933)
as Billy Lawler
The King's Vacation (1933)
as John Kent
The Road Is Open Again (1933)
as The Songwriter
Just Around the Corner (1933)
as Jerry
Too Busy to Work (1932)
as Dan Hardy
Big City Blues (1932)
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Blessed Event (1932)
as Bunny Harmon
Paper Moon (1973)
Thanks
Ghostbreakers (1967)
Executive Producer
The Losers (1963)
Executive Producer
Ricochet (1961)
Executive Producer
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
Executive Producer
Woman on the Run (1959)
Director
The Hunters (1958)
Director
The Hunters (1958)
Producer
The Enemy Below (1957)
Director
The Enemy Below (1957)
Producer
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
Director
The Conqueror (1956)
Director
The Conqueror (1956)
Producer
Split Second (1953)
Director
Cry Danger (1951)
Director
One And One Is One (1936)
Director