Dick Powell
Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, voice actor, film producer, film 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. He was the first actor to portray the private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.
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| Full name at birth | Richard Ewing Powell
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| Claim to fame | 42nd Street / Footlight Parade /Gold Diggers of 1933
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| Date of birth | 14 November 1904
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| Place of birth | Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
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| Date of death | 2 January 1963
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| Age | 58 (age at death)
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| Place of death | West Los Angeles, California
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| Cause of death | Cancer of the Lymph Glands
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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| Occupation | American singer / Actor / Producer / Director / Studio Boss
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| Height | 6' (183 cm)
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| University | Little Rock College
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- Dick Powell was married three times:
Mildred Maund (1925–1932) — They appear on the 1930 census in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is working in a theater, and they appear on a 1931 passenger list where they are returning from Havana, Cuba aboard the SS Oriente.
Joan Blondell (married September 19, 1936, divorced 1944), with whom he had two children, Ellen and adopted son Norman
June Allyson (August 19, 1945, until his death), with whom he had two children, Pamela (adopted) and Richard Powell, Jr.
Affairs include: Marion Davis, Karin Booth, Evelyn Keyes and Gloria Pall. - He was a vocalist with Charlie Davis's orchestra before entering film.
- Father of Ellen Powell, from his marriage to Joan Blondell. He adopted Joan's son, Norman S. Powell in February 1938.
- Died on the same day as Jack Carson. They had different forms of cancer.
- Father of Dick Powell Jr. from his marriage to June Allyson.
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