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14 de nov. de 2017 · One of the few who did so — and did so outstandingly — was Richard Ewing Powell. Dick Powell was a Southern boy, although you’d never know it from his voice. Born in Arkansas in 1904, Powell grew up in the Ozark Mountains. But, he was no drawling hillbilly — he attended college in Little Rock where he developed a taste for literature, a ...
Biography. On November 14, 1904, Richard Ewing Powell was born to Ewing and Sallie Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas. They already had one son, Howard, and in two years would complete the family with Luther. Ewing was the head of the International Harvester Company and his job kept him moving around the state.
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest.
A romantic singing lead in a number of musicals throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Dick Powell traded in his tenor voice and good guy image to take on a more hard-boiled persona following a career-transforming performance as Phillip Marlowe in the classic film noir "Murder, My Sweet" (1944). Prior...
The Dick Powell Show es una serie de antología estadounidense emitida por NBC desde 1961 hasta 1963, principalmente patrocinada por Reynolds Metals Company. Fue presentada por la estrella de cine Dick Powell hasta su muerte por cáncer linfático el 2 de enero de 1963, entonces por una serie de invitados (bajo el título revisado The Dick ...
Opio (To the Ends of the Earth) es una película dirigida por Robert Stevenson con Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Harry J. Anslinger, Maylia .... Año: 1948. Título original: To the Ends of the Earth. Sinopsis: Un agente del gobierno se pone tras la pista del Kira Maru, un barco con dirección a Shangai cuyas extrañas maniobras han despertado sus sospechas.
Diagnosed with lung cancer six years later, Dick Powell succumbed to the disease the day after New Year’s, 1963. He was just 58. He left an estate valued at $10 million, a tribute to his business instincts and success as a producer. But what I and his other living fans remember is up on the screen — it’s Dick Powell the actor.
