AKA Richard Ewing Powell

Born: 14-Nov-1904
Birthplace: Mountain View, AR
Died: 2-Jan-1963
Location of death: West Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Stomach
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Bad and the Beautiful

Wife: Maude Maunde (m. 1925, div. 1927)
Wife: Joan Blondell (actress, m. 19-Sep-1936, div. 14-Jul-1944)
Son: Norman S. Powell
Daughter: Pamela Ellen Powell
Wife: June Allyson (actress, m. 19-Aug-1945, four children)

    University: Little Rock College, Little Rock, AR

    Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
    Endorsement of American Tobacco Company Lucky Strike cigarettes
    Endorsement of R. J. Reynolds Camel cigarettes
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    The Hunters (26-Aug-1958)
    The Enemy Below (25-Dec-1957)
    You Can't Run Away from It (31-Oct-1956)
    The Conqueror (21-Feb-1956)
    Split Second (2-May-1953)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Susan Slept Here (25-Jun-1954) · Mark Christopher
    The Bad and the Beautiful (25-Dec-1952) · James Lee
    You Never Can Tell (23-Sep-1951)
    The Tall Target (17-Aug-1951) · John Kennedy
    Cry Danger (21-Feb-1951) · Rocky
    Right Cross (15-Nov-1950) · Rick Garvey
    The Reformer and the Redhead (5-May-1950)
    Mrs. Mike (23-Dec-1949)
    Rogues' Regiment (28-Sep-1948)
    Station West (1-Sep-1948)
    Pitfall (24-Aug-1948)
    To the Ends of the Earth (27-Feb-1948)
    Johnny O'Clock (23-Jan-1947) · Johnny O'Clock
    Cornered (25-Dec-1945) · Laurence Gerard
    Murder, My Sweet (18-Dec-1944) · Philip Marlowe
    It Happened Tomorrow (28-May-1944)
    Meet the People (21-Apr-1944) · Wm. "Swanee" Swanson
    True to Life (24-Dec-1943)
    Riding High (11-Nov-1943)
    Happy Go Lucky (4-Jan-1943) · Pete Hamilton
    Star Spangled Rhythm (18-Dec-1942) · Himself
    In the Navy (30-May-1941)
    Model Wife (18-Apr-1941)
    Christmas in July (18-Oct-1940) · Jimmy MacDonald
    I Want a Divorce (20-Sep-1940)
    Naughty But Nice (23-Jun-1939)
    Going Places (31-Dec-1938) · Peter Mason
    Hard to Get (5-Nov-1938)
    Cowboy from Brooklyn (9-Jul-1938) · Elly Jordan
    Hollywood Hotel (20-Dec-1937) · Ronnie Bowers
    Varsity Show (4-Sep-1937) · Charles "Chuck" Daly
    The Singing Marine (3-Jul-1937) · Bob Brent
    On the Avenue (12-Feb-1937)
    Gold Diggers of 1937 (26-Dec-1936)
    Stage Struck (12-Sep-1936) · George Randall
    Hearts Divided (12-Jun-1936) · Capt. Jerome Bonaparte
    Colleen (21-Mar-1936) · Donald Ames III
    Thanks a Million (13-Nov-1935)
    Shipmates Forever (12-Oct-1935) · Richard John Melville III
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (9-Oct-1935)
    Page Miss Glory (7-Sep-1935) · Bingo Nelson
    Broadway Gondolier (27-Jul-1935)
    Gold Diggers of 1935 (15-Mar-1935) · Dick Curtis
    Flirtation Walk (28-Nov-1934) · Dick "Canary" Dorcy
    Happiness Ahead (27-Oct-1934) · Bob Lane
    Dames (16-Aug-1934) · Jimmy
    Twenty Million Sweethearts (27-Apr-1934) · Clayton
    Wonder Bar (28-Feb-1934)
    College Coach (4-Nov-1933)
    Footlight Parade (30-Sep-1933) · Scotty
    Gold Diggers of 1933 (27-May-1933) · Brad
    42nd Street (2-Feb-1933) · Billy Lawler
    The King's Vacation (19-Jan-1933)
    Blessed Event (1-Sep-1932) · Bunny Harmon

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