William Powell (1892 - 1984)

American actor

* July 29, 1892 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
 as William Horatio Powell
 March 5, 1984 Palm Springs, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 26 1938
Photoplay, April 1928
Photoplay, April 1928

Photoplay, January 1929
Photoplay, March 1929
Photoplay, March 1929

Photoplay, February 1930
Photoplay, March 1930
Photoplay, May 1930


Books on William Powell

Roger Bryant William Powell Roger Bryant
William Powell, The Life and Films
Jefferson, NC, 2006

Joe Morella & Edward Z. Epstein Gable & Lombard & Powell & Harlow Joe Morella & Edward Z. Epstein
Gable & Lombard & Powell & Harlow
London, 1976

Books with substantial mentioning of William Powell

Adrienne L. McLean (ed.)
Glamour in a golden age, Movie stars of the 1930s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Jeanine Basinger The Star Machine Jeanine Basinger
The Star Machine
2007

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Books with an entry on William Powell

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
pp. 690-691 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Books with photograph(s) of William Powell

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Articles on William Powell

Staton Rabin, Remembering William Powell, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 459-463

Joseph Hurley, Nora on Nick, Myrna Loy Talks About Her Co-Star, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 464-469

Films

1922
Sherlock Holmes
When Knighthood Was in Flower

1923
The Bright Shawl
Under the Red Robe

1924
Romola

1925
Too Many Kisses

1926
Aloma of the South Seas
The Great Gatsby
Beau Geste
Desert Gold
The Runaway
Sea Horses
Tin Gods

1927
Nevada
Paid to Love
Special Delivery
Time to Love
She's a Sheik
New York

1928
Beau Sabreur
Feel My Pulse
The Last Command
Partners in Crime
The Dragnet
Forgotten Faces
Interference

1929
The Canary Murder Case
The Greene Murder Case
The Four Feathers
Pointed Heels

1930
Paramount on Parade
The Benson Murder Case
For the Defense
Shadow of the Law
Street of Chance
Behind the Make-Up

1931
Ladies' Man
Man of the World
The Road to Singapore

1932
One Way Passage
Lawyer Man
Jewel Robbery
High Pressure

1933
The Kennel Murder Case
Private Detective 62
Double Harness

1934
Evelyn Prentice
Manhattan Melodrama
The Thin Man
The Key
Fashions of 1934

1935
Reckless
Escapade
Star of Midnight
Rendezvous

1936
After the Thin Man
The Great Ziegfeld
Libeled Lady
My Man Godfrey
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1937
Double Wedding
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Emperor's Candlesticks

1938
The Baroness and the Butler

1939
Another Thin Man

1940
I Love You Again

1941
Love Crazy
Shadow of the Thin Man

1942
Crossroads

1943
The Youngest Profession

1944
The Heavenly Body
The Thin Man Goes Home

1945
Ziegfeld Follies

1946
The Hoodlum Saint
The Great Morgan

1947
Life with Father
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Song of the Thin Man

1948
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1949
Take One False Step

1951
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology

1952
The Treasure of Lost Canyon

1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Girl Who Had Everything

1955
Mister Roberts

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

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