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Dick Powell Biography
Birth Name:Richard Ewing Powell
Birth Place:Mountain View, Arkansas, United States
Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Producer, Director
Fast Facts
- In 1946, he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture
- In August 1945, he got married to screen actress June Allyson
- Is the father of Hollywood make-up artist Ellen Powell
- Because of filming "The Conqueror" near a nuclear test site, he, like many of the people involved with the feature, eventually died of cancer
- Got his start in entertainment as a singer with teh Charlie Davis Orchestra
- Was the founder of the television production company Four Star Television
- Was the original owner of Humphre Bogarts famed sailing boat Santana
Awards
- 1934Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (December): winner
- 1936Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (January): winner
- 1938Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (August): winner
- 1940Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (December): winner
- 1944Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (April): winner
- 1946Edgar-Best Motion Picture: winner
- 1948Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (April): winner
- 1948Photoplay Award-Best Performances of the Month (October): winner