William Powell
Known for: Acting
Born: July 29, 1892
Died: March 5, 1984
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947). After high school, he left home for New York and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at…
Known for
The Thin Man
1934
Love Crazy
1941
Double Wedding
1937
I Love You Again
1940
Take One False Step
1949
The Heavenly Body
1944
My Man Godfrey
1936
One Way Passage
1932
Life with Father
1947
After the Thin Man
1936
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Another Thin Man
1939
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Crossroads
1942
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
High Pressure
1932
Private Detective 62
1933
The Benson Murder Case
1930
Jewel Robbery
1932
The Canary Murder Case
1929
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952
Dancing in the Dark
1949
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948
Rendezvous
1935
Star of Midnight
1935
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Evelyn Prentice
1934
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
The Key
1934
Fashions of 1934
1934
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
The Greene Murder Case
1929
Man of the World
1931
Lawyer Man
1932
Interference
1929
Street of Chance
1930
The Road to Singapore
1931
Pointed Heels
1929
For the Defense
1930
Ladies' Man
1931
Shadow of the Law
1930
Libeled Lady
1936
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Reckless
1935
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
Escapade
1935
Double Harness
1933
Behind the Make-Up
1930
Forgotten Faces
1928
My Lady's Lips
1925
White Mice
1926
Faint Perfume
1925
Love's Greatest Mistake
1927
The Drag Net
1928
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
2023
Mister Roberts
1955
The Last Command
1928
Feel My Pulse
1928
Romola
1924
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
Nevada
1927
The Runaway
1926
Special Delivery
1927
Too Many Kisses
1925
Dangerous Money
1924
Sea Horses
1926
The Beautiful City
1925
She's a Sheik
1927
Time to Love
1927
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
Senorita
1927
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
The Four Feathers
1929
Paid to Love
1927
Charming Sinners
1929
The Bright Shawl
1923
Partners in Crime
1928
Aloma of the South Seas
1926
Desert Gold
1926
Tin Gods
1926
New York
1927
Beau Sabreur
1928
The Great Gatsby
1926
Under the Red Robe
1923
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Sherlock Holmes
1922
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Outcast
1922
Discovering Jean Harlow
2015
Beau Geste
1926
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
It's a Big Country
1951
Paramount on Parade
1930
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
The Great Morgan
1945
The Youngest Profession
1943
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
It's Showtime
1976
Twenty Years After
1944
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
100 Years at the Movies
1994