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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 the age of 18. In 1912, Powell graduated from the AADA, and worked in some vaudeville and stock companies. After several successful experiences on the Broadway stage, he began his Hollywood career in 1922, playing a small role as an evil henchman of Professor Moriarty in a production of Sherlock Holmes with John Barrymore. His most memorable role in silent movies was as a bitter film director opposite Emil Jannings Academy Award-winning performance as a fallen general in The Last Command (1928). This success, along with Powells pleasant speaking voice, led to his first starring role as amateur detective Philo Vance in the talkie The Canary Murder Case (1929). Powells most famous role was that of Nick Charles in six Thin Man films, beginning with The Thin Man in 1934, based upon Dashiell Hammetts novel. The role provided a perfect opportunity for Powell, with his resonant speaking voice, to showcase his sophisticated charm and witty sense of humor, and he received his first Academy Award nomination for The Thin Man. Myrna Loy played his wife, Nora, in each of the Thin Man films. Their on-screen partnership, beginning alongside Clark Gable in 1934 with Manhattan Melodrama, was one of Hollywoods most prolific, and they appeared in 14 films together. Loy and Powell starred in the Best Picture of 1936, The Great Ziegfeld, with Powell in the title role and Loy as Ziegfelds wife Billie Burke. That same year, he also received his second Academy Award nomination, for the comedy My Man Godfrey. In 1935, he starred with Jean Harlow in Reckless. A serious romance developed between them, and in 1936, they were reunited on screen and with Loy and Spencer Tracy in the screwball comedy Libeled Lady. However, Harlow surprisingly and quickly became ill, and died from uremia at the age of 26 in June 1937 before they could marry. His distress over her death, as well as a cancer diagnosis of his own, caused him to accept fewer acting roles. Powells career slowed considerably in the 1940s, although he received his third Academy Award nomination in 1947 for his role as the cantankerous Clarence Day, Sr., in Life with Father. His last film was 1955s Mister Roberts. Powell died in Palm Springs, California, on March 5, 1984, at the age of 91 from heart failure, nearly 30 years after his retirement. He is buried at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California, near his third wife Diana Lewis, and his only child, his son William David Powell.
J.D. Hanley
Film 1953
Larry Wilson aka George Carey
Film 1940
Charles Lodge
Film 1937
William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler
Film 1936
William S. Whitley
Film 1944
Godfrey
Film 1936
Jim Wade
Film 1934
Dan Hardesty
Film 1932
Clarence Day Sr.
Film 1947
Nick Charles
Film 1941
David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier
Film 1942
Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
Film 1936
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Film 1945
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
Film 1947
Gar Evans
Film 1932
Donald Free
Film 1933
Philo Vance
Film 1930
The Robber
Film 1932
Ned Riley
Film 1935
Lev Andreyev
Film 1928
Philo Vance
Film 1929
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1983
Her Nemesis
Film 1928
Francis I
Film 1922
Forman Wells
Film 1922
Steve Latimer
Film 1953
Tito Melema
Film 1924
Emery Slade
Film 1949
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Film 1946
Charles
Film 1937
Capt. Bill Tennant
Film 1934
Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford
Film 1936
John Prentice
Film 1934
Philo Vance
Film 1933
Sherwood Nash
Film 1934
Philo Vance
Film 1929
Michael Trevor
Film 1931
Capt. William Trench
Film 1929
Prince Eric
Film 1927
William Powell
Film 1943
Clan Dillon
Film 1927
Anton Adam
Film 1932
Philip Voaze
Film 1928
John D. Marsden / 'Natural' Davis
Film 1930
Fritz
Film 1935
John Fletcher
Film 1933
Boldini
Film 1926
Karl Kraley
Film 1929
Hugh Dawltry
Film 1931
Gardoni
Film 1930
Robert Courtland
Film 1929
William Foster
Film 1930
Gaspar De Vaca
Film 1923
George Wilson
Film 1926
Jamie Darricott
Film 1931
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Film 1984
Jim Wade (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1961
Froggy
Film 1928
Jack Harrison
Film 1926
Smith
Film 1928
Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson
Film 1930
Harold Jones
Film 1927
Philo Vance
Film 1930
Van Templeton
Film 1926
Nick Charles (archive footage)
Film 1964
Self
Film 1935
Film 1930
Self (archive footage)
Film 1993
Prince Arnoldo da Pescia
Film 1924
Don Julio
Film 1925
DeValle
Film 1922
Duke of Orleans
Film 1923
Barnaby Powers
Film 1925
Scott Seldon
Film 1925
Roddy Forrester
Film 1926
Lorenzo Salvia
Film 1926
Nick Di Silva
Film 1925
Snake Landree
Film 1926
Tony Santelli
Film 1926
Trent Regan
Film 1927
Prince Alado
Film 1927
Dapper Frank Trent
Film 1928
Kada
Film 1927
Don Kendall
Film 1927
John Murdock
Film 1928
Self (archive footage)
Film 1975
Self
Film 1940
Self
Film 1939
Self
Film 1940
Self (archive footage)
Film 1937
William Powell (voice) (uncredited)
Film 1945
Becque
Film 1928
Self (archive footage)
Film 1986
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Film 1990
Film 2005
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Film 1944
Manuel Oliveros
Film 1927
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
Self (archive footage)
Film 1976
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Film 2017
