William Powell
William Powell was on the New York stage by 1912, but it would be ten years before his film career would begin. In 1924 he went to Paramount Pictures, where he was employed for the next seven years. During that time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was elusive. He did finally attract attention with The Last Command (1928) ...
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- Born:
- Jul 29, 1892 In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 129
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Ziegfeld Girl Intro 2004-04-06
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | William Powell: A True Gentleman | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Ziegfeld Girl Intro | Unknown | 2004-04-06 |
| Movie | Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Unknown | 1986 |
| Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-05 |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Unknown | 1985-02-27 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | Unknown | 1982-05-16 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | America at the Movies | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | It's Showtime | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Unknown | 1975 |
| Series | Great Performances | Unknown | 1972-11-04 |
| Movie | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Unknown | 1969 |
| Series | Film Preview | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | Movies Golden Age | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Unknown | 1955 |
| Movie | The Girl Who Had Everything | Steve Latimer | 1953-03-27 |
| Movie | How to Marry a Millionaire | Unknown | 1953 |
| Movie | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Unknown | 1952 |
| Movie | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | Unknown | 1951-03-12 |
| Movie | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology | Unknown | 1951 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Unknown | 1949 |
| Movie | Take One False Step | Unknown | 1949 |
| Movie | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | Unknown | 1948 |
| Movie | Song of the Thin Man | Unknown | 1947 |
| Movie | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Unknown | 1947 |
| Movie | Life with Father | Unknown | 1947 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party | Unknown | 1946 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | The Great Morgan | Unknown | 1946 |
| Movie | The Thin Man Goes Home | Unknown | 1945 |
| Movie | Ziegfeld Follies | Unknown | 1945 |
| Movie | The Heavenly Body | Unknown | 1944 |
| Movie | Twenty Years After | Unknown | 1944 |
| Movie | The Youngest Profession | Unknown | 1943 |
| Movie | Crossroads | Unknown | 1942 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Unknown | 1941 |
| Movie | Love Crazy | Unknown | 1941 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Unknown | 1940 |
| Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Unknown | 1940 |
| Movie | Another Thin Man | Unknown | 1939 |
| Movie | From the Ends of the Earth | Unknown | 1939 |
| Movie | The Baroness and the Butler | Unknown | 1938 |
| Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Unknown | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Unknown | 1937 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Unknown | 1937 |
| Movie | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Unknown | 1937 |
| Movie | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Unknown | 1936 |
| Movie | After the Thin Man | Unknown | 1936 |
| Movie | My Man Godfrey | Unknown | 1936 |
| Movie | The Great Ziegfeld | Unknown | 1936 |
| Movie | Libeled Lady | Unknown | 1936 |
| Movie | Star of Midnight | Unknown | 1935 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | Bill Gordon | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Reckless | Unknown | 1935 |
| Movie | Escapade | Unknown | 1935 |
| Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | Evelyn Prentice | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | Movie Memories #2 | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | The Key | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | Fashions of 1934 | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1934 |
| Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Unknown | 1933 |
| Movie | The Kennel Murder Case | Unknown | 1933 |
| Movie | Private Detective 62 | Unknown | 1933 |
| Movie | Double Harness | Unknown | 1933 |
| Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 | Unknown | 1933 |
| Movie | One Way Passage | Unknown | 1932 |
| Movie | High Pressure | Unknown | 1932 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots | Unknown | 1932 |
| Movie | Lawyer Man | Unknown | 1932 |
| Movie | Jewel Robbery | Unknown | 1932 |
| Movie | Ladies' Man | Unknown | 1931 |
| Movie | The Road to Singapore | Unknown | 1931 |
| Movie | Man of the World | Unknown | 1931 |
| Movie | The Benson Murder Case | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | Street of Chance | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | Behind the Make-Up | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Law | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | Paramount on Parade | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | For the Defense | Unknown | 1930 |
| Movie | The Canary Murder Case | Unknown | 1929 |
| Movie | The Four Feathers | Unknown | 1929 |
| Movie | The Greene Murder Case | Unknown | 1929 |
| Movie | Charming Sinners | Unknown | 1929 |
| Movie | Pointed Heels | Unknown | 1929 |
| Movie | Feel My Pulse | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | Beau Sabreur | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | The Last Command | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | Partners in Crime | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | The Dragnet | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | Forgotten Faces | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | Interference | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Pioneer | Unknown | 1928 |
| Movie | Señorita | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Love's Greatest Mistake | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | New York | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Special Delivery | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Nevada | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Time to Love | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | A Trip Through the Paramount Studio | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | She's a Sheik | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Paid to Love | Unknown | 1927 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | White Mice | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | Desert Gold | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | The Runaway | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | Tin Gods | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | Sea Horses | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | Aloma of the South Seas | Unknown | 1926 |
| Movie | Too Many Kisses | Unknown | 1925 |
| Movie | Romola | Tito Melema | 1925-09-04 |
| Movie | Faint Perfume | Unknown | 1925 |
| Movie | My Lady's Lips | Unknown | 1925 |
| Movie | The Beautiful City | Unknown | 1925 |
| Movie | Dangerous Money | Unknown | 1924 |
| Movie | Under the Red Robe | Unknown | 1923 |
| Movie | The Bright Shawl | Unknown | 1923 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 1922 |
| Movie | When Knighthood Was in Flower | Unknown | 1922 |
| Movie | Outcast | Unknown | 1922 |