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Dick Powell was an American male artist whose career began in 1930. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. His musical output has been associated with jazz, oldies, Big Band, and American styles.
A separate individual named Dick Powell, born in 1951, is an author of seven works. These include titles such as Advanced marker techniques, Design rendering techniques, and Presentation techniques: a guide to drawing and presenting design ideas.
Another Dick Powell is identified as a Brazilian male artist. His genres include bossa nova, jazz, latin, latin jazz, and samba-jazz.
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Ewing Powell , ( 1904-11-14 ) November 14, 1904, Mountain View, Arkansas , U.S.
- Died
- January 2, 1963 (1963-01-02) (aged 58), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Occupations
- Actor singer musician producer director studio head
- Years active
- 1930–1963
- Spouses
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dick
- Family name
- Powell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mountain View
- Place of death
- West Los Angeles
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Bell Records
- Image
- Dick powell - publicity.JPG
- Residence
- Little Rock
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Dick Powell
- date of birth
- 1904-11-14
- date of death
- 1963-01-03
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Dick Powell
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Dick Powell
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Dick Powell
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.
Early life
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