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Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, producer, and director. 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.
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Born 14 November 1904 · Died 2 January 1963 · Q287977
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Public attention spiked: 3,625 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.2× the usual 589, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘Tiger mum’ Lucy Powell on Labour’s vocational skills drive: ‘It’s about ambition for everybody’” (The Guardian).
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“we should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge.”
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Released album “Manhattan Melodies Songs of New York”.
Released album “Lullaby of Broadway”.
Awarded Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame (1996).
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Released album “In Hollywood (1933-1935)”.
Awarded Trustees Award (1963).
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The Television Academy presented a posthumous Television Academy Trustee Award to Powell for his contributions to the industry
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Died 1963-01-02.
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Powell acknowledged rumors that he was undergoing treatment for cancer
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The lead role was portrayed by David Janssen, who did no singing in the series
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Released ep “4 Hits”.
Stepped out of the brutish type when he starred in Pitfall, a film noir in which a bored insurance-company worker falls for an innocent but dangerous woman, played by Lizabeth Scott
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Powell starred in the pilot episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar for CBS Radio
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Dmytryk and Powell teamed up again to make the film Cornered, a post-World War II thriller that helped define the film-noir style
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Was in a fantasy comedy directed by René Clair, It Happened Tomorrow, then went over to MGM to appear opposite Lucille Ball in Meet the People, which was a box-office flop
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Although Mildred retained her married name
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The couple married in 1925, and appear on the 1930 census in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Powell was working in a theater, and on a 1931 passenger list for the SS Oriente, returning from Havana, Cuba.
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And appear on the 1930 census in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Powell was working in a theater, and on a 1931 passenger list for the SS Oriente, returning from Havana, Cuba
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Born 1904-11-14.
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