William Powell

Actor

Born: July 29, 1892
Died: March 5, 1984 (age 91)
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Filmography (119)

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Discovering Jean Harlow (2015)
archive footage
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell (1996)
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
(archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow (1989)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
(archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Nick Charles (archive footage)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Doc
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
J.D. Hanley
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Steve Latimer
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
Homer 'Doc' Brown
It's a Big Country (1951)
Professor
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Emery Slade
Take One False Step (1949)
Andrew Gentling
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
Arthur Peabody
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
Life with Father (1947)
Clarence Day Sr.
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Nick Charles
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
The Great Morgan (1945)
William Powell (voice) (uncredited)