William Powell ( eng. William Powell ; July 29, 1892 , Pittsburgh - March 5, 1984 , Palm Springs ) is an American film and theater actor, movie star of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , who starred in the 1920s and the first half of the 1950s .
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Biography
Born in Pittsburgh, in 1907 moved with his family to Kansas City. After graduating from school in 1910, he left for New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, which he graduated in 1912 and almost immediately debuted on Broadway. Then he worked for some time in small teams of theater and pop troupes [6] , but in 1920 he played a major negative role in the Broadway play Spanish Love, and in 1922 he played the role of Professor Moriarty in the silent film Sherlock Holmes . His most famous role is considered to be the role of Nick Charles in the film " Thin Man " based on the novel by Dashil Hammett.
He stopped acting in 1954, including due to a state of health, and died 30 years after that.
Filmography
- 1928 - The Last Order - Lev Andreev
- 1932 - High Pressure - Gare Evans
- 1934 - Manhattan Melodrama / Jim Wade
- 1934 - The Thin Man - Nick Charles
- 1936 - After the Thin Man / Nick Charles
- 1936 - My Man Godfrey - Godfrey
- 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld / Florence Siegfeld
- 1936 - The End of Mrs. Cheney / The Last of Mrs. Cheyney - Charles
- 1939 - Another the Thin Man - Nick Charles
- 1941 - Shadow of the Thin Man - Nick Charles
- 1942 - Crossroads - David Talbo / Jean Pelletier
- 1945 - The Thin Man Goes Home - Nick Charles
- 1947 - Song of the Thin Man - Nick Charles
- 1955 - Mr. Roberts / Mister Roberts - Doc
Bibliography
- Bryant, Roger, William Powell: The Life and Films , Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2006. ISBN 0-7864-2602-0
- Francisco, Charles, Gentleman: The William Powell Story , New York: St Martins Press, 1985. ISBN 0-312-32103-1
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 132278375 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ William Powell Biography (link not available) . Date of treatment February 16, 2013. Archived July 24, 2008.