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7 unusual facts about Dick Powell


Baltimore Plot

It is a New York Police Department detective named John Kennedy, played by Dick Powell, who contacts the administration about the conspiracy, and who boards the train hoping to discover whether any of the plotters are on board before they reach Baltimore.

Dick Powell

When Richard Diamond came to television in 1957, the lead role was portrayed by David Janssen, who did no singing in the series.

But 1948 saw him step out of the brutish type when he starred in Pitfall, a film noir that sees a bored insurance company worker fall for an innocent but dangerous woman, played by Lizabeth Scott.

Robert Wagner, the actor who portrayed Jonathan Hart in the series, was a close friend of Powell's.

Powell's film The Enemy Below (1957), based on the novel by Denys Rayner, won the Academy Award For Special Effects.

Rexall

Rexall also sponsored "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" starring Dick Powell from April 1950 until Camel replaced Rexall as the sponsor after the December 6, 1950 broadcast.

Richard Powell

Dick Powell (1904–1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director


Adoption fraud

Many celebrities, among them Joan Crawford and the husband-wife pair of Dick Powell and June Allyson, used the Society for their adoptions, but were unaware of the means Tann used to obtain children.

Del Porter

Del Porter (né Delmar Smith Porter; 13 April 1902 Newberg, Oregon — 4 October 1977 Los Angeles) was an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, and clarinetists who, in the 1930s, performed on Broadway, toured with Glenn Miller, and recorded with Bing Crosby, Dick Powell, and Red Nichols, and in the 1940s, led his own big band.

Don Pietromonaco

In the summer of 1948 at the age 13 Don began his acting career as Don Pietro by appearing in a number of major Hollywood productions including his first film The Boy with Green Hair with Robert Ryan and Pat O'Brien followed a year later by Mrs. Mike with Dick Powell.

Evelyn Keyes

Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounted in "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister" were those with producer Michael Todd (who left Evelyn for Elizabeth Taylor), Glenn Ford, Sterling Hayden, Dick Powell, Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas.

The Singing Marine

The Singing Marine is a 1937 American film starring Dick Powell, the last of his trio of service-related Warners films: 1934's Flirtation Walk paid tribute, of sorts, to the Army, and 1935's Shipmates Forever to the Navy.

The Song of the Marines

In 1962, Dick Powell, star of The Singing Marine, reprised the song in a cameo appearance in an episode of Ensign O'Toole, a TV series owned by his production company.


see also

Piccadilly Lilly II

This aircraft was used in the Dick Powell Theatre episode "Squadron," and The Quinn Martin production of Twelve O'Clock High starring Robert Lansing and Paul Burke.