src="" alt="" class="gallery-slider__content__img" height="", data-src="/web/show-photo.jpg?id=1861883&cache=false" His son adored and admired his father. Looking for a job? William Powell graduated from Central High School in 1910. The Racquet Club became the center of their social life. Their zest and bantering affection showed that marriage could be merry. And what actresses during Powell's dayWe can only watch all those wonderful movies and dream about a bygone era. William Powell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1636 Vine Street. Whose to say what causes emotional distress, depression for each individual? After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1912, William Powell debuted on Broadway, playing three small roles in The Neer-Do-Well (1912). Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. I'm going where it's better. 1 (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man), My Man Godfrey (In Color): William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gregory Lacava, Legend: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Life with Father: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, The Thin Man: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton: Amazon Digital Services LLC, I Love You Again: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Double Wedding (1937): William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Mr. Peabody & The Mermaid: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Clinton Sundberg, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937): Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Lawyer Man (1933): William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Helen Vinson: Amazon Digital Services LLC, The Youngest Profession: Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll, Ann Ayars: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Jewel Robbery (1932): Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Hardie Albright, Alan Mowbray: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Fashions of 1934 (1934): William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Shadow of the Thin Man: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed: Amazon Digital Services LLC, The Great Ziegfeld: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan: Amazon Digital Services LLC, After the Thin Man: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi: Amazon Digital Services LLC, The Thin Man Goes Home: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Sherlock Holmes: John Barrymore, Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Louis Wolheim: Amazon Digital Services LLC, Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, United States, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Unlike many silent film actors, he had a fine, resonant baritone speaking voice that allowed for a smooth transition to talkies. Treat yourself to Powell playing a Uncle Charlie on Lux Radio Theatres adaptation of Shadow of a Doubt from Jan 3 1944. William Powell | American actor | Britannica That success led to his appearance as Professor Moriartys evil henchman in the silent film Sherlock Holmes (1922), starring John Barrymore. Jr proved to be as highly intelligent as his father. William Powell, in full William Horatio Powell was a versatile American motion picture and stage actor who played villains in Hollywood silent films and intelligent, debonair leading men in the sound era. Apparently Hitchcock thought Powell was the greatest practitioner of physical comedy on screen, perhaps from watching him try to fish in Libeled Lady.