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William Powell
Catalogued films 40Actor 40
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 Father (1947).
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The Girl Who Had Everything
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Dancing in the Dark
The Hoodlum Saint
Another Thin Man
The Emperor's Candlesticks
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Double Wedding
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
After the Thin Man
Reckless
Star of Midnight
Rendezvous
Manhattan Melodrama
Evelyn Prentice
Fashions of 1934
Private Detective 62
The Kennel Murder Case
One Way Passage
Lawyer Man
Ladies' Man
Street of Chance
The Benson Murder Case
Pointed Heels
The Greene Murder Case
The Four Feathers
The Canary Murder Case
The Vanishing Pioneer
Beau Sabreur
The Last Command
Paid to Love
Nevada
White Mice
Desert Gold
Beau Geste
Romola
Under the Red Robe
The Bright Shawl
Sherlock Holmes
When Knighthood Was in Flower