William Powell
Friday, 29th July 1892 - Monday, 5th March 1984
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
Sherlock Holmes
as Forman Wells
1922
Bright Shawl
as Gaspar De Vaca
1923
Love's Greatest Mistake
as Don Kendall
1927
Forgotten Faces
as Froggy
1928
Four Feathers
as Captain Trench
1928
Last Command
as Leo Andreiev
1928
Greene Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1929
Canary Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1929
Charming Sinners
as Karl Kraley
1929
Behind the Makeup
1930
Benson Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1930
Paramount on Parade
as Himself and Philo Vance
1930
Ladies' Man
as Jamie Darricott
1931
Man of the World
as Michael Trevor
1931
Lawyer Man
as Anton Adam
1932
Jewel Robbery
as Robber
1932
High Pressure
as Gar Evans
1932
Evelyn Prentice
as John Prentice
1932
One Way Passage
as Dan Hardesty
1932
Kennel Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1933
Man Killer
1933
Manhattan Melodrama
as Jim Wade
1934
Key
as Captain Tennant
1934
Fashions
1934
Thin Man
as Nick Charles
1934
Star of Midnight
as Clay Dalzell
1935
Reckless
as Ned Riley
1935
Rendezvous
as Lieutenant Bill Gordon/Anson Merida
1935
Escapade
as Fritz
1935
My Man Godfrey
as Godfrey Parke
1936
Great Ziegfeld
as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
1936
Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Dr. Lawrence Bradford
1936
After the Thin Man
as Nick Charles
1936
Libeled Lady
as Bill Chandler
1936
Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
Double Wedding
as Charlie Lodge
1937
Emperor's Candlesticks
as Baron Stephan Wolensky
1937
Baroness and the Butler
as Johann Porok
1938
Another Thin Man
as Nick Charles
1939
I Love You Again
as Larry Wilson/George Carey
1940
Love Crazy
as Steven Ireland
1941
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nick Charles
1941
Crossroads
as David Talbot
1942
Youngest Profession
as Himself
1943
Thin Man Goes Home
as Nick Charles
1944
Heavenly Body
as William S. Whitley
1944
Hoodlum Saint
as Terry Ellerton O'Neill
1946
Ziegfeld Follies
as The Great Ziegfeld
1946
Song of the Thin Man
as Nick Charles
1947
Senator Was Indiscreet
as Senator Melvin G. Ashton
1947
Life With Father
as Clarence Day Sr.
1947
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
as Mr. Peabody
1948
Take One False Step
as Andrew Gentling
1949
Dancing in the Dark
as Emery Slade
1949
Treasure of Lost Canyon
as Doc
1951
Girl Who Had Everything
as Steve Latimer
1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
as J.D. Hanley
1953
Mister Roberts
as Doc
1955
America at the Movies
as Clarence 'Father' Day
1976
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