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William Powell, the star of over 90 films from the silent era to the 1950s, seemed to possess some of each of these qualities along with his own unique charisma. This helped him become Classic Hollywood’s quintessential high society gentleman.
6 de mar. de 1984 · William Powell, the actor who personified the suave and sophisticated leading man in the 1930's and 40's, died yesterday at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 91 years old.
William Powell (1892 - 1984) fue un actor de Estados Unidos conocido por Al servicio de las damas, Cómo casarse con un millonario, La cena de los acusados, Escala en Hawai, La última orden, El gran Ziegfeld, El enemigo público número 1, Ella, él y Asta, Una mujer difamada y La sombra de los acusados
William Horatio Powell was born in Pittsburgh, the son of a public accountant, and briefly studied at the University of Kansas before heading for New York City and the stage. By 1920 he was acting in a successful Broadway production, Spanish Love , which led to an offer to play the villain opposite John Barrymore in a silent-film version of Sherlock Holmes (1922).
2 de ago. de 2023 · Who was debonair actor William Powell (1892-1984)? Born in Pittsburgh, the baritone voiced actor starred in 200 plays before moving to the silent screen and ...
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William Powell nacque a Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, da una famiglia agiata. Contravvenendo all'ambizione paterna, che lo avrebbe voluto avvocato, decise di fare l'attore e, all'età di 18 anni, si trasferì a New York, dove frequentò con successo l' Accademia americana di arti drammatiche [3] . Dopo aver lavorato come attore teatrale nella ...
14 de may. de 2018 · William Powell specialized in urbane cynicism, signifying unflappable, upper-class charm with the smallest gesture. A dependable actor at the MGM stable in the late 1930s and the 1940s, Powell, whether romantic, comic, or sinister, kept his edge of witty sophistication invariably intact.
