

Acting
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). After high school, he left home for New York and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of 18. In 1912, Powell graduated from the AADA, and worked in some vaudeville and stock...
Highest rated appearances
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
as Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dancing in the Dark
as Emery Slade

Take One False Step
as Andrew Gentling

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
as Arthur Peabody

The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Senator Melvin G. Ashton

Life with Father
as Clarence Day Sr.

Song of the Thin Man
as Nick Charles

The Hoodlum Saint
as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

Ziegfeld Follies
as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

The Great Morgan
as William Powell (voice) (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nick Charles

The Heavenly Body
as William S. Whitley

Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)

The Youngest Profession
as William Powell

Crossroads
as David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier

Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nick Charles

Love Crazy
as Steve Ireland

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self

I Love You Again
as Larry Wilson aka George Carey

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self

Another Thin Man
as Nick Charles

From the Ends of the Earth
as Self

The Baroness and the Butler
as Johann Porok

Double Wedding
as Charles Lodge

The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)

The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Baron Stephan Wolensky

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Charles

After the Thin Man
as Nick Charles

Libeled Lady
as Bill Chandler

My Man Godfrey
as Godfrey

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford

The Great Ziegfeld
as Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self

Rendezvous
as Lt. William 'Bill' Gordon / Anson Meridan

Escapade
as Fritz

Reckless
as Ned Riley

Star of Midnight
as Clay Dalzell

Evelyn Prentice
as John Prentice

The Key
as Capt. Bill Tennant

The Thin Man
as Nick Charles

Manhattan Melodrama
as Jim Wade

Fashions of 1934
as Sherwood Nash

The Kennel Murder Case
as Philo Vance

Double Harness
as John Fletcher

Private Detective 62
as Donald Free

Lawyer Man
as Anton "Tony" Adam

One Way Passage
as Dan Hardesty

Jewel Robbery
as The Robber

High Pressure
as Gar Evans

The Road to Singapore
as Hugh Dawltry

Ladies' Man
as Jamie Darricott

Man of the World
as Michael Trevor

The Voice of Hollywood

For the Defense
as William Foster

Shadow of the Law
as Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson

Paramount on Parade
as Philo Vance

The Benson Murder Case
as Philo Vance

Street of Chance
as John D. Marsden / 'Natural' Davis

Behind the Make-Up
as Gardoni

Pointed Heels
as Robert Courtland

Charming Sinners
as Karl Kraley

The Greene Murder Case
as Philo Vance

The Four Feathers
as Capt. William Trench

The Canary Murder Case
as Philo Vance

Interference
as Philip Voaze

Forgotten Faces
as Froggy

The Vanishing Pioneer
as John Murdock

The Drag Net
as Dapper Frank Trent

Partners in Crime
as Smith

Feel My Pulse
as Her Nemesis

Beau Sabreur
as Becque

The Last Command
as Lev Andreyev

She's a Sheik
as Kada

Nevada
as Clan Dillon

Paid to Love
as Prince Eric

Time to Love
as Prince Alado

Special Delivery
as Harold Jones

Senorita
as Manuel Oliveros

Love's Greatest Mistake
as Don Kendall

New York
as Trent Regan

The Great Gatsby
as George Wilson

Tin Gods
as Tony Santelli

Beau Geste
as Boldini

Aloma of the South Seas
as Van Templeton

The Runaway
as Jack Harrison

Desert Gold
as Snake Landree

Sea Horses
as Lorenzo Salvia

White Mice
as Roddy Forrester

The Beautiful City
as Nick Di Silva

My Lady's Lips
as Scott Seldon

Faint Perfume
as Barnaby Powers

Too Many Kisses
as Don Julio

Romola
as Tito Melema

Dangerous Money
as Prince Arnoldo da Pescia

Under the Red Robe
as Duke of Orleans

The Bright Shawl
as Gaspar De Vaca

Outcast
as DeValle

When Knighthood Was in Flower
as Francis I

Sherlock Holmes
as Forman Wells