Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.
- Occupation
- actor, singer, film director, film producer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 14, 1904
- Died
- January 2, 1963, January 3, 1963
