Dick Powell

Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardbitten leading man starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He recorded a number of records with Davis and on his own for the Vocalion label in the late 1920s. He lost out to Fred MacMurray another Hollywood nice guy.

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14 1904 – January 2 1963) was an American singer actor film producer film director and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardbitten leading man starring in projects of a more dramatic nature.