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William Powell Acting Filmography (118)

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
2023·Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017·Self - Actor (archive footage)
Discovering Jean Harlow
2015·archive footage
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996·Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990·(archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986·Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·(archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976·Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·Nick Charles (archive footage)
Mister Roberts
1955·Doc
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953·J.D. Hanley
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953·Steve Latimer
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952·Homer 'Doc' Brown
It's a Big Country
1951·Professor
Take One False Step
1949·Andrew Gentling
Dancing in the Dark
1949·Emery Slade
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948·Arthur Peabody
Life with Father
1947·Clarence Day Sr.
Song of the Thin Man
1947·Nick Charles
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947·Senator Melvin G. Ashton
The Hoodlum Saint
1946·Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Ziegfeld Follies
1945·Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
The Great Morgan
1945·William Powell (voice) (uncredited)
The Heavenly Body
1944·William S. Whitley
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944·Nick Charles
Twenty Years After
1944·(archive footage)
The Youngest Profession
1943·William Powell
Crossroads
1942·David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier
Love Crazy
1941·Steve Ireland
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941·Nick Charles
I Love You Again
1940·Larry Wilson aka George Carey
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940·Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940·Self
Another Thin Man
1939·Nick Charles
From the Ends of the Earth
1939·Self
The Baroness and the Butler
1938·Johann Porok
Double Wedding
1937·Charles Lodge
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937·Baron Stephan Wolensky
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937·Charles
The Romance of Celluloid
1937·Self (archive footage)
Libeled Lady
1936·William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler
My Man Godfrey
1936·Godfrey
After the Thin Man
1936·Nick Charles
The Great Ziegfeld
1936·Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936·Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford
Reckless
1935·Ned Riley
Rendezvous
1935·Lt. William 'Bill' Gordon / Anson Meridan
Star of Midnight
1935·Clay Dalzell
Escapade
1935·Fritz
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935·Self
The Thin Man
1934·Nick Charles
Manhattan Melodrama
1934·Jim Wade
Evelyn Prentice
1934·John Prentice
The Key
1934·Capt. Bill Tennant
Fashions of 1934
1934·Sherwood Nash
Private Detective 62
1933·Donald Free
The Kennel Murder Case
1933·Philo Vance
Double Harness
1933·John Fletcher
One Way Passage
1932·Dan Hardesty
High Pressure
1932·Gar Evans
Jewel Robbery
1932·The Robber
Lawyer Man
1932·Anton "Tony" Adam
Man of the World
1931·Michael Trevor
The Road to Singapore
1931·Hugh Dawltry
Ladies' Man
1931·Jamie Darricott
The Benson Murder Case
1930·Philo Vance
Street of Chance
1930·John D. Marsden / 'Natural' Davis
Behind the Make-Up
1930·Gardoni
For the Defense
1930·William Foster
Shadow of the Law
1930·Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson
Paramount on Parade
1930·Philo Vance
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Canary Murder Case
1929·Philo Vance
The Greene Murder Case
1929·Philo Vance
The Four Feathers
1929·Capt. William Trench
Charming Sinners
1929·Karl Kraley
Pointed Heels
1929·Robert Courtland
The Last Command
1928·Lev Andreyev
Feel My Pulse
1928·Her Nemesis
Interference
1928·Philip Voaze
Forgotten Faces
1928·Froggy
Partners in Crime
1928·Smith
The Drag Net
1928·Dapper Frank Trent
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928·John Murdock
Beau Sabreur
1928·Becque
Paid to Love
1927·Prince Eric
Nevada
1927·Clan Dillon
Special Delivery
1927·Harold Jones
Love's Greatest Mistake
1927·Don Kendall
New York
1927·Trent Regan
She's a Sheik
1927·Kada
Time to Love
1927·Prince Alado
Senorita
1927·Manuel Oliveros
Beau Geste
1926·Boldini
The Great Gatsby
1926·George Wilson
The Runaway
1926·Jack Harrison
Aloma of the South Seas
1926·Van Templeton
Sea Horses
1926·Lorenzo Salvia
Desert Gold
1926·Snake Landree
White Mice
1926·Roddy Forrester
Tin Gods
1926·Tony Santelli
Too Many Kisses
1925·Don Julio
The Beautiful City
1925·Nick Di Silva
My Lady's Lips
1925·Scott Seldon
Faint Perfume
1925·Barnaby Powers
Romola
1924·Tito Melema
Dangerous Money
1924·Prince Arnoldo da Pescia
The Bright Shawl
1923·Gaspar De Vaca
Under the Red Robe
1923·Duke of Orleans
Sherlock Holmes
1922·Forman Wells
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922·Francis I
Outcast
1922·DeValle