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Tom Powers

Actor
Born July 7, 1890Died November 9, 1955 (65 years)
Thomas McCreery Powers was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude. He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, Caesar. In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic, Double Indemnity (1944).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Angel and the Badman
  • Phone Call from a Stranger
  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
  • The Time of Your Life
  • New York Confidential
  • The Last Posse
  • Four Star Playhouse
Known For
  • Double Indemnity
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • Destination Moon
  • Angel and the Badman
  • Gertie the Dinosaur
  • They Won't Believe Me
  • Station West
  • The Farmer's Daughter
  • Donovan's Brain
  • The Steel Trap
  • Mexican Hayride
  • The Nevadan
  • I Love Trouble
  • Scene of the Crime
  • Daisy Doodad's Dial
  • Horizons West
  • I, the Jury
  • The Last Crooked Mile
  • The Americano
  • Denver & Rio Grande
  • The Last Posse
  • Flesh and Fury
  • The Phantom Speaks
  • Up in Central Park

Filmography

2009
The Rules of Film Noir · as Mr. Dietrichson (clip From Double Indemnity (1944))
1957
Panic (TV Series) · as Warden
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Dr. Fernwood
1955
Double Jeopardy · as Harry Sheldon
1955
The Eternal Sea · as General
1955
New York Confidential · as Dist. Atty. Rossi
1955
Ten Wanted Men · as Henry Green
1955
The Americano · as Jim Rogers
1954
The Halls of Ivy (TV Series) · as Cast
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Cast
1954
Lucky Me · as Thayer Crony
1954
The Mad Magician · as Inspector
1954
The Lone Wolf (TV Series) · as Carl Olsen
1953
Sea of Lost Ships · as Rear Admiral
1953
Donovan's Brain · as Donovan's Washington Advisor
1953
Meet Mr. McNutley (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
I, the Jury · as Milt Miller
1953
Devil's Canyon · as Joe Holbert (uncredited)
1953
1953
The Last Posse · as Frank White
1953
Julius Caesar · as Metellus Cimber
1953
Scared Stiff · as Police Lieutenant
1953
The Marksman · as Lt. Governor Watson
1953
I'm the Law (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Stark
1952
We're Not Married! · as Atty. Gen. Frank Bush (uncredited)
1952
The Steel Trap · as Valcourt, Travel Agent
1952
Horizons West · as Frank Tarleton
1952
1952
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Mr. Hopkins
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Wilkeson
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gen. Vincent
1952
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Railroad Official
1952
Flesh and Fury · as Andy Randolph
1952
Diplomatic Courier · as Cherney
1952
Deadline - U.S.A. · as Andrew Wharton
1952
The Fabulous Senorita · as Delaney
1952
1951
The Well · as Jim, Mayor
1951
The Strip · as Lt. Detective Bonnabel
1951
The Tall Target · as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
1951
Fighting Coast Guard · as Admiral Ryan
1950
Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
Right Cross · as Tom Balford
1950
Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance (TV Series) · as Hampton Norris
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Franco
1950
Destination Moon · as General Thayer
1950
The Nevadan · as Bill Martin
1949
East Side, West Side · as Owen Lee
1949
Scene of the Crime · as Umpire Menafoe
1949
Chinatown at Midnight · as Captain Howard Brown
1949
Chicago Deadline · as Howard
1949
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Marshal Lindon
1949
Special Agent · as Chief Special Agent Wilcox
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Barney Ringo
1948
Mexican Hayride · as Ed Mason
1948
1948
Angel in Exile · as Warden
1948
Station West · as Captain George Iles
1948
The Velvet Touch · as Detective
1948
Up in Central Park · as Rogan
1948
I Love Trouble · as Ralph Johnston
1947
The Son of Rusty · as Hugh Mitchell
1947
They Won't Believe Me · as Trenton
1947
For the Love of Rusty · as Hugh Mitchell
1947
The Farmer's Daughter · as Hy Nordick
1947
1946
1946
The Last Crooked Mile · as Floyd Sorelson
1946
The Blue Dahlia · as Capt. Hendrickson
1945
The Phantom Speaks · as Harvey Bogardus
1944
Practically Yours · as Commander Harry Harpe
1944
Double Indemnity · as Mr. Dietrichson
1916
Love in a Mist · as The Fiancee
1915
Barnaby Rudge · as Barnaby Rudge
1915
1915
The Passing of a Soul · as The Son
1915
The Traitor · as Lieutenant Shaw
1914
Gertie the Dinosaur · as Clumsy Copy Boy (uncredited)
1914
Daisy Doodad's Dial · as Husband
1914
1914
1914
1914
His Great Opportunity · as Understudy
1914
1914
1914
Flotilla the Flirt · as Tompasso
1914
The Unseen Witness · as Brian Foster
1914
Dr. Fenton's Ordeal · as Rupert Harding
1914
Lucky Jim · as Jim Brown
1914
Memory · as Paolo
1914
Judged by Appearances · as Ralph Bellamy
1914
The Terror of the Air · as Roger Doubleday
1914
Cinder-Elfred · as Elfred
1914
The Hunchback · as Tom
1914
Life's Dark Road · as The Lover
1914
The Pet of the Regiment · as Tommy Atkins
1914
1913
Cutey Plays Detective · as The Pal
1913
Counsellor Bobby · as Dr. Randall - Jenny's Sweetheart
1913
The House in Suburbia · as John Doane

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