Inthe1930s,DickPowellwasthejuvenileleadintheWarnerbackstagemusicalsoppositesuchrisingstarsasRubyKeelerandJoanBlondell.Afterhiscareerinmusicals,hewascastinprivate-eyerolesandbecameaproduceranddirectorforbothTVandmovies. HewasavocalistwithCharlieDavis'sorchestrabeforeenteringfilm. InternedatDesertMemorialPark,PalmSprings,California. FatherofEllenPowell,fromhisma...(展开全部) Inthe1930s,DickPowellwasthejuvenileleadintheWarnerbackstagemusicalsoppositesuchrisingstarsasRubyKeelerandJoanBlondell.Afterhiscareerinmusicals,hewascastinprivate-eyerolesandbecameaproduceranddirectorforbothTVandmovies. HewasavocalistwithCharlieDavis'sorchestrabeforeenteringfilm. InternedatDesertMemorialPark,PalmSprings,California. FatherofEllenPowell,fromhismarriagetoJoanBlondell.HeadoptedJoan'sson,NormanS.PowellinFebruary1938. DiedonthesamedayasJackCarson.Theyhaddifferentformsofcancer. FatherofDickPowellJr.fromhismarriagetoJuneAllyson. HisparentswereEwingandSallieRowenaThompsonPowell. HisbrotherLutherPowellwasbornOctober30,1906,anddiedAugust15,1996.HisbrotherHowardSmithPowellwasbornOctober13,1899,anddiedinJanuary,1986. Hewasyetanothercasualtyofthe1956filmTheConqueror(1956)filmednearanucleartestsiteinUtah.Manyofthepeopleinvolvedwiththefilm,includingPowell,whodirected,eventuallydiedofcancer,eithercausedby,orexacerbatedby,workingonit.OthersincludedactorsJohnWayne,SusanHayward,TeddeCorsia,andAgnesMoorehead. HisdaughterPamelaPowellwasadoptedduringhismarriagetoJuneAllyson. Asofearly2007,hisbirthplaceinthesmalltownofMountainView,ARstillstandsonthenorthsideofMainStreet.It'samodestcirca1895house(sadlyinastateofbenignneglect)withawraparoundporchwithasmallhistoricalmarkerandabadlyweathereddisplayoutinfrontthatdetailshis1936engagementtoJoanBlondell,marriagetoJuneAllysonandmorerecentdeathofhisbrother.