Richard Powell

Radio Writer, Screenwriter

About

Also Known As

Richard Morgan Powell

Birth Place

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Born

December 15, 1909

Died

October 20, 1996

Cause of Death

Prostate Cancer

Filmography

Captains Courageous (1937)

Photos & Videos

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Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Some Kind Of Social Position

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) If You Brought A Shotgun...

Family & Companions

Alice Powell

Wife

Survived him.

Notes

Nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for both a Bob Hope and Lucille Ball special.

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

1942

Served in the army during WWII, attained the rank of captain

1954

Joined the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW)

Videos

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Some Kind Of Social Position Wrapping up the 1920’s prologue and introducing the star, Diana Brewster as widowed Philadelphian and new mom Kate, whose high-society husband died, possibly by suicide, on their wedding night, with the rough-hewn immigrant Mike (Brian Keith), who is the real father of her son Anthony, who grows up to be Paul Newman, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) If You Brought A Shotgun... Respectable but poor Tony (Paul Newman), a semester short of finishing Princeton, and Joan (Barbara Rush), his affluent lovestruck girlfriend, have decided to elope but get intercepted by his long-widowed mother (Diane Brewster), and her high-powered lawyer father (John Williams), in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Always Used A Diagram Law student Tony, now cynical due to earlier setbacks, is spending the summer helping rich retiring lawyer Wharton (Otto Kruger) write a book, drawing all the attention of his young wife Carol (Alexis Smith), the three of them then receiving guests Carter and Joan (Fred Eisley, Barbara Rush), who was once, secretly, Tony’s fianceè, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Pleasant Or Unpleasant Still in his first scene and semi-shirtless, Paul Newman as summering Princeton man Tony, who has no idea his construction company owner boss is his real father, has to step in when his driver Carson (Lennie Bremen) crashes into Barbara Rush, making probably her best entrance ever, as society gal Joan, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Interesting Heredity On summer break from Princeton, pre-Law roommates Robert Vaughn, as ultra-rich party animal Chet, and Paul Newman as respectable but under-funded Tony, at the polo club, meet Chet’s guardian uncles, Robert Douglas, then Frank Conroy, who appears to know the secret of Tony’s lineage, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Follow That Dream (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Sound Advice Counting receipts from their ad-hoc Florida fishing business, vagabonds Pop (Arthur O'Connell) and Toby (Elvis Presley) get schooled by semi-adopted Holly (Anne Helm), confirmed with a song by Bill Giant and Anna Shaw, in Follow That Dream, 1962.

My Gun Is Quick -- (Movie Clip) It Was No Accident Investigating the death of a girl he barely knew, Mike Hammer (Robert Bray) introduces himself to stripper Maria (Gina Core), in My Gun Is Quick, 1957, from the Mickey Spillane novel.

My Gun Is Quick -- (Movie Clip) You Know How I Hate Dames First scene for the ever-present Velda (Pamela Duncan), assistant to grumpy detective Mike Hammer (Robert Bray), at the office for a shave and business review, in Mickey Spillane's My Gun Is Quick, 1957.

My Gun Is Quick -- (Movie Clip) Lay Off, Greaseball! Opening scene an all-night diner, Mike Hammer (Robert Bray) has befriended streetwalker "Red" (Jan Chaney), whose pimp (Charles Boaz) walks into trouble, in My Gun Is Quick, 1957, from the Mickey Spillane novel.

Family

Anthony Powell

Son

TV reporter.

Alex Powell

Son

Survived him.

Companions

Alice Powell

Wife

Survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

Nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for both a Bob Hope and Lucille Ball special.

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Life Events

1942

1954

Videos

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Family

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