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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).
Born
Monday, 07 July 1890
Died
Wednesday, 09 November 1955
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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A Night at the Cinema in 1914 | (Archive footage) | 2014 |
Bar Hunters | 2013 | |
The Rules of Film Noir | Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) | 2009 |
American Cinema | Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) | 1995 |
Panic! | Warden | 1957 |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Dr. Fernwood | 1955 |
Double Jeopardy | Harry Sheldon | 1955 |
The Eternal Sea | General | 1955 |
New York Confidential | District Attorney Rossi / Dist. Atty. Rossi | 1955 |
Ten Wanted Men | Henry Green | 1955 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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A Night at the Cinema in 1914 | (Archive footage) | 2014 |
Bar Hunters | 2013 | |
The Rules of Film Noir | Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) | 2009 |
American Cinema | Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) | 1995 |
Panic! | Warden | 1957 |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Dr. Fernwood | 1955 |
Double Jeopardy | Harry Sheldon | 1955 |
The Eternal Sea | General | 1955 |
New York Confidential | District Attorney Rossi / Dist. Atty. Rossi | 1955 |
Ten Wanted Men | Henry Green | 1955 |
The Americano | Jim Rogers | 1955 |
Lucky Me | Thayer Crony | 1954 |
The Lone Wolf | Tom Steele / Carl Olsen | 1954 |
The Mad Magician | Inspector | 1954 |
Mayor of the Town | Jacobs | 1954 |
Sea of Lost Ships | Rear Admiral | 1953 |
Donovan's Brain | Donovan's Washington Advisor | 1953 |
I, the Jury | Milt Miller | 1953 |
Devil's Canyon | Joe Holbert | 1953 |
The Last Posse | Frank White | 1953 |
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Sheriff | 1953 |
Julius Caesar | Metellus Cimber | 1953 |
Scared Stiff | Police Lieutenant | 1953 |
The Marksman | Lt. Governor Watson / Lt. Gov. Watson | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Stark | 1953 |
The Steel Trap | Valcourt, Travel Agent | 1952 |
The WAC from Walla Walla | General | 1952 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Mr. Hopkins | 1952 |
Cavalcade of America | Wilkeson | 1952 |
Horizons West | Frank Tarleton | 1952 |
Four Star Playhouse | Gen. Vincent | 1952 |
Adventures of Superman | Railroad Official | 1952 |
We're Not Married! | Atty. Gen. Frank Bush | 1952 |
Diplomatic Courier | Cherney | 1952 |
Bal Tabarin | Eddie Mendies | 1952 |
Denver & Rio Grande | Sloan | 1952 |
Jet Job | Oscar Collins | 1952 |
The Fabulous Senorita | Delaney | 1952 |
Flesh and Fury | Andy Randolph | 1952 |
Deadline - U.S.A. | Andrew Wharton | 1952 |
Phone Call from a Stranger | Dr. Fernwood | 1952 |
The Well | Jim, Mayor / Mayor | 1951 |
The Strip | Lt. Detective Bonnabel | 1951 |
The Tall Target | Simon G. Stroud | 1951 |
Fighting Coast Guard | Admiral Ryan / Adm. Ryan | 1951 |
Again... Pioneers | Ken Keeler | 1950 |
Right Cross | Tom Balford | 1950 |
Big Town | Hampton Norris | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | Mr Marshall / Minister / Judge / Dr. Franco | 1950 |
Destination Moon | General Thayer | 1950 |
The Nevadan | Bill Martin | 1950 |
East Side, West Side | Owen Lee | 1949 |
Chinatown at Midnight | Capt. Howard Brown / Captain Howard Brown | 1949 |
Chicago Deadline | Glenn Howard | 1949 |
The Lone Ranger | Marshal Lindon | 1949 |
Scene of the Crime | Umpire Menafoe | 1949 |
Special Agent | Chief Special Agent Wilcox | 1949 |
Fireside Theatre | Thor / Payson / Paton / Barney Ringo | 1949 |
Mexican Hayride | Ed Mason | 1948 |
Angel in Exile | Warden / Prison Warden | 1948 |
The Time of Your Life | Freddy Blick (a stool pigeon and frame-up artist) / Freddy Blick | 1948 |
Station West | Captain Iles / Captain George Iles | 1948 |
The Velvet Touch | Detective | 1948 |
Up in Central Park | Rogan | 1948 |
I Love Trouble | Ralph Johnston / Ralph Johnson | 1948 |
The Son of Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1947 |
They Won't Believe Me | Trenton | 1947 |
For the Love of Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1947 |
The Farmer's Daughter | Nordick / Hy Nordick | 1947 |
Angel and the Badman | Dr. Mangram | 1947 |
The Last Crooked Mile | Floyd Sorelson | 1946 |
Her Adventurous Night | Dan Carter | 1946 |
The Blue Dahlia | Capt. Hendrickson | 1946 |
Two Years Before the Mast | Bellamer | 1946 |
The Chicago Kid | Mike Thurber | 1945 |
The Phantom Speaks | Harvey Bogardus | 1945 |
Practically Yours | Commander Harry Harpe | 1944 |
Double Indemnity | Mr. Dietrichson | 1944 |
The Auction Block | Bob Wharton | 1917 |
As Ye Repent | Harry Somers | 1915 |
Barnaby Rudge | Barnaby Rudge | 1915 |
A Lancashire Lass | Howard | 1915 |
Be Sure Your Sins | Leo Garth | 1915 |
Gertie the Dinosaur | Clumsy Copy Boy | 1914 |
The Basilisk | Eric Larne, the fiancé | 1914 |
Daisy Doodad's Dial | Husband | 1914 |
Time the Great Healer | Dick / Harry | 1914 |
In the Shadow of Big Ben | Harry Forrest | 1914 |
Cutey Plays Detective | The Pal | 1913 |
A Window on Washington Park | Alan Dale, the Old Man's Nephew | 1913 |
The Picture Idol | Beth's Sweetheart | 1912 |
Fortunes of a Composer | Opera Attendee | 1912 |
A Cure for Pokeritis | 1912 | |
A Girl of the West | Jones - the Ranch Owner | 1912 |