William Powell

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · as (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 · as (archive footage)

9.0

Known For

The Thin Man

Nick Charles

My Man Godfrey

Godfrey

How to Marry a Millionaire

J.D. Hanley

After the Thin Man

Nick Charles

Mister Roberts

Doc

Libeled Lady

William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler

Another Thin Man

Nick Charles

Shadow of the Thin Man

Nick Charles

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (117)

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.5

Discovering Jean Harlow

2015

as archive footage

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005

7.5

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as (archive footage)

9.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Nick Charles (archive footage)

6.3

Mister Roberts

1955

as Doc

7.1

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

as J.D. Hanley

6.8

The Girl Who Had Everything

1953

as Steve Latimer

5.8

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

as Homer 'Doc' Brown

It's a Big Country

as Professor

Take One False Step

as Andrew Gentling

Dancing in the Dark

as Emery Slade

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

as Arthur Peabody

Life with Father

as Clarence Day Sr.

Song of the Thin Man

as Nick Charles

The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947

as Senator Melvin G. Ashton

5.4

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

5.2

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

The Great Morgan

1945

as William Powell (voice) (uncredited)

5.5

Twenty Years After

1944

as (archive footage)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Nick Charles

7.1

The Heavenly Body

1944

as William S. Whitley

5.3

The Youngest Profession

1943

as William Powell

4.7

Crossroads

1942

as David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier

5.8

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Nick Charles

Love Crazy

as Steve Ireland

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5

I Love You Again

1940

as Larry Wilson aka George Carey

7.2

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Another Thin Man

1939

as Nick Charles

7.1

The Baroness and the Butler

1938

as Johann Porok

5.0

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Baron Stephan Wolensky

4.7

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Charles

Double Wedding

as Charles Lodge

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Libeled Lady

1936

as William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler

7.3

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.

My Man Godfrey

as Godfrey

After the Thin Man

as Nick Charles

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford

6.2

Escapade

1935

as Fritz

Star of Midnight

as Clay Dalzell

Reckless

as Ned Riley

Rendezvous

as Lt. William 'Bill' Gordon / Anson Meridan

4.3

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Self

Manhattan Melodrama

as Jim Wade

The Thin Man

as Nick Charles

The Key

as Capt. Bill Tennant

Evelyn Prentice

as John Prentice

Fashions of 1934

as Sherwood Nash

The Kennel Murder Case

as Philo Vance

Private Detective 62

as Donald Free

Double Harness

as John Fletcher

Jewel Robbery

as The Robber

Lawyer Man

as Anton "Tony" Adam

High Pressure

as Gar Evans

One Way Passage

as Dan Hardesty

Ladies' Man

as Jamie Darricott

Man of the World

as Michael Trevor

The Road to Singapore

as Hugh Dawltry

For the Defense

as William Foster

The Voice of Hollywood

Paramount on Parade

as Philo Vance

The Benson Murder Case

as Philo Vance

5.8

Shadow of the Law

as Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson

Behind the Make-Up

as Gardoni

Street of Chance

as John D. Marsden / 'Natural' Davis

Pointed Heels

as Robert Courtland

Charming Sinners

as Karl Kraley

The Canary Murder Case

1929

as Philo Vance

5.6

The Greene Murder Case

1929

as Philo Vance

The Four Feathers

1929

as Capt. William Trench

Partners in Crime

as Smith

Beau Sabreur

as Becque

The Last Command

as Lev Andreyev

Interference

as Philip Voaze

The Vanishing Pioneer

as John Murdock

Feel My Pulse

as Her Nemesis

Forgotten Faces

as Froggy

The Drag Net

as Dapper Frank Trent

She's a Sheik

as Kada

New York

as Trent Regan

Senorita

as Manuel Oliveros

Special Delivery

as Harold Jones

Time to Love

as Prince Alado

Paid to Love

as Prince Eric

Nevada

as Clan Dillon

Love's Greatest Mistake

as Don Kendall

The Great Gatsby

as George Wilson

White Mice

as Roddy Forrester

Desert Gold

as Snake Landree

Sea Horses

as Lorenzo Salvia

Beau Geste

as Boldini

6.1

Aloma of the South Seas

as Van Templeton

Tin Gods

as Tony Santelli

The Runaway

as Jack Harrison

Faint Perfume

as Barnaby Powers

The Beautiful City

as Nick Di Silva

My Lady's Lips

as Scott Seldon

Too Many Kisses