- Films
- 47
- Avg rating
- 6.94
- Peak run
- 1948’52
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Dick by the numbers
Average
6.94
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.98
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.50
rating spread
Career
23y
1932 to 1954
Total votes
128K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Bad and the Beautiful
Worst
7.1
Pitfall
Newest first
Filmography
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here | Mark Christopher | 6.4 | 2,413 |
| 1952 |  The Bad and the Beautiful | James Lee Bartlow | 7.7 | 18,051 |
| 1951 | Cry Danger | Rocky Mulloy | 7.3 | 3,126 |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | John Kennedy | 7.2 | 2,806 |
| 1951 | You Never Can Tell | Rex Shepard | · | 983 |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Andrew Rockton Hale | · | 489 |
| 1950 | Right Cross | Rick Garvey | · | 608 |
| 1948 | Pitfall | John Forbes | 7.1 | 5,351 |
| 1948 | Station West | Haven | 6.6 | 1,669 |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth | Commissioner Michael Barrows | 6.8 | 1,071 |
| 1947 | Johnny O'Clock | Johnny O'Clock | 6.8 | 3,098 |
| 1945 | Cornered | Laurence Gerard | 6.7 | 2,830 |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Larry Stevens | 7.0 | 3,451 |
| 1944 | Meet the People | Wm. 'Swanee' Swanson | · | 526 |
| 1944 |  Murder, My Sweet | Philip Marlowe | 7.5 | 16,622 |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Pete Hamilton | · | 258 |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Thomas Halstead | 6.7 | 3,378 |
| 1940 | Christmas in July | Jimmy MacDonald | 7.3 | 4,804 |
| 1939 | Naughty But Nice | Professor Donald Hardwick | · | 410 |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Elly Jordan, aka Wyoming Steve Gibson | · | 399 |
Better together?
Dick Powell's regulars
- Joan BlondellCo-star · 7 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.30
- Ray EnrightDirector and actor · 6 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.33
- Ruby KeelerCo-star · 6 films · 6.93 avg▼−0.05
- Lloyd BaconDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.06
- Pat O'BrienCo-star · 5 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.79
- Allen JenkinsCo-star · 4 films
- Frank McHughCo-star · 4 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.19
- Busby BerkeleyDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.06
- Hugh HerbertCo-star · 4 films · 6.80 avg●+0.02
- Roy Del RuthDirector and actor · 3 films
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.20
- Adolphe MenjouCo-star · 3 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.09
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Dick Powell
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