William Powell: movies and TV shows
William Powell has 119 credits in the archive: 119 films and 0 TV series, from 1922 to 2023. Highest rated: The Vanishing Pioneer (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1922 – 2023 · busiest year: 1926 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 130 |
| 2017 | Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 124 |
| 2015 | Discovering Jean Harlow | archive footage | Film | 10.0 | 122 |
| 2005 | William Powell: A True Gentleman | Film | 7.5 | 112 | |
| 1996 | Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 103 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 102 |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 97 |
| 1989 | Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow | Film | 9.0 | 96 | |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 94 |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 93 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 91 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 82 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Nick Charles (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Doc | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | J.D. Hanley | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1953 | The Girl Who Had Everything | Steve Latimer | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1952 | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Homer 'Doc' Brown | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Professor | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1949 | Dancing in the Dark | Emery Slade | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1949 | Take One False Step | Andrew Gentling | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1948 | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | Arthur Peabody | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man | Nick Charles | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Clarence Day Sr. | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1947 | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Senator Melvin G. Ashton | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1945 | The Great Morgan | William Powell (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Nick Charles | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1944 | The Heavenly Body | William S. Whitley | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | William Powell | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1942 | Crossroads | David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Nick Charles | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Steve Ireland | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Larry Wilson aka George Carey | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Nick Charles | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1938 | The Baroness and the Butler | Johann Porok | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Baron Stephan Wolensky | Film | 4.9 | 44 |
| 1937 | Double Wedding | Charles Lodge | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Charles | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady | Bill Chandler | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Nick Charles | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey | Godfrey | Film | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Dr. Lawrence 'Brad' Bradford | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr. | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight | Clay Dalzell | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Lt. William 'Bill' Gordon / Anson Meridan | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 1935 | Reckless | Ned Riley | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1935 | Escapade | Fritz | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Nick Charles | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice | John Prentice | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Jim Wade | Film | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Sherwood Nash | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1934 | The Key | Capt. Bill Tennant | Film | 4.9 | 41 |
| 1933 | The Kennel Murder Case | Philo Vance | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1933 | Private Detective 62 | Donald Free | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1933 | Double Harness | John Fletcher | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery | The Robber | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1932 | One Way Passage | Dan Hardesty | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Anton "Tony" Adam | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1932 | High Pressure | Gar Evans | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1931 | Man of the World | Michael Trevor | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1931 | The Road to Singapore | Hugh Dawltry | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man | Jamie Darricott | Film | 4.6 | 38 |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Philo Vance | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1930 | The Benson Murder Case | Philo Vance | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | John D. Marsden / 'Natural' Davis | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1930 | Behind the Make-Up | Gardoni | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1930 | For the Defense | William Foster | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1930 | Shadow of the Law | Jim Montgomery aka John Nelson | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1929 | Charming Sinners | Karl Kraley | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1929 | Pointed Heels | Robert Courtland | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1929 | The Four Feathers | Capt. William Trench | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | The Greene Murder Case | Philo Vance | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | The Canary Murder Case | Philo Vance | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1929 | Interference | Philip Voaze | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Lev Andreyev | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1928 | Feel My Pulse | Her Nemesis | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1928 | The Drag Net | Dapper Frank Trent | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Pioneer | John Murdock | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1928 | Beau Sabreur | Becque | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1928 | Forgotten Faces | Froggy | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1928 | Partners in Crime | Smith | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1927 | New York | Trent Regan | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Special Delivery | Harold Jones | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Senorita | Manuel Oliveros | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Time to Love | Prince Alado | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Nevada | Clan Dillon | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Love's Greatest Mistake | Don Kendall | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1927 | Paid to Love | Prince Eric | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1927 | She's a Sheik | Kada | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1926 | Desert Gold | Snake Landree | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | White Mice | Roddy Forrester | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | The Great Gatsby | George Wilson | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | The Runaway | Jack Harrison | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | Aloma of the South Seas | Van Templeton | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | Beau Geste | Boldini | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1926 | Sea Horses | Lorenzo Salvia | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | Tin Gods | Tony Santelli | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1925 | My Lady's Lips | Scott Seldon | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1925 | The Beautiful City | Nick Di Silva | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1925 | Too Many Kisses | Don Julio | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1925 | Faint Perfume | Barnaby Powers | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1924 | Romola | Tito Melema | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1924 | Dangerous Money | Prince Arnoldo da Pescia | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1923 | The Bright Shawl | Gaspar De Vaca | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1923 | Under the Red Robe | Duke of Orleans | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1922 | Outcast | DeValle | Film | 3.0 | 29 |
| 1922 | Sherlock Holmes | Forman Wells | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1922 | When Knighthood Was in Flower | Francis I | Film | 5.8 | 29 |