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Tom Powers

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1890-07-07

Deathday: 1955-11-09 (65 years old)

Biography

Thomas McCreery Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) 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).

Filmography

all 74

Movies 72

Tom Powers

Biography

Filmography

all 74

Movies 72

TV Shows 2

A Night at the Cinema in 1914 (2014)

Double Jeopardy (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)

The Americano (1955)

The Lone Wolf (1954)

Donovan's Brain (1953)

I, the Jury (1953)

Devil's Canyon (1953)

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953)

The Last Posse (1953)

Julius Caesar (1953)

The Marksman (1953)

The Steel Trap (1952)

Horizons West (1952)

The WAC From Walla Walla (1952)

Four Star Playhouse (1952)

We're Not Married! (1952)

Flesh and Fury (1952)

Bal Tabarin (1952)

Denver and Rio Grande (1952)

Jet Job (1952)

The Fabulous Senorita (1952)

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

The Well (1951)

The Strip (1951)

The Tall Target (1951)

Fighting Coast Guard (1951)

Again Pioneers (1950)

Right Cross (1950)

Destination Moon (1950)

The Nevadan (1950)

East Side, West Side (1949)

Chinatown at Midnight (1949)

Chicago Deadline (1949)

Scene of the Crime (1949)

Special Agent (1949)

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Angel in Exile (1948)

The Time of Your Life (1948)

Station West (1948)

Up in Central Park (1948)

I Love Trouble (1948)

The Son of Rusty (1947)

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

For the Love of Rusty (1947)

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Angel and the Badman (1947)

Two Years Before the Mast (1946)

The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

Her Adventurous Night (1946)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Chicago Kid (1945)

The Phantom Speaks (1945)

Practically Yours (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)

The Basilisk (1914)

Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914)

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

Cutey Plays Detective (1913)

A Window on Washington Park (1913)

Stenographer Troubles (1913)

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)

The Signal of Distress (1912)

Saving an Audience (1912)

The Cylinder's Secret (1912)

An Eventful Elopement (1912)

The Picture Idol (1912)

Fortunes of a Composer (1912)

Love in the Ghetto (1912)

The Hieroglyphic (1912)

The Illumination (1912)

A Girl of the West (1912)

The Girl and the Sheriff (1911)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1890-07-07

Deathday
1955-11-09 (65 years old)

Birth Place
Owensboro, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Thomas McCreery Powers