William Powell -- Looking for Other Admirers

[NJ's Own NG]

Here's one of my favorite actors from old movies. He had a great voice and had perfect comic timing, such subtlety. Don't you wish all drunks were as charming as Nick and Nora (a far cry from Dunaway and Rourke in Barfly), all comedies were as delicious as My Man Godfrey, and all scandals were handled as handily as the one in Libeled Lady.

Is he appreciated anymore? Anyone else a fan?

[Rolando]

Hey N.J. thats my native state but I now live WA. I'm not familiar with actor. But good luck attracting those who do know

[NJ's Own NG]

Hey Rolando. You wandered pretty far from home. ;)

Check out some Powell movies, if you like screwball comedies. The Thin Man movies with Powell and Myrna Loy are great, and My Man Godfrey is a tour de force -- with Powell and Carole Lombard.

[Sevorin]

MGM's Culver City studio had three busts in the offices entranceway: Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, and William Powell. I was growing up while he was in his emeritus years -- playing "Doc" in Mister Roberts and the "spurned" suitor in How to Marry a Millionaire -- and these were the roles I remembered him for, along with The Senator Was Indiscreet and Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Strange, all these pictures were not from MGM.

I suppose I agree with those who count Godfrey Park in My Man Godfrey and the original Nick Charles in The Thin Man as his best parts.

[Tyler Bowser]

I haven't seen a lot of his movies but I've really liked the two movies I've seen him in both with Mryna Loy
I thought the Thin Man was really, really good and they were both in another movie called I love you again that i really liked