William Powell

A villain in Hollywood silents, in the sound era he was a suave, sophisticated, gentlemanly leading man of romantic comedies and light-hearted detective stories. Powell debuted on Broadway in 1912. In the early '20s he began appearing in silents; his first screen role was in Sherlock Holmes (1922), in which he played the detective's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty. Altogether Powell appeared in 34 silents. In the early sound era he appeared in a string of light mysteries, playing sleuth Philo Vance in work adapted from the stories of S.S. Van... Full William Powell Biography

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