1. Thomas McCreery Powers was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television.
15 Facts About Tom Powers
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Tom Powers succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, Caesar.
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Thomas McCreery Tom Powers was born in 1890 in Owensboro, Kentucky.
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Tom Powers's father, Colonel Joshua D Powers, was a banker; his uncle was sculptor Hiram Powers.
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Tom Powers' mother loved the theatre and enrolled him at ballet school at age three.
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Tom Powers entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at age 16, and he studied drama, wrote and produced plays, and practiced stage design in a small theatre in the attic of his home.
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Tom Powers had great success in his first Broadway appearance, as William Booth in Mr Lazarus.
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Tom Powers became a star in musical comedies, and won acclaim as a leading player and character actor.
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Tom Powers created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's long-running drama, Strange Interlude.
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Tom Powers published two books of monologues, Life Studies and More Life Studies.
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Tom Powers wrote four plays and two romantic novels, Virgin with Butterflies and Sheba on Trampled Grass.
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Tom Powers moved to the West Coast after becoming ill with arthritis, and became a full-time movie actor when Billy Wilder invited him to play the murder victim in the 1944 film noir classic, Double Indemnity.
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Tom Powers was married to Meta Murray Janney of Philadelphia on September 7,1929.
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Tom Powers died of heart disease at his home in Manhattan Beach, California, on November 9,1955, at age 65.
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Tom Powers was interred in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, in North Hollywood, California.