Dick Powell: Dick Powell. Actor: Murder, My Sweet. Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly. In the case of Dick Powell, from boyish, wavy-haired crooners in musicals to rugged crime fighters in films noir. Powell grew up in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three brothers (one of them, Howard, ended up as vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad). He worked his way through schooling, sidelining...
