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).
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Seasons at the Theatre
- 1925
Productions/Roles:
- 1925
Notable Roles, Awards, and Other Work:
- 1934 — Mackerel Skies — Broadway Play — Cora Witherspoon; Charles Trowbridge (Appeared together in the same Broadway production.)
- In Double Indemnity (1944) Powers was the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray.
- The Farmer’s Daughter (film, 1947): Rose Hobart (HET 1938) and William Harrigan were both in the cast, with Harrigan as Ward Hughes.
