The Dick Powell Show is a television anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended.
The series was an anthology of various dramas and comedies. It featured many future stars, producers and directors early in their careers, including Aaron Spelling, William Friedkin, and Bruce Geller. Blake Edwards wrote and directed a number of episodes including two featuring Robert Vaughan as an Ivy League private eye known as The Boston Terrier.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater had run on CBS in the late 1950s, but he switched networks for his last series. The Dick Powell Show was one of the many productions of Four Star Television. The musical composition was the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff'). Written by Ed Stephan
In the 1930s , Dick Powell (I) was the juvenile lead in the Warner backstage musicals opposite such rising stars as Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. After his career in musicals, he was cast in private-eye roles and became a producer and director for both TV and movies.
