Tom Powers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom Powers

American actor

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1890

Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1955

Profession: stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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).