William Powell Ranked

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.

When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.

While on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.

Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Nightclub singer 'the Canary' blackmails acquaintances, ends up murdered. Only witness also killed. Detective Philo Vance investigates to uncover her killer among numerous suspects she had exploited.

The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Wealthy man Bob Harrison buys all theater seats to watch Mona Leslie's musical alone. He and her agent Ned Riley love her. Rivalry between the two men over Mona Leslie creates conflict.

Powell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in love.

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.

When British officer Harry resigns from his regiment, he is labeled a coward by family and friends and gets four feathers as a mark of his disgrace. In order to redeem himself and win his fiancée back Harry sets out on a dangerous mission.

Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.

A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.

A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.

Rich, disdainful Greene family gathers yearly at creepy ancestral castle to discuss will. One by one, they meet untimely demises during current year's gathering under mysterious circumstances.

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."

A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.

Escapade is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer. It is a remake of Maskerade (1934).