Where to watch William Powell in the UK
Find every William Powell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947). After high school, he left home for New York and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of 18. In 1912, Powell graduated from the AADA, and worked in some vaudeville and stock comp…
William Powell films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring William Powell, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- The Baroness and the Butler (1938) as Johann Porok
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) as J.D. Hanley
- The Thin Man (1934) as Nick Charles
- My Man Godfrey (1936) as Godfrey
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936) as Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
- Libeled Lady (1936) as William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler
- Mister Roberts (1955) as Doc
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) as Jim Wade
- I Love You Again (1940) as Larry Wilson aka George Carey
- The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
- Love Crazy (1941) as Steve Ireland
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) as Nick Charles
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- After the Thin Man (1936) as Nick Charles
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Double Wedding (1937) as Charles Lodge
- The Key (1934) as Capt. Bill Tennant
- The Romance of Celluloid (1937) as Self (archive footage)
- Life with Father (1947) as Clarence Day Sr.
- Fashions of 1934 (1934) as Sherwood Nash
- Sherlock Holmes (1922) as Forman Wells
- Another Thin Man (1939) as Nick Charles
- The Kennel Murder Case (1933) as Philo Vance
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) as Self
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Nick Charles
- One Way Passage (1932) as Dan Hardesty
- The Canary Murder Case (1929) as Philo Vance
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- Reckless (1935) as Ned Riley
- Song of the Thin Man (1947) as Nick Charles
- The Last Command (1928) as Lev Andreyev
- Rendezvous (1935) as Lt. William 'Bill' Gordon / Anson Meridan
- Crossroads (1942) as David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier
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