Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (born 1904)

Richard Ewing Powell was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.