Education
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended the University of Cincinnati where he began writing.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended the University of Cincinnati where he began writing.
He tried law school but did not feel it was a good match. He served in World World War II in the Army Entertainment Corps. Both he and Alice were transplants from the Midwest to Los Angeles arriving in California after World World War World War II Richard Powell was a prolific writer, writing scripts for a number of episodes of popular television series as well as for feature length films.
He was president of the Television Writers branch of the Writers Guild during the 1950s and continued to be extremely active in the Guild until his death.
He was blacklisted during the 1950s and ’60s (why?) and was unable to work under his own name for more than ten years, causing him to rely on other writers who were his friends to put their names on his work. His credits included Quincy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*South*H, Charlie"s Angels, The Andy Griffith Show, The Courtship of Eddie"s Father, All That Glitters, and many others
Later in his career Richard entered into a development contract with Hollywood producer David Biegelman and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for three years. Powell was also a prolific writer for Hogan"s Heroes, having written over a third of the 168 episodes.
Alice (December 18 1928-June 14, 2014)and Dick separately moved to Los Angeles after World World War World War II She was a teacher, director of Westland Progressive School, and after completing her Doctor of Philosophy, a therapist.
Powell died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 79.