Who is Terry Powis? by James Zee

A Fred/Terry Powis bibliography

The following comcs, daybills, book covers and illustrations can probably be attributed to the Australian comic artists commonly known as Terry Powis:

1927Metro Goldwyn Mayer Season 1927 Exhibitor's Book [as Fred Powis]

 

1927California (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]

 

1927Polly of the Circus (M-G-M) (poster) [as Powis]

 

1927Spring Fever (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]

 

1927Annie Laurie (M-G-M) (daybill) [with E. Brown]

 

1928The Cossacks (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1928Detectives (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1928Across to Singapore (M-G-M) (daybill) [with E. Brown]

 

1928Bringing up Father (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1929The Flying Fleet (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1929Sioux Blood (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1929The Desert Rider (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]

 

1929?Canadian National Railways (poster) [as Fred Powis]

 

1929Our Modern Maidens (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1929His Glorious Night (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1930?A Lady to Love (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1931The Prodigal (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1931Trader Horn (M-G-M) (poster) [as Fred Powis]

 

1931Trader Horn (M-G-M) (daybill) (possibly)

 

1931Trader Horn (newspaper illustration)

 

1931Wallace Beery (newspaper illustration)

 

1931Joan Crawford (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1931Edwina Booth (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1931Harry Carey (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1931Omolan Grau (newspaper illustration)

 

1931Norma Shearer (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1931M.G.M Studios with Greta Garbo (newspaper illustration)

 

1931Lewis Stone (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1931Lionel Barrymore (newspaper illustration) [as Fred Powis]

 

1932Tarzan the Ape Man (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]

 

1932New Morals for Old (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]

 

1932Jimmy ("Schnozzle") Durante (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1932Lupe Velez (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1932Jackie Cooper (newspaper illustration)

 

1932Greta Garbo (newspaper illustration)

 

1932Buster Keaton (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]

 

1941Trapped, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as Terry].

 

1941?—Tigers of Trobruk, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as Powis]

 

1941?—Spy No. 13 , NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1942?—The Ghost Plane, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as Powis]

 

1942?—Mac of the Mounties, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1942?—The Terror, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1942?—The Silver Bullet, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1942?—The Death Ray, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as F]

 

1942?—The Commandos, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—Fighter Command, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as Terry & Powis]

 

1944?—King of the Kittyhawks, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—The Amazing Adventures of Rick of the R.A.A.F. Comic, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—The Flying Fortress Strikes, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—The Yellow Death, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—White Eagle, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1944?—Sabotage, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as M.E., signed Powis]

 

1944?—The Secret of the Cave, NSW Bookstall (comic) [as Powis & Terry]

 

1944The Lure of the Bush: Australian Birds, Wirraway Publishing (book illustrations) [as Fred Powis]

 

1944If the Gods Smile, Wirraway Publishing (cover)

 

1945?—Dead Man's Gold, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1945?—Jungle Drums, NSW Bookstall (comic)

 

1945The Missing General in Pacific Bandits #C9, Offset Printing (comic)

 

1945The Sky Raiders: A Tim Dale Adventure #C17, Offset Printing (comic)

 

1945Agent MP7 #C18, Offset Printing (comic)

 

1945The Lure of the Sea: Australian Fishes, Taro Publishing (book illustrations) [as Fred Powis]

 

1945Nursery Rhymes Told Anew, Wirraway Publishing (book illustrations) 11This appears to be author Eve Pownall's first children's book. She worked with Fred Powis at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ltd until her...  

 

1946The Sea Mystery: An Inspector French Crime Story, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)

 

1946Crime in Quarantine, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)

 

1946Billie the Beetle, Invincible Press [as Fred Powis] (book text and illustrations)

 

1947Murder at Horsethief, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)

 

References

This appears to be author Eve Pownall's first children's book. She worked with Fred Powis at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ltd until her marriage to Leslie Pownall in December 1929.