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:
1927—Metro Goldwyn Mayer Season 1927 Exhibitor's Book [as Fred Powis]
1927—California (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]
1927—Polly of the Circus (M-G-M) (poster) [as Powis]
1927—Spring Fever (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]
1927—Annie Laurie (M-G-M) (daybill) [with E. Brown]
1928—The Cossacks (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1928—Detectives (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1928—Across to Singapore (M-G-M) (daybill) [with E. Brown]
1928—Bringing up Father (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1929—The Flying Fleet (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1929—Sioux Blood (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1929—The Desert Rider (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]
1929?—Canadian National Railways (poster) [as Fred Powis]
1929—Our Modern Maidens (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1929—His Glorious Night (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1930?—A Lady to Love (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1931—The Prodigal (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1931—Trader Horn (M-G-M) (poster) [as Fred Powis]
1931—Trader Horn (M-G-M) (daybill) (possibly)
1931—Trader Horn (newspaper illustration)
1931—Wallace Beery (newspaper illustration)
1931—Joan Crawford (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1931—Edwina Booth (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1931—Harry Carey (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1931—Omolan Grau (newspaper illustration)
1931—Norma Shearer (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1931—M.G.M Studios with Greta Garbo (newspaper illustration)
1931—Lewis Stone (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1931—Lionel Barrymore (newspaper illustration) [as Fred Powis]
1932—Tarzan the Ape Man (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Powis]
1932—New Morals for Old (M-G-M) (daybill) [as Fred Powis]
1932—Jimmy ("Schnozzle") Durante (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1932—Lupe Velez (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1932—Jackie Cooper (newspaper illustration)
1932—Greta Garbo (newspaper illustration)
1932—Buster Keaton (newspaper illustration) [as Powis]
1941—Trapped, 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]
1944—The Lure of the Bush: Australian Birds, Wirraway Publishing (book illustrations) [as Fred Powis]
1944—If the Gods Smile, Wirraway Publishing (cover)
1945?—Dead Man's Gold, NSW Bookstall (comic)
1945?—Jungle Drums, NSW Bookstall (comic)
1945—The Missing General in Pacific Bandits #C9, Offset Printing (comic)
1945—The Sky Raiders: A Tim Dale Adventure #C17, Offset Printing (comic)
1945—Agent MP7 #C18, Offset Printing (comic)
1945—The Lure of the Sea: Australian Fishes, Taro Publishing (book illustrations) [as Fred Powis]
1945—Nursery 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...
1946—The Sea Mystery: An Inspector French Crime Story, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)
1946—Crime in Quarantine, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)
1946—Billie the Beetle, Invincible Press [as Fred Powis] (book text and illustrations)
1947—Murder at Horsethief, Invincible Press (book cover and illustrations)