He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, Powers is best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the 1945 film noir classic Double Indemnity.

With the help of Amina's scheming foster mother Barbara, the Count arranges for Amina's fiancé, Rodolphe, an impoverished artist, to fall into the hands of Hertzog, an ancient, crook-backed master of black magic.

This, despite the fact that the military was actively pressuring Erzberger to sign as soon as possible, was pointed to for decades afterwards as evidence for the Stab-in-the-Back Legend, under which the surrender was an act by scheming Socialist politicians for personal gain that defied the German Army's will to fight, and which later helped to propel Adolf Hitler to power.

Once Victor caught them, he sent Nikki to rehab, where Deacon soon ends up to continue scheming with Meggie.

Frances and her husband soon started scheming with Baron Seymour on the prospect of arranging a marriage between Jane and the King.

He soon turned up as a radio regular, perhaps his most familiar role being Jane Ace's shiftless, scheming brother Johnny in Easy Aces.

The scheming Comptroller Schub, tells her that he has a plan to save her administration, and the town, promising “ It's highly unethical .” He tells her to meet him at the rock on the edge of town.

The fact that ordinary father-son ( or grandfather-grandson ) succession did not occur has contributed to the image of the Julio-Claudian court presented in Robert Graves's I, Claudius, a dangerous world where scheming family members were all too ready to murder the direct heirs so as to bring themselves, their own immediate families, or their lovers closer to the succession.

Her reputation has been altered over the years according to changing social and political perspectives, especially after the Mexican Revolution, when she was portrayed in dramas, novels, and paintings as an evil or scheming temptress.

Although she has become scheming, calculating and ruthless in her professional life, she is still able, at times, to listen to her heart — especially in her relationship with Paul Harrison, the " Ideas Catcher ".

Among James's masterpieces are Daisy Miller ( 1879 ); in which the eponymous protagonist, the young and innocent American Daisy Miller, finds her values in conflict with European sophistication ; and The Portrait of a Lady ( 1881 ), in which a young American woman finds that her upbringing has ill prepared her against two scheming American expatriates during her travels in Europe.

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales has been scheming to have himself made Prince Regent, at which point he will effectively be King.

Often the good but not very clever hero is duped by a scheming villain, who has eyes on the damsel in distress until fate intervenes at the end to ensure the triumph of good over evil.

Since escaping from the seal, he has been scheming with Mesaana and Semirhage.

Often the good but not very clever hero is duped by a scheming villain, who has eyes on the damsel in distress until fate intervenes to ensure the triumph of good over evil.

J. T. Walsh and Dennis Hopper both made careers playing villainous characters and Steve Buscemi has made a career of playing scheming deadbeats and offbeat villains.

* Londo and Vir are scheming to kill Emperor Cartagia, who Londo believes has seriously endangered Centauri Prime by giving land to the Shadows.

Eventually the scheming Hercules Grytpype-Thynne ( Sellers ) persuades Quartermess to blow up the capsule — with his sidekick Count Jim Moriarty ( Milligan ), whose life he has coincidentally insured for a large sum, tied up inside.

A drunken Tracy has to be removed from the ceremony, and scheming Maxie manages to sneak into the ceremony and catch Laura's bouquet, much like Scott had 25 years before.

In Pearl Bay, she meets a cast of colourful characters: Meredith Monahan, the woman who can remember every single event that has happened in town during her lifetime ; Meredith's longtime lover and town lawyer / drunk, Harold ; strapping surfer and court clerk Angus ; his girlfriend ( who would like to be his fiancee ), police officer Karen ; her superior Sergeant Grey ; unsophisticated caravan park manager and handyman, Kevin ; Kevin's son Trevor ; clever Indian shop-keeper Phrani, later to be Kevin's lover ; local layabout Griff ; Meredith's niece, the wandering Carmen ; corrupt and scheming real estate agent and shire President Bob Jelly ; his loyal trophy wife Heather ; and their children Jules and Craig.

Unknown to the kids, however, the new school teacher, Miss Lawrence, has overheard Spanky and Alfalfa's scheming and has ordered ice cream as a first day surprise for the class.

Planet Aktarka has two moons: the friendly Galaxians live on one of the moons ; and the warlike Kromoks and the scheming Stixes live on the other.

Rhys Muldoon has starred in numerous television roles including Bastard Boys, Play School and the high rating Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler, the BAFTA nominated Lockie Leonard based on the books by Australian writer Tim Winton, Blackjack with Colin Friels, the multiple AFI award winning Grass Roots ( series 1 and 2 ) as the scheming general manager, Greg Dominelli, Secret Life of Us, Big Sky, and The Genie From Down Under.

Momo is in love with Toji, a taciturn baseball player, but the scheming Sae also has her sights set on the boy.

Blotto Otto has his scheming wife in mind, only to find out she died the previous year in an unfortunate accident.

He is an avid chess player ( indeed, so is Ernest, which is how they became acquainted ), suggesting to Holmes that he also has a scheming mind.

# No Secrets From The Magaji: The Magaji ( dominant Laibon ruler of an area ) has little to benefit from allowing scheming to occur, and this Tenet is enforced to keep the Magaji " in the know.

Despite nominally serving Azuth, and, indirectly, Mystra, along with Savras, scheming Velsharoon has renewed his old alliance with Talos, and has also started flirting with Shar and her Shadow Weave.

The first half of the film revolves around the administrators and officials of Cape Colony, notably the supremely arrogant Lord Chelmsford and the scheming Sir Henry Bartle Frere, who both wish to crush the neighbouring Zulu Empire, which is perceived as a threat to Cape Colony's emerging industrial economy.

Thus, much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results.

She must be cautious so as not to alert the scheming forest.

She was going to keep on scheming, poking, prodding, suggesting, and dictating until the cops got up enough interest in him to go back to their old neighborhood and ask questions.

I had driven him into the arms of that scheming woman.

A half-brother of Ahmed, Yahya, resented his accession to the Ottoman throne in 1603, and spent his life scheming to become Sultan.

This was a part of Agrippina ’ s scheming plan to make Lucius the new emperor.

This betrothal was broken off in 48 when Agrippina, scheming with the consul Lucius Vitellius the Elder, the father of the future Emperor Aulus Vitellius, falsely accused Silanus of incest with his sister Junia Calvina.

Jimmy Hatlo's They'll Do It Every Time was often displayed in a two-panel format with the first panel showing some deceptive, pretentious, unwitting or scheming human behavior and the second panel revealing the truth of the situation.

His scheming, evil enemies are dead or overthrown, and he is set to take the reins of power and bring a hard but enlightened peace to the universe.

He lives up to his name both through his violent actions and his treacherous scheming within the syndicate.

The King remained strongly attached to Olympia, so much so that many believed them to be lovers ; but her scheming eventually led to her demise.

However, Thomas Seymour continued scheming to control the royal family and tried to have himself appointed the governor of the King ’ s person.

Richardson said he based his performance of the scheming Francis Urquhart on the way Shakespeare portrayed Richard III.

In stark contrast, she is portrayed as a scheming, duplicitous traitor in Gary Jennings ' novel Aztec.

Dixit's performance of Saraswati, a woman married to an illiterate, well-meaning man who exposes her scheming mother-in-law earned her critical accclaim.

Richard's brother John was not satisfied by this decision and started scheming against William.

Limited in formal education and financial means, she is nonetheless attractive, clever, manipulative, cunning and scheming.

In contrast, Juhani Suomi, believed the dispute was about the scheming between prospective presidential candidates, such as Koivisto.

Zhangdi is succeeded by his 9-year old son Zhao, who will reign until 105 as emperor Han Hedi, but he will be a virtual pawn of Empress Dou ( adoptive mother ) and scheming courtiers who will effectively rule the Chinese Empire.

Pasquale is recognizable as the blustery Pantalone, Ernesto as the lovesick Pierrot, Malatesta as the scheming Scapino, and Norina as a wily Columbina.

The human weaknesses Thackeray illustrates are mostly to do with greed, idleness, and snobbery, and the scheming, deceit and hypocrisy which mask them.

In 1987 she played the disturbed book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction, and in 1988 she played the scheming aristocrat The Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons.

For the rest of his life, Brandt remained suspicious that his fellow Social Democrat ( and longtime rival ) Herbert Wehner had been scheming for Brandt's downfall.