Re: Sorry Charlie, TCM has 9 hours of "The Thin Man" New Years Eve!
Channer, you are correct. William Powell starred in them all: The Thin Man (1934), After The Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), Shadow of The Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944), and Song of The Thin Man (1947).
I believe Lin meant William Powell (or Bill Powell), although "Dick" Powell played in many mysteries and noir films (famous as Phillip Marlowe in "Murder, My Sweet," 1944) I dont' believe he ever portrayed The Thin Man on film. But I've been wrong before!