DICK POWELL

Although he danced in no film musicals, Clifton Webb's stage career concentrated nearly as much on dancing as Astaire's. Gene Nelson was another who transitioned from dancing to dramatic roles (and, like Powell, to directing). George Raft began as a hoofer. Barbara Stanwyck danced in Ziegfeld Follies of the 1920s. Shirley MacLaine, who danced only occasionally on film, got her big break as understudy to Carol Haney in B'way's The Pajama Game. Van Johnson had been a B'way chorus boy, including in 1939's Too Many Girls, from the cast of which both he and Desi Arnaz transitioned to the screen. Buddy Ebsen did quite a bit of dancing on film before concentrating solely on non-dancing roles. Bob Hope, George Burns and Gracie Allen are among the comic actors who were accomplished hoofers.

Powell was never really a "specialist" hoofer; like Crosby, he could noodle out a step or two when required, but was primarily a singer-actor. Alice Faye, I think, would fall into the same category.