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William Powell
William Horatio Powell was an American actor, known primarily for his film career. Under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life w…
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entertainment · American actor (1892–1984) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · also William Powell, William Horatio Powell, Powell
Born 29 July 1892 · Died 5 March 1984 · Q105960
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“we should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge.”
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1992· 1 entry
A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him
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1984· 1 entry
Died 1984-03-05.
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1968· 1 entry
Powell's son became a television writer and producer before a period of ill health and depression led to his suicide in 1968.
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1947· 2 entries
Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1947).
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For Life with Father and The Senator Was Indiscreet
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1942· 1 entry
Powell was devastated by her death in an airplane crash in 1942.
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1940· 1 entry
Three weeks after they met, Powell married his third wife, actress Diana Lewis, who retired from her film career to be his full-time wife
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1937· 1 entry
Powell received his second Academy Award nomination for the comedy My Man Godfrey
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1936· 1 entry
Harlow and Powell appeared in Libeled Lady, and they became romantically involved off-set
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1935· 1 entry
Powell starred in The Great Ziegfeld, (1936), opposite his The Thin Man co-star, Myrna Loy, who played Ziegfeld's wife, Billie Burke
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1933· 1 entry
But starred in My Man Godfrey three years later
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1931· 1 entry
Powell married actress Carole Lombard
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1922· 1 entry
In a production of Sherlock Holmes with John Barrymore
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1915· 1 entry
Powell married Eileen Wilson, who was born Julia Mary Tierney
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1912· 1 entry
Powell left the AADA, and began working in vaudeville and stock companies
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1907· 1 entry
Young William moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from Central High School four years later
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1892· 2 entries
Born 1892-07-29.
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The only child of Nettie Manila (née Brady) and Horatio Warren Powell, an accountant
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