William Powell
Gender: Male
Born: 29th July 1892
Died: 5th March 1984
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: My Man Godfrey, The Great Ziegfeld, The Last Command, The Thin Man, Libeled Lady, Song of the Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, Another Thin Man, After the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Reckless, Double Wedding, The Great Gatsby, One Way Passage, How to Marry a Millionaire, I Love You Again, Manhattan Melodrama, Street of Chance, Love Crazy, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Crossroads, Fashions of 1934, Ziegfeld Follies, Mister Roberts, The Heavenly Body, The Senator Was Indiscreet, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Lawyer Man, Rendezvous, Jewel Robbery, Evelyn Prentice, Double Harness, Life with father, The Canary Murder Case, Man of the World, Romola, Nevada, Star of Midnight, Dancing In the Dark, The Kennel Murder Case, The Key, Private Detective 62, Sherlock Holmes, The Youngest Profession, The Girl Who Had Everything, The Emperor's Candlesticks, Pointed Heels, Interference, Outcast, Behind the Make-Up, Feel My Pulse, Elizabeth Taylor Triad, Escapade, Ladies' Man, It's a Big Country, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, The Bright Shawl, High Pressure, The Hoodlum Saint, Paramount on Parade
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor.
A major star at MGM, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the popular Thin Man series based on the novels of Dashiell Hammett in which Powell and Loy played Nick and Nora Charles. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947). William Powell was not related to David Powell, Dick Powell, Eleanor Powell, or Jane Powell.
An only child, Powell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Nettie Manila (née Brady) and Horatio Warren Powell, on July 29, 1892. His father was born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania (where William H. Powell spent his boyhood summers), to William S. and Harriet Powell. Powell showed an early aptitude for performing. In 1907, he moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from Central High School in 1910. The Powells lived a few blocks away from the Carpenters, whose daughter Harlean evolved into Hollywood's Jean Harlow, although Powell would not meet her until both were established actors.
After high school, he left home for New York and the
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