William Powell
William Horatio Powell ( born July 29, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, † March 5, 1984 in Palm Springs, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Before Powell came to the movie, he spent ten years theater actor. In 1922 he made his film debut in the Marion Davies film When Knighthood What in Flower. In 1924 he received a studio contract with Paramount Pictures, starred in numerous silent films, brought it but not to greater stardom. Success was only a beginning of the sound film and a move to Warner Bros.. Powell turned back then, a number melodramas with Kay Francis, Jewel Robbery and One Way as passage from the year 1932. His final breakthrough he had after a change to MGM, where he The Thin Man was known especially for the movie series. The films, which are based on the eponymous detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, developed into a series, which lasted until 1948. For the first film of this series in 1934, he received his first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He got more Nominierunge for his illustrations in my husband Godfrey and Life with Father.
With the actress Myrna Loy, besides which he first played in Manhattan Melodrama, he found his ideal co-star. Both harmonized well together and established themselves as a popular screen couple. Powell played until the mid- 1950s and then retired from the film business. He was married three times, including with Carole Lombard. Powell was romantically involved for years with Jean Harlow.
William Powell died in March 1984 at age 91 at a cardiac arrest and was buried in the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.