William Powell overview
Biography:
Roles: Actor, Screenwriter
Date of Birth: July 29, 1892 (died March 5, 1984)
Active Years: 1922-1961
William Powell was one of the most popular and longest-enduring leading men in Hollywood, his stardom lasting four decades, from the 1920s through the 1950s, and even beyond his retirement in 1955, and embracing some of the best comedies, detective thrillers, and dramas in each of those decades.
full biographyFilmography:
- 1936 My Man Godfrey
- 1934 The Thin Man
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama
- 1955 Mister Roberts
- 1947 Life With Father
- 1936 The Great Ziegfeld



