Known for:	The Thin Man, My Man Godfrey, The Great Ziegfeld
Birth name:	William Horatio Powell
Birthday:	29 July 1892, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Height:	6' (1.83 m)

He had known Diana Lewis only three weeks when they married January 6, 1940. Brother-in-law of Maxine Lewis and J.C. Lewis. Cousin-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks. Dated Jean Harlow for two years before her death. Her mother forced him to pay for her funeral, costing $30,000. He had initially refused but did so to avoid negative publicity. For many years Powell made sure fresh flowers were always present at her grave. Cousin-in-law of William B. Hawks. Father of William Powell. His son stabbed himself to death while taking a shower. He left a 4-page good-bye letter to his father, with whom he was very close. He and Casey Stengel were in the same class in Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Leo Kottke composed an instrumental song entitled 'William Powell'; the studio version appears on Kottke's 1989 album "My Father's Face", and a live version on 1995's "Leo Kottke Live".

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