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William Powell
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| 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) |
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He had known Diana Lewis only three weeks when they married January 6, 1940.
Cousin-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks.
Cousin-in-law of William B. Hawks.
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.
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".
Produced a Broadway play, "Revolt" in 1928, written by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. It flopped.
Purchased for Jean Harlow a 150-carat sapphire engagement ring for $20,000, and presented it to her for Christmas of 1936.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1636 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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