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William Powell

American actor (1892–1984)

For other people named William Powell, see William Powell (disambiguation).

William Powell
1936 portrait for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by George Hurrell
Born	William Horatio Powell (1892-07-29)July 29, 1892 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 5, 1984(1984-03-05) (aged 91) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Resting place	Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1955
Spouses	Eileen Wilson (m. 1915; div. 1930) Carole Lombard (m. 1931; div. 1933) Diana Lewis (m. 1940)
Partner	Jean Harlow (1934–1937)
Children	William David Powell

William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor, known primarily for his film career. Under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the

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Nicholas Graham, 2012. Updated 2015 by Government & Heritage Library staff.

April 28, 1919 - April 10, 2015

William S. Powell was a historian, author, teacher, and librarian known for his extensive work on the history of North Carolina. He was born April 28, 1919 in a house built by his great-grandfather along the Neuse Riverbetween Smithfield and Goldsboro. When Powell was a year old, the family moved to Statesville where his father was employed by the State Highwayand Public Works Commission and his mother worked as a school teacher. Powell's interest in history developed early through stories told by his grandmother, who had lived through the Civil War. After finishing high school in Statesville, Powell attended Mitchell Collegefor two years before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1940.

After college, Powell returned home to Statesville where he worked briefly on a local newspaper and began contributing historical sketches to The State magazine. These articles for The State marked the beginning of

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Gentleman: The William Powell Story

November 30, 2020

William Powell was a private man. He was a public figure and yet a complex, private man. Therefore the task before biographer Charles Francisco was a challenging one. Certainly there were plenty of stories in popular Hollywood magazines of the era, tabloid features and interviews, but views into his private life were limited. He married three times and fathered one child, a son, who tragically committed suicide in 1968. Aside from his third wife, these significant figures had long departed and there is no indication that wife Diana Lewis chose to reveal the private man. His closest friends, who included Richard Barthelmess and Ronald Colman, had long departed; he outlived almost all of them but Myrna Loy. In fact Powell himself died during Francisco’s research. Yet the author has done a remarkable job in giving us a solid sense of William Powell, the essence of the man and of his life; it was one filled with satisfying successes, occasional frustrations and sometimes all too public tragedies.

If you are a fan of Powell’s, as