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William Powell

Born 29 July 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, as William Horatio Powell.
Died 5 March 1984 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

Married stage actress Eileen Wilson; son William David Powell Jr. (born 1925); divorced 193?. Married to actress Carole Lombard on 26 June 1931; divorced 1933. Married Diana Lewis January 1940.

William Powell began as stage actor in 1912. Powell’s film debut came in 1922 for Goldwyn. In 1922, he began a long association with Paramount, until leaving the studio in 1931. He made films for Inspiration Pictures in 1923 and 1924.