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 actress Carole Lombard, 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.