About William David Powell
Lived 1925 – 1968 (aged 43). William David Powell was an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, television writer and co-producer.
William David Powell (February 27, 1925 – March 13, 1968) was an American television writer and associate producer.
Biography Powell was the only child of actor William Powell and actress Eileen Wilson, who divorced in 1930. He graduated from Princeton, magna cum laude in English.
On Saturday, December 22, 1956, at age 31, Powell wed former child actress Patricia Parsons (1931–2006), exchanging their wedding vows at the home of his father, on Vereda Norte in Palm Springs, California.
Powell was buried at Cathedral City's Desert Memorial Park in Riverside County, California, where his father and his father's last wife, Diana Lewis, are also buried.
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American screenwriter (1925-1968)
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William David Powell was born on 27 February 1925 in California.
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William David Powell died on 13 March 1968 in California.
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William David Powell was a screenwriter, actor, film producer, television writer and co-producer.
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