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William Dozier Biography (1908-1991)

Born February 13, 1908, in Omaha, NB; died of a stroke, April 23, 1991, in Santa Monica, CA; son of Robert C. and Emma (McElroy) Dozier; married KatherineFoley, September 14, 1929 (marriage ended); married Joan Fontaine, May 2, 1946 (divorced, 1950); married Ann Rutherford, 1953; children: (first marriage)Robert J., (second marriage) Deborah Leslie Potter. Addresses: Office: 826 Greenway Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 19228 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

motion picture producer, television producer, actor, executive

Birth Details

February 13, 1908

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Death Details

April 23, 1991

Santa Monica, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Work; Series
• Producer, Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, CBS, 1953-54.
• (With others) Producer, Danger, CBS, 1954-55.
• Executive producer, The Loner, CBS, 1965-66.
• Executive producer, The Tammy Grimes Show, ABC, 1966.
• Executive producer, Batman (also see below), ABC, 1966-68.
• Executive producer, The Green Hornet, ABC, 1966-67.
• Also involved in Playhouse 90 and Studio One, both CBS.
• Credits; Television Work; Episodic
• Executive producer, Pentagon U.S.A. (first episode telecast undertitle Pentagon Confidential), CBS, 1953.
• Producer, Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (also known as Tales ofthe City), NBC, 1963.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• Narrator, Batman, ABC, 1966-68.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Movies
• Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr., Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard MurderCase, NBC, 1975.
• Senator Ferguson, The Amazing Howard Hughes, CBS, 1977.
• William Bast, Evening in Byzantium, syndicated, 1978.
• Chairman, Crisis in Mid-Air, CBS, 1979.
• Mr. Caldwell, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, CBS, 1980.
• Julius Thompkins, Not Just Another Affair, CBS, 1982.
• Credits; Film Producer
• The Hour Before the Dawn, Paramount, 1944.
• Harriet Craig, Columbia, 1950.
• Two of a Kind, Columbia, 1951.
• Batman, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966.
• The Big Bounce, Warner Brothers, 1969.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Michelle's lawyer, American Gigolo, Paramount, 1980.
• Also appeared in Kino, the Padre on Horseback.

Further Reference

Obituaries and Other Sources: Periodicals

• The Hollywood Reporter, April 24, 1991, pp. 3-4.