William Powell

**William Horatio Powell** (d. 29 Temmuz 1892, Pittsburgh – ö. 5 Mart 1984, Palm Springs), Amerikalı tiyatro ve sinema oyuncusu.

## Kariyeri

Broadway sahnelerinde başarılı bir kariyer sonrasında 1922 yılında Sherlock Holmes filminde küçük bir rol ile sinemaya adım attı. Bir MGM yıldızı olarak, Myrna Loy ile birlikte on dört filmde oynadı. The Thin Man film serisindeki başarısı ile adından söz ettirdi. *The Thin Man* (1934), *Adamım Godfrey* (1936) and *Life with Father* (1947) adlı filmlerdeki performansı ile üç kez En İyi Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü dalında Oskar Ödülü'ne aday gösterildi. 1984 yılında emekliliğinin 30. yılında kalbinin durması sonucu Palm Springs'te 91 yaşında iken öldü.

### Akademi Ödülü (Oskar) adaylıkları
* 1935 En İyi Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü - *[[The Thin Man]]*
* 1937 En İyi Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü - *[[Adamım Godfrey]]*
* 1948 En İyi Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü - *[[Life with Father]]*

## Filmografi

* *[[Sherlock Holmes (film)]]* (1922)
* *[[When Knighthood Was in Flower]]* (1922)
* *Outcast* (1922)
* *The Bright Shawl* (1923)
* *Under the Red Robe* (1923)
* *Dangerous Money* (1924)
* *[[Romola]]* (1924)
* *Too Many Kisses* (1925)
* *Faint Perfume* (1925)
* *My Lady's Lips* (1925)
* *The Beautiful City* (1925)
* *White Mice* (1926)
* *Sea Horses* (1926)
* *Desert Gold* (1926)
* *The Runaway* (1926)
* *Aloma of the South Seas* (1926)
* *Beau Geste* (1926)
* *Tin Gods* (1926)
* *The Great Gatsby* (1926)
* *New York* (1927)
* *Love's Greatest Mistake* (1927)
* *Senorita* (1927)
* *[[Special Delivery]]* (1927)
* *Time to Love* (1927)
* *Paid to Love* (1927)
* *Nevada* (1927)
* *She's a Sheik* (1927)
* *Beau Sabreur* (1928)
* *The Last Command* (1928)
* *Feel My Pulse* (1928)
* *Partners in Crime* (1928)
* *The Dragnet* (1928)
* *The Vanishing Pioneer* (1928)
* *Forgotten Faces* (1928)
* *Interference* (1928)
* *[[The Canary Murder Case]]* (1929)
* *[[The Four Feathers]]* (1929)
* *[[The Greene Murder Case]]* (1929)
* *Charming Sinners* (1929)
* *Pointed Heels* (1929)
* *Behind the Make-Up* (1930)
* *[[Street of Chance]]* (1930)
* *[[The Benson Murder Case]]* (1930)
* *Paramount on Parade* (1930)
* *Shadow of the Law* (1930)
* *For the Defense* (1930)
* *Man of the World* (1931)
* *Ladies' Man* (1931)
* *The Road to Singapore* (1931)
* *High Pressure* (1932)
* *[[Jewel Robbery]]* (1932)
* *[[One Way Passage]]* (1932)
* *[[Lawyer Man]]* (1933)
* *Private Detective 62* (1933)
* *[[Double Harness]]* (1933)
* *[[The Kennel Murder Case]]* (1933)
* *[[Fashions of 1934]]* (1934)
* *[[Manhattan Melodrama]]* (1934)
* *[[The Thin Man]]* (1934)
* *The Key* (1934)
* *[[Evelyn Prentice]]* (1934)
* *Star of Midnight* (1935)
* *[[Reckless (film)]]* (1935)
* *Escapade* (1935)
* *[[Rendezvous]]* (1935)
* *[[The Great Ziegfeld]]* (1936)
* *[[The Ex-Mrs. Bradford]]* (1936)
* *[[Adamım Godfrey]]* (1936)
* *[[Libeled Lady]]* (1936)
* *[[After the Thin Man]]* (1936)
* *[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]* (1937)
* *The Emperor's Candlesticks* (1937)
* *[[Double Wedding]]* (1937)
* *The Baroness and the Butler* (1938)
* *[[Another Thin Man]]* (1939)
* *[[I Love You Again]]* (1940)
* *[[Love Crazy]]* (1941)
* *[[Shadow of the Thin Man]]* (1941)
* *[[Crossroads]]* (1942)
* *The Youngest Profession* (1943) (cameo)
* *[[The Heavenly Body]]* (1943)
* *[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]* (1944)
* *[[The Great Morgan]]* (1946) (seslendirme)
* *[[Ziegfeld Follies]]* (1946)
* *The Hoodlum Saint* (1946)
* *[[Life with Father]]* (1947)
* *[[Song of the Thin Man]]* (1947)
* *[[The Senator Was Indiscreet]]* (1947)
* *[[Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid]]* (1948)
* *Take One False Step* (1949)
* *[[Dancing in the Dark]]* (1949)
* *It's a Big Country* (1951)
* *The Treasure of Lost Canyon* (1952)
* *The Girl Who Had Everything* (1953)
* *[[How to Marry a Millionaire]]* (1953)
* *[[Mister Roberts]]* (1955)

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