William Dozier

William Dozier

  • Birthday: 1908-02-13
  • Deathday: 1991-04-23
  • Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Also know as: William McElroy Dozier

Biography

William Dozier was an American TV and movie producer who made it to the top of the TV heap briefly in the mid-1960s with his show "Batman (1966)". Born on February 13, 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska, Dozier was also known for his wives. After divorcing his first wife, he was married to Oscar-winner Joan Fontaine from 1946 to 1951 and to movie star Ann Rutherford from 1953 to his death on April 23, 1991. In 1948, he and Fontaine launched Rampart Productions, which produced "Max Ophüls' Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)" starring his wife, and "You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)", which starred Fontaine and James Stewart. He served as executive producer on both pictures. Turning to TV as the new decade of the Fifties dawned, Dozier produced the series "Danger (1950)", which ran for five years from 1950-55. In the Fifties and Sixties, he continued his career as a TV producer, bringing to the tube the short-lived TV series "Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953)" and "The Loner (1965)". In 1966, he achieved the height of TV success with "Batman" which ran for three seasons and was a cultural sensation. The TV show spun off a "Batman: The Movie (1966)" feature film. That same year, he also launched , a modest success, and "The Tammy Grimes Show (1966)", a notorious flop that shot five episodes and was canceled after four. Dozier retired as a producer after the 1969 movie "The Big Bounce (1969)" flopped, though he enjoyed a modest second career as an actor in the Seventies and early Eighties.

Filmography

Batgirl

1967

As Narrator (voice)

Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO

1967

As Narrator (voice)

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

1975

As Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr.

Not Just Another Affair

1982

As Julius Thompkins

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Mission to Glory: A True Story

1977

As Father Argula

American Gigolo

1980

As Michelle's Lawyer

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

As Sen. Ferguson

Evening in Byzantium

1978

As William Bast

Crisis in Mid-Air

1979

As Chairman

Be Water

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Batman

1966

As Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice) (uncredited)

Production

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

As Presenter

Batgirl

1967

As Director

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

As Executive Producer

Batman

1966

As Producer

Two of a Kind

1951

As Producer

Harriet Craig

1950

As Producer

The Big Bounce

1969

As Producer

Back from Eternity

1956

As Executive Producer

Batgirl

1967

As Executive Producer

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

As Executive Producer

Stage Struck

1958

As Executive Producer

Stage Struck

1958

As Executive In Charge Of Production

Death Is My Neighbor

1953

As Executive Producer

Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO

1967

As Executive Producer

Slave Girl

1947

As Producer

Batgirl

1967

As Writer

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