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William Dozier
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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 Oma…
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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.
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2020
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1987
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
TV show Self
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1982
Not Just Another Affair
Movie Julius Thompkins
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1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV show Mr. Caldwell
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1980
American Gigolo
Movie Michelle's Lawyer
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1979
Crisis in Mid-Air
Movie Chairman
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1978
Evening in Byzantium
TV show William Bast
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1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Movie Sen. Ferguson
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1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
TV show Sen. Ferguson
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1977
Eight Is Enough
TV show
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1977
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Movie Father Argula
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1975
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Movie Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr.
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1973
Batgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson About Equal Pay
Movie Narrator
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1969
The Big Bounce
Movie Producer
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1967
Batgirl
Movie Narrator (voice)
More credits
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1967
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1966
The Green Hornet
TV show Narrator
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1966
The Tammy Grimes Show
TV show Producer
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1966
Batman
Movie Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice) (uncredited)
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1966
Batman
TV show Narrator (voice)
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1965
The Loner
TV show Executive Producer
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1958
Stage Struck
Movie Executive Producer
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1956
Back from Eternity
Movie Executive Producer
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1953
Death Is My Neighbor
Movie Executive Producer
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1951
Two of a Kind
Movie Producer
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1950
Harriet Craig
Movie Producer
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1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie Executive Producer
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1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Movie Executive Producer
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1947
Slave Girl
Movie Producer
