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Birthday: Feb 13, 1908
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

William Dozier

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
Movie Cast Year
Batgirl Narrator (voice) 1967
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO Narrator (voice) 1967
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr. 1975
Not Just Another Affair Julius Thompkins 1982
Joker: Put on a Happy Face Self (archive footage) 2020
Mission to Glory: A True Story Father Argula 1977
American Gigolo Michelle's Lawyer 1980
The Amazing Howard Hughes Sen. Ferguson 1977
Evening in Byzantium William Bast 1978
Crisis in Mid-Air Chairman 1979
Be Water Self (archive footage) 2020
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 Self 1999
Batman Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice) (uncredited) 1966
Series Cast Year
Batman Narrator (voice) 1966
Eight Is Enough 1977
The Green Hornet Narrator 1966
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood Himself 1987
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Mr. Caldwell 1980
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