Known For
Production
Born
Feb 13, 1908
Died
Apr 23, 1991
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Credits
30 titles
William 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.
Known For
Filmography
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
Not Just Another Affair
Julius Thompkins
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Mr. Caldwell
American Gigolo
Michelle's Lawyer
Crisis in Mid-Air
Chairman
Evening in Byzantium
William Bast
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Sen. Ferguson
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Sen. Ferguson
Eight Is Enough
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Father Argula
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr.
Batgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson About Equal Pay
Narrator
The Big Bounce
Producer
Batgirl
Narrator (voice)
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Narrator (voice)
The Green Hornet
Narrator
The Tammy Grimes Show
Producer
Batman
Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice) (uncredited)
Batman
Narrator (voice)
The Loner
Executive Producer
Stage Struck
Executive Producer
Back from Eternity
Executive Producer
Death Is My Neighbor
Executive Producer
Two of a Kind
Producer
Harriet Craig
Producer
You Gotta Stay Happy
Executive Producer
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Executive Producer
Slave Girl
Producer