William Dozier
Productor/a
21
Movies
8
TV Shows
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.
Behind the Camera
Batman
Productor, Creator
El Avispón Verde
Productor
The Loner
Productor Ejecutivo
Batman
Productor
Carta de una enamorada
Productor Ejecutivo
Harriet Craig
Productor
Stage Struck
Productor Ejecutivo, Executive In Charge Of Production
Back from Eternity
Productor Ejecutivo
Batgirl
Director, Productor Ejecutivo, Escritor
Two of a Kind
Productor
Slave Girl
Productor
The Big Bounce
Productor
You Gotta Stay Happy
Presenter, Productor Ejecutivo
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Productor Ejecutivo
Death Is My Neighbor
Productor Ejecutivo
As Actor/Actress
Batman
Narrator (voice)
Eight Is Enough
El Avispón Verde
Narrator
Gigoló americano
Michelle's Lawyer
Batman
Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice) (uncredited)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Mr. Caldwell
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self (archive footage)
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Sen. Ferguson
Evening in Byzantium
William Bast
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Sen. Ferguson
Evening in Byzantium
William Bast
Batgirl
Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not Just Another Affair
Julius Thompkins
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Father Argula
Crisis in Mid-Air
Chairman
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Dr. Richard Sheppard, Sr.
Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Narrator (voice)