William Hawks
| William Hawks | |
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| Born |
William Bellinger Hawks January 29, 1901 Neenah, Wisconsin |
| Died | January 10, 1969 (aged 67) Santa Monica, California |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1930–1958 |
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William Bellinger Hawks (January 29, 1901 – January 10, 1969) was an American film producer.
By the early 1930s, William Hawks was a Hollywood theatrical agent and as such brought novelist William Faulkner to his brother Howard Hawks' attention in 1932, becoming Faulkner's Hollywood agent.
He created United Producers Corporation in 1940 with Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Irene Dunne, Anatole Litvak, and Lewis Milestone. They intended to produce ten movies for RKO Pictures. My Life with Caroline was the first of the intended series, thus Hawks became a film producer.
He was a member of the United States Croquet Association and was inducted into their Croquet Hall of Fame in 1981 as was brother Howard in 1980. He often played with actor George Sanders also a 1980 inductee. Hawks most often played with a Jaques mallet as did Sanders.
Hawks married actress Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 Midland, Texas – April 26, 1986 London, UK) at St. James Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, on December 27, 1929.Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, and Norma Shearer were her bridesmaids, and Howard Hawks and Irving Thalberg ushered. Mary Astor was William's sister-in-law, married to brother Kenneth Hawks.
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