William Bellinger Hawks was an American film producer.
10 Facts About William Hawks
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William Hawks created United Producers Corporation in 1940 with Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Irene Dunne, Anatole Litvak, and Lewis Milestone.
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My Life with Caroline was the first of the intended series, thus William Hawks became a film producer.
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William Hawks married actress Bessie Love at St James' Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, California, on December 27,1929.
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William Hawks married actress Virginia Walker in late June 1938 in Mexico.
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William Hawks had played Miss Alice Swallow in the 1938 comedy film Bringing Up Baby, her first film role.
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William Hawks was married to Boston socialite Frances Koshland Judge on October 3,1951, in West Los Angeles by Municipal Judge Louis Kaufmann.
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William Hawks died in Santa Monica, California, of a respiratory illness, on January 10,1969.
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William Hawks was a member of the United States Croquet Association and was inducted posthumously into their Croquet Hall of Fame in 1981, as was brother Howard in 1980.
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William Hawks often played with actor George Sanders, who was a posthumous 1980 inductee.