William Cagney

{{short description|American film producer and actor}}

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| name = William Cagney

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|3|26}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|1|3|1905|3|26}}

| death_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Newport Beach

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film producer}}

| years_active = 1933–1953

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  • {{Marriage|Boots Mallory|1933|1946|end=divorced}}
  • {{Marriage|Nadine Crumney Parker|1951|1954|end=divorced}}

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| children = 3

| relatives = 4, including James Cagney (brother)
Jeanne Cagney (sister)

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William Jerome Cagney (March 26, 1905 – January 3, 1988) was an American film producer and actor, remembered for roles in the Monogram Pictures films Lost in the Stratosphere and Flirting with Danger, both filmed in 1934.

Career

He produced several of his older lookalike brother James Cagney's films, including City for Conquest (1940), Johnny Come Lately (1943), Blood on the Sun (1945), The Time of Your Life (1948), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950), and A Lion Is in the Streets (1953). He was credited as an associate producer on The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and he also handled his brother's business affairs, negotiating several of his Hollywood studio contracts.{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/01/03/Movie-producer-William-Cagney-dies/8867568184400/ |title=Movie producer William Cagney dies |work=United Press International |date=1988-01-03 |access-date=2019-11-29}}

Personal life

Cagney was married to actress Boots Mallory; they had two children together, Jill and Stephen, before their divorce in 1946. He next married Nadine Parker, and they had one child together, William Jr., before their divorce in 1954. Cagney died on January 3, 1988, in Newport Beach, California, aged 82.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/01/05/william-j-cagney-dies-at-82/bd0dd65c-ca37-4a6a-b2ba-8facd46c050e/ |title=WILLIAM J. CAGNEY DIES AT 82 |author=Staff writers |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1988-01-05 |access-date=2019-11-29}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

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1933Ace of Aces2nd Lt. MeekerUncredited
1934PalookaAl McSwatt
1934Lost in the StratosphereLt. Tom 'Soapy' Cooper
1934Flirting with DangerWilliam 'Lucky' Davis
1935Stolen Harmony'Schoolboy' HoweUncredited, (final film acting role)

References

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