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Paul Powell (comics)
Paul Powell may refer to: * Paul Powell (minister) (1933–2016), dean of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary * Paul Powell (director) (1881–1944), American film director * Paul Powell (politician) (1902–1970), Illinois Secretary of State in the 1960s * Paul Powell (baseball) (born 1948), American baseball player * Paul Powell (footballer) (born 1978), English footballer * Paul Warner Powell (1978–2010), executed American murderer * Paul Powell (writer) Paul Powell is a British comedy writer and producer, best known for his work on ''Miranda'', ''Al Murray's Happy Hour'' and ''Smack The Pony''. Career Powell attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he studied English Literature and performed in th ..., British writer See also * Paul Howell (other) {{hndis, name=Powell, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (minister)
Paul W. Powell (December 6, 1933 – December 28, 2016) was the retired Dean of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor in 1956 and held a degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He received honorary degrees from Baylor, East Texas Baptist University, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Campbell University and Dallas Baptist University. The former president of the Robert M. Rogers Foundation of Dallas, Powell served on the foundation's board of directors. He retired in 1998 as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention#Other organizations, Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and served in numerous offices with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, including a term as president from 1985 to 1987. When Powell was president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, he challenged Paige Patterson to allow him to review the "Heresy File", to which Patte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (director)
Paul Mahlon Powell (September 6, 1881 – July 2, 1944) was an American journalist, film director, director, film producer, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Powell was most active during the silent film era and is best known for directing Mary Pickford in ''Pollyanna (1920 film), Pollyanna'' (1920). Career Born in Peoria, Illinois, Powell was one of six children of Charles Henry and Anna Clara Powell (''née'' von Schoenheider). His father was a publisher who founded the ''Peoria Evening Star''. Powell was educated in Peoria and later attended Bradley University, Bradley Polytechnic Institute. After graduation, he worked at his father's newspaper as a typesetter and editor before becoming a reporter. In the early 1900s, Powell worked as a reporter for the ''Chicago Tribune'' and the ''Los Angeles Express (newspaper), Los Angeles Express''. In 1910, he quit his job as a reporter to work in the film industry. The following year, he became the assistant of director and scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (politician)
Paul Taylor Powell (January 21, 1902 – October 10, 1970) was an American Democratic politician from Illinois, and Illinois Secretary of State from 1965 until his death in 1970, after which he was discovered to have been corrupt and became known for his saying "There's only one thing worse than a defeated politician, and that's a broke one." Political career Involved in Illinois politics since the late 1930s, Powell was the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1949 to 1950, and again from 1959 to 1963. In 1959, Powell, a Democrat, was elected Speaker by a bipartisan coalition of Republicans and downstate Democrats against Joseph De La Cour, the candidate of Richard J. Daley who had majority backing within the Chicago-dominated Democratic caucus. Powell was elected Illinois Secretary of State in 1964. The following year, he was investigated by grand jury for pushing legislation favorable to a horse racing company that he obtained stock in, but nothing came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (baseball)
Paul Ray Powell (born March 19, 1948) is a retired American professional baseball player. Powell was the seventh player selected overall, and the first round pick of the Minnesota Twins, in the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. But he would appear in only in 39 MLB games over parts of three seasons as an outfielder and catcher for the Twins () and Los Angeles Dodgers ( and ). Although modern sources list him only by his first name, during his baseball career he was referred to as "Paul Ray" Powell. Born in San Angelo, Texas, Powell threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . After graduating from Santa Cruz Valley Union High School in Eloy, Arizona, he attended Arizona State University, where he was the starting center fielder for ASU's 1969 championship team and a defensive back and placekicker on the Sun Devils' 1967 and 1968 football teams. He received his degree in secondary education in 1974. Powell's pro career lasted for seven years, through 1975. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (footballer)
Paul Powell (born 30 June 1978) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder, making nearly 180 league appearances for Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ... between 1994 and 2003. References External links * 1978 births Living people People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Oxford United F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Didcot Town F.C. players Milton United F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Warner Powell
Paul Warner Powell (April 13, 1978 – March 18, 2010) was an American man convicted and executed for the murder of his friend Stacie Reed, 16, in 1999. He also raped, strangled, and stabbed the girl's sister Kristie, 14, who survived. Following the vacature of his capital murder conviction upon appeal, he wrote letters boasting about his crimes under the mistaken belief that he was exempt from punishment by the principle of double jeopardy. His letters were used as evidence against him in a second trial that resulted in his execution in 2010. History On January 29, 1999 in Manassas, Virginia, 20-year-old Powell killed his 16-year-old friend, Stacie Reed. He first attempted to rape her after learning Stacie's current boyfriend was African-American; Powell was "a self-avowed racist and white supremacist" who objected to interracial relationships. After Stacie fought him off, he stabbed her in the chest, puncturing her heart. Powell then drank iced tea and smoked, while waiting for K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Powell (writer)
Paul Powell is a British comedy writer and producer, best known for his work on ''Miranda'', ''Al Murray's Happy Hour'' and ''Smack The Pony''. Career Powell attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he studied English Literature and performed in the Oxford Revue alongside film director Richard Bracewell. He started his career in 1991 by writing sketches for the Radio 4 series "Week Ending" before joining the writing team for Spitting Image ''Spitting Image'' is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television ..., where he collaborated with Georgia Pritchett, Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley. In 1995, he worked with Dan Gaster, writing and performing in two series of the Radio 4 sketch show "We Know Everything." With Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn, he wrote and performed in "Stuff The Week," a late night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
