Norman Scott Powell (né Barnes; November 2, 1934 – June 16, 2021) was an American television executive.
Biography
Norman Scott Barnes was born November 2, 1934, in Los Angeles. The son of actress
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell (born Rose Joan Bluestein; August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years.
Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on ...
and cinematographer
George Barnes, he was adopted by his mother's second husband, actor
Dick Powell, in February 1938 under the name Norman Scott Powell. He had a sister, Ellen, from his mother's marriage to Dick Powell, and two siblings from Dick Powell's remarriage.
He was married to Ann Traub, with whom he had three children: Sandra, Scott, and Stephanie. After his divorce from Traub, he married Ellen Levine, with whom he had a son, Matthew.
Powell produced shows such as ''
Gunsmoke'' and ''
The Big Valley''. He produced episodes of the 2002–03 season of the TV series ''
24'' and the 2006 season of ''
The Unit
''The Unit'' is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes. The series focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled ...
''. He produced the award-winning documentary ''
Brothers at War'' with director/producer Jake Rademacher and executive producers
Gary Sinise
Gary Alan Sinise (; born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, humanitarian, and musician. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a sta ...
and David Scantling.
Powell died on June 16, 2021, from acute respiratory failure.
Accolades
He was nominated for two
Emmy Awards: Outstanding Drama Series for ''24'', and Outstanding Limited Series for ''
Washington: Behind Closed Doors'' (1977). He was nominated for the
Producers Guild of America Award
The Producers Guild of America Awards were originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America as the Golden Laurel Awards, created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, in order to honor ...
for Producer of the Year in an Episodic Drama, for ''24''.
References
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1934 births
2021 deaths
American television executives
Television producers from California
Film people from Los Angeles
Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
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