William Woodward was born on June 12, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Ann Woodward. He died on October 31, 1955 in Oyster Bay, New York, USA.
Heir to a banking fortune, and owner of champion racehorse Nashua. Shotgunned to death by his wife, who claimed that she thought that he was a burglar who had been breaking into residences in their neighborhood. The story was the basis of Dominick Dunne's novel "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles".