Warren William
Warren William (born Warren William Krech) was an American stage, screen, and radio actor, popular as a film leading man during the early 1930s, and later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". He is best remembered for portraying amoral businessmen, lawyers, and other heartless types.
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- Born:
- Dec 2, 1894 In Aitkin, Minnesota, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 73
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Plunder 1923-01-28
- Latest Project:
- Movie Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008-03-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
| Movie | Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | 1994-08-09 |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Movie | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Laroche-Mathieu | 1947-04-25 |
| Movie | Fear | Police Capt. Burke | 1946-03-02 |
| Movie | Strange Illusion | Brett Curtis | 1945-03-31 |
| Movie | One Dangerous Night | Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf | 1943-01-22 |
| Movie | Passport to Suez | Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf | 1943-08-19 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Harry Farrel | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Counter-Espionage | Michael Lanyard | 1942-09-03 |
| Movie | The Wolf Man | Dr. Lloyd | 1941-12-12 |
| Movie | Wild Geese Calling | Blackie Bedford | 1941-08-15 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Michael Lanyard | 1941-03-06 |
| Movie | Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Michael Lanyard | 1941-11-13 |
| Movie | Lillian Russell | Jesse Lewisohn | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Michael Lanyard | 1940-05-30 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Michael Lanyard | 1940-01-26 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Michael Lanyard | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | Arizona | Jefferson Carteret | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | Mark Dawson | 1940-12-13 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Michael Lanyard | 1939-01-27 |
| Movie | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Philo Vance | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | D'Artagnan | 1939-07-13 |
| Movie | Day-time Wife | Bernard Dexter | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | Arsène Lupin Returns | Steve Emerson | 1938-02-25 |
| Movie | The First Hundred Years | Harry Borden | 1938-03-12 |
| Movie | Wives Under Suspicion | District Attorney Jim Stowell | 1938-06-03 |
| Movie | Outcast | Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones | 1937-02-05 |
| Movie | Midnight Madonna | Blackie Denbo | 1937-07-01 |
| Movie | The Firefly | Major de Rouchemont | 1937-11-05 |
| Movie | Madame X | Bernard Fleuriot | 1937-10-01 |
| Movie | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Perry Mason | 1936-07-03 |
| Movie | Satan Met a Lady | Ted Shane | 1936-07-22 |
| Movie | Times Square Playboy | Victor 'Vic' Arnold | 1936-05-09 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Fred Harris | 1936-09-12 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | 1936-12-30 |
| Movie | Go West Young Man | Morgan | 1936-11-18 |
| Movie | Living on Velvet | Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | A Trip Through A Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | The Case of the Curious Bride | Perry Mason | 1935-04-13 |
| Movie | Don't Bet on Blondes | Oscar 'Odds' Owen | 1935-07-13 |
| Movie | A Dream Comes True | Self (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
| Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
| Movie | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Allan Chepstow | 1935-12-19 |
| Movie | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Perry Mason | 1935-10-05 |
| Movie | Smarty | Tony | 1934-05-19 |
| Movie | Upperworld | Alexander Stream | 1934-04-19 |
| Movie | Dr. Monica | John Braden | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | Bedside | Bob Brown | 1934-01-27 |
| Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934-03-02 | |
| Movie | The Dragon Murder Case | Philo Vance | 1934-08-25 |
| Movie | The Secret Bride | Robert Sheldon | 1934-12-22 |
| Movie | Imitation of Life | Stephen 'Steve' Archer | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Cleopatra | Julius Caesar | 1934-10-05 |
| Movie | The Case of the Howling Dog | Perry Mason | 1934-09-22 |
| Movie | Employees' Entrance | Kurt Anderson | 1933-02-11 |
| Movie | Just Around the Corner | Mr. Sears | 1933-01-17 |
| Movie | The Mind Reader | Chandra | 1933-04-01 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1933 | J. Lawrence Bradford | 1933-05-27 |
| Movie | Goodbye Again | Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby | 1933-09-09 |
| Movie | Lady for a Day | Dave the Dude | 1933-09-13 |
| Movie | The Mouthpiece | Vincent 'Vince' Day | 1932-03-21 |
| Movie | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Lieutenant d'Ortelles | 1932-01-09 |
| Movie | Under Eighteen | Raymond Harding | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Boss | Baron Josef von Ullrich | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | The Match King | Paul Kroll | 1932-12-31 |
| Movie | The Dark Horse | Hal Samson Blake | 1932-06-16 |
| Movie | Three on a Match | Robert Kirkwood | 1932-10-29 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | David Dwight | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' | Warren William - the Husband (uncredited) | 1931-07-19 |
| Movie | Expensive Women | Neil Hartley | 1931-10-24 |
| Movie | Honor of the Family | Captain Boris Barony | 1931-10-17 |
| Movie | Plunder | Mr. Jones | 1923-01-28 |