Warren William

Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1894, Aitkin, Minnesota, USA
Died: September 24, 1948
Movies: 75

Warren William (born Warren William Krech; 2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) 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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

The Wolf Man

1941

7.2

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

6.1

Cleopatra

1934

7.1

Lady for a Day

1933

7.0

Imitation of Life

1934

6.3

Three on a Match

1932

7.0

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939

5.8

Satan Met a Lady

1936

6.5

Arizona

1940

6.2

Employees' Entrance

1933

Filmography

2008	Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood	Various Roles (archive footage)
1994	Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her	Self (archive footage)
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1947	The Private Affairs of Bel Ami	Laroche-Mathieu
1946	Fear	Police Capt. Burke
1945	Strange Illusion	Brett Curtis
1943	Passport to Suez	Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943	One Dangerous Night	Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1942	Counter-Espionage	Michael Lanyard
1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Harry Farrel
1941	The Wolf Man	Dr. Lloyd
1941	Secrets of the Lone Wolf	Michael Lanyard
1941	Wild Geese Calling	Blackie Bedford
1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Michael Lanyard
1940	Arizona	Jefferson Carteret
1940	Trail of the Vigilantes	Mark Dawson
1940	The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date	Michael Lanyard
1940	The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady	Michael Lanyard
1940	Lillian Russell	Jesse Lewisohn
1940	The Lone Wolf Strikes	Michael Lanyard
1939	Day-time Wife	Bernard Dexter
1939	The Man in the Iron Mask	D'Artagnan
1939	The Gracie Allen Murder Case	Philo Vance
1939	The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt	Michael Lanyard
1938	Wives Under Suspicion	Jim Stowell
1938	The First Hundred Years	Harry Borden
1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	Steve Emerson
1937	The Firefly	Major de Rouchemont
1937	Madame X	Bernard Fleuriot
1937	Midnight Madonna	Blackie Denbo
1937	Outcast	Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
1936	Breakdowns of 1936	Self
1936	Go West Young Man	Morgan
1936	Stage Struck	Fred Harris
1936	Satan Met a Lady	Ted Shane
1936	The Case of the Velvet Claws	Perry Mason
1936	Times Square Playboy	Victor 'Vic' Arnold
1935	A Dream Comes True	Self (uncredited)
1935	The Widow from Monte Carlo	Allan Chepstow
1935	Things You Never See on the Screen	Self
1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Perry Mason
1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	Oscar 'Odds' Owen
1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Perry Mason
1935	Living on Velvet	Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
1935	A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio	Himself (uncredited)
1934	The Secret Bride	Robert Sheldon
1934	Imitation of Life	Stephen 'Steve' Archer
1934	Cleopatra	Julius Caesar
1934	The Case of the Howling Dog	Perry Mason
1934	The Dragon Murder Case	Philo Vance
1934	Dr. Monica	John Braden
1934	Smarty	Tony
1934	Upperworld	Alexander Stream
1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934	Bedside	Bob Brown
1933	Lady for a Day	Dave the Dude
1933	Goodbye Again	Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
1933	Hollywood on Parade No. A-12	Self
1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	Lawrence
1933	The Mind Reader	Chandra
1933	Employees' Entrance	Kurt Anderson
1933	Just Around the Corner	Mr. Sears
1932	The Match King	Paul Kroll
1932	Three on a Match	Robert Kirkwood
1932	Skyscraper Souls	David Dwight
1932	The Dark Horse	Hal Samson Blake
1932	Beauty and the Boss	Baron Josef von Ullrich
1932	The Mouthpiece	Vincent 'Vince' Day
1932	The Woman from Monte Carlo	Lieutenant d'Ortelles
1932	Under Eighteen	Raymond Harding
1931	Expensive Women	Neil Hartley
1931	Honor of the Family	Captain Boris Barony
1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'	Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
1923	Plunder	Mr. Jones
1922	The Town That Forgot God	Eben

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