Actor
· Acting
Warren William
Born 1894-12-02
Died 1948-09-24
📍 Aitkin, Minnesota, USA
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.
Filmography 75
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Wolfman
as Dr. Lloyd
1966
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Laroche-Mathieu
1947
Fear
as Police Capt. Burke
1946
Strange Illusion
as Brett Curtis
1945
Passport to Suez
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943
One Dangerous Night
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943
Counter-Espionage
as Michael Lanyard
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Harry Farrel
1942
The Wolf Man
as Dr. Lloyd
1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Michael Lanyard
1941
Wild Geese Calling
as Blackie Bedford
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Michael Lanyard
1941
Arizona
as Jefferson Carteret
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Mark Dawson
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Michael Lanyard
1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Michael Lanyard
1940
Lillian Russell
as Jesse Lewisohn
1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Michael Lanyard
1940
Day-time Wife
as Bernard Dexter
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Michael Lanyard
1939
Wives Under Suspicion
as District Attorney Jim Stowell
1938
The First Hundred Years
as Harry Borden
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Steve Emerson
1938
The Firefly
as Major de Rouchemont
1937
Madame X
as Bernard Fleuriot
1937
Outcast
as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
1937
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
Go West Young Man
as Morgan
1936
Stage Struck
as Fred Harris
1936
Satan Met a Lady
as Ted Shane
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Perry Mason
1936
Times Square Playboy
as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
1936
A Dream Comes True
as Self (uncredited)
1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Allan Chepstow
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Perry Mason
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Perry Mason
1935
Living on Velvet
as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
1935
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
1935
The Secret Bride
as Robert Sheldon
1934
Imitation of Life
as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
1934
Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Perry Mason
1934
The Dragon Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1934
Dr. Monica
as John Braden
1934
Smarty
as Tony
1934
Upperworld
as Alexander Stream
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Bedside
as Bob Brown
1934
Lady for a Day
as Dave the Dude
1933
Goodbye Again
as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Lawrence
1933
The Mind Reader
as Chandra
1933
Employees' Entrance
as Kurt Anderson
1933
Just Around the Corner
as Mr. Sears
1933
The Match King
as Paul Kroll
1932
Three on a Match
as Robert Kirkwood
1932
Skyscraper Souls
as David Dwight
1932
The Dark Horse
as Hal Samson Blake
1932
Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Josef von Ullrich
1932
The Mouthpiece
as Vincent 'Vince' Day
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Lieutenant d'Ortelles
1932
Under Eighteen
as Raymond Harding
1932
Expensive Women
as Neil Hartley
1931
Honor of the Family
as Captain Boris Barony
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
1931
Plunder
as Mr. Jones
1923
The Town That Forgot God
as Eben
1922