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