Portrait of Warren William

Warren William

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: December 2, 1894

Place of Birth: Aitkin, Minnesota, USA

Filmography

1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1947
1946
Fear

as Police Capt. Burke

1945
Strange Illusion

as Brett Curtis

1943
Passport to Suez

as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

1943
One Dangerous Night

as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

1942
Counter-Espionage

as Michael Lanyard

1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Harry Farrel

1941
The Wolf Man

as Dr. Lloyd

1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Michael Lanyard

1941
Wild Geese Calling

as Blackie Bedford

1941
1940
Arizona

as Jefferson Carteret

1940
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

1939
Day-time Wife

as Bernard Dexter

1939
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Michael Lanyard

1938
Wives Under Suspicion

as District Attorney Jim Stowell

1938
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns

as Steve Emerson

1937
The Firefly

as Major de Rouchemont

1937
Madame X

as Bernard Fleuriot

1937
Midnight Madonna

as Blackie Denbo

1937
Outcast

as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones

1936
1936
Stage Struck

as Fred Harris

1936
Satan Met a Lady

as Ted Shane

1936
Times Square Playboy

as Victor 'Vic' Arnold

1935
A Dream Comes True

as Self (uncredited)

1935
1935
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Oscar 'Odds' Owen

1935
Living on Velvet

as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham

1935
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Himself (uncredited)

1934
The Secret Bride

as Robert Sheldon

1934
Imitation of Life

as Stephen 'Steve' Archer

1934
Cleopatra

as Julius Caesar

1934
1934
1934
Dr. Monica

as John Braden

1934
Smarty

as Tony

1934
Upperworld

as Alexander Stream

1934
Bedside

as Bob Brown

1933
Lady for a Day

as Dave the Dude

1933
Goodbye Again

as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby

1933
1933
The Mind Reader

as Chandra

1933
Employees' Entrance

as Kurt Anderson

1933
1932
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

1931
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)

1923
Plunder

as Mr. Jones