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