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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-12-02 (130 years old)

Place of Birth

Aitkin, Minnesota, USA

Warren William

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.

Known For

Acting

2008

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
One Dangerous Night as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

1942

Counter-Espionage as Michael Lanyard
Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Harry Farrel

1941

The Wolf Man as Dr. Lloyd
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Michael Lanyard
Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Michael Lanyard
Wild Geese Calling as Blackie Bedford

1940

Arizona as Jefferson Carteret
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Michael Lanyard
The Lone Wolf Strikes as Michael Lanyard
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Michael Lanyard
Lillian Russell as Jesse Lewisohn

1939

Day-time Wife as Bernard Dexter
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Michael Lanyard

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns as Steve Emerson
Wives Under Suspicion as District Attorney Jim Stowell
The First Hundred Years as Harry Borden

1937

Madame X as Bernard Fleuriot
The Firefly as Major de Rouchemont
Midnight Madonna as Blackie Denbo
Outcast as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones

1936

Satan Met a Lady as Ted Shane
Times Square Playboy as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
Stage Struck as Fred Harris

1935

Don't Bet on Blondes as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
Living on Velvet as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
The Widow from Monte Carlo as Allan Chepstow
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True as Self (uncredited)

1934

Cleopatra as Julius Caesar
Imitation of Life as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
The Dragon Murder Case as Philo Vance
Dr. Monica as John Braden
Bedside as Bob Brown
The Secret Bride as Robert Sheldon
Upperworld as Alexander Stream
Smarty as Tony

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933 as J. Lawrence Bradford
Lady for a Day as Dave the Dude
Employees' Entrance as Kurt Anderson
The Mind Reader as Chandra
Goodbye Again as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby

1932

Three on a Match as Robert Kirkwood
Skyscraper Souls as David Dwight
The Dark Horse as Hal Samson Blake
Under Eighteen as Raymond Harding
The Mouthpiece as Vincent 'Vince' Day
The Match King as Paul Kroll
Beauty and the Boss as Baron Josef von Ullrich
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Lieutenant d'Ortelles

1931

Expensive Women as Neil Hartley
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
Honor of the Family as Captain Boris Barony

1923

Plunder as Mr. Jones