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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 2, 1894
Died
September 24, 1948
Place of Birth
Aitkin, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Warren William Krech
- Warren Krech
- King of Pre-Code
Warren William
0.3 Popularity
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
6.1
Various Roles (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.1
Laroche-Mathieu
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
4.5
Police Capt. Burke
Fear
1946
5.4
Brett Curtis
Strange Illusion
1945
5.7
Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Passport to Suez
1943
4.4
Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
One Dangerous Night
1943
6.2
Michael Lanyard
Counter-Espionage
1942
4.7
Harry Farrel
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Credits
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
6.1
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1994
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Laroche-Mathieu
1947
6.1
Fear
as Police Capt. Burke
1946
4.5
Strange Illusion
as Brett Curtis
1945
5.4
Passport to Suez
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943
5.7
One Dangerous Night
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943
4.4
Counter-Espionage
as Michael Lanyard
1942
6.2
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Harry Farrel
1942
4.7
The Wolf Man
as Dr. Lloyd
1941
7.0
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Michael Lanyard
1941
6.3
Wild Geese Calling
as Blackie Bedford
1941
5.8
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Michael Lanyard
1941
6.0
Arizona
as Jefferson Carteret
1940
6.3
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Mark Dawson
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Michael Lanyard
1940
5.9
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Michael Lanyard
1940
6.3
Lillian Russell
as Jesse Lewisohn
1940
6.1
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Michael Lanyard
1940
6.3
Day-time Wife
as Bernard Dexter
1939
5.9
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
1939
7.1
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1939
5.6
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Michael Lanyard
1939
6.6
Wives Under Suspicion
as District Attorney Jim Stowell
1938
5.0
The First Hundred Years
as Harry Borden
1938
6.0
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Steve Emerson
1938
5.8
The Firefly
as Major de Rouchemont
1937
6.4
Madame X
as Bernard Fleuriot
1937
5.8
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Midnight Madonna
as Blackie Denbo
1937
0.0
Outcast
as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
1937
0.0
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
0.0
Go West Young Man
as Morgan
1936
5.3
Stage Struck
as Fred Harris
1936
4.0
Satan Met a Lady
as Ted Shane
1936
5.7
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Perry Mason
1936
6.8
Times Square Playboy
as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
1936
4.4
A Dream Comes True
as Self (uncredited)
1935
5.5
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Allan Chepstow
1935
5.0
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
5.0
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Perry Mason
1935
5.6
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
1935
5.0
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Perry Mason
1935
6.0
Living on Velvet
as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
1935
5.5
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
1935
5.2
The Secret Bride
as Robert Sheldon
1934
5.9
Imitation of Life
as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
1934
7.0
Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
1934
6.0
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Perry Mason
1934
6.2
The Dragon Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1934
5.7
Dr. Monica
as John Braden
1934
4.3
Smarty
as Tony
1934
4.3
Upperworld
as Alexander Stream
1934
6.3
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
6.0
Bedside
as Bob Brown
1934
5.4
Lady for a Day
as Dave the Dude
1933
7.1
Goodbye Again
as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
1933
4.6
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self
1933
0.0
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Lawrence
1933
7.2
The Mind Reader
as Chandra
1933
6.0
Employees' Entrance
as Kurt Anderson
1933
6.1
Just Around the Corner
as Mr. Sears
1933
6.0
The Match King
as Paul Kroll
1932
6.2
Three on a Match
as Robert Kirkwood
1932
6.2
Skyscraper Souls
as David Dwight
1932
5.3
The Dark Horse
as Hal Samson Blake
1932
7.2
Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Josef von Ullrich
1932
6.6
The Mouthpiece
as Vincent 'Vince' Day
1932
5.9
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Lieutenant d'Ortelles
1932
5.0
Under Eighteen
as Raymond Harding
1932
6.2
Expensive Women
as Neil Hartley
1931
4.8
Honor of the Family
as Captain Boris Barony
1931
0.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
1931
0.0
Plunder
as Mr. Jones
1923
0.0
The Town That Forgot God
as Eben
1922
0.0