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