Warren William
Broadway and Hollywood actor (1894-1948) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 53
Warren William Krech was an American stage and screen actor, who achieved Hollywood stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral leading men of early sound cinema.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
The Private Affairs of Bel AmiFilm, Laroche-Mathieu1946
FearFilm, Police Capt. Burke1945
Strange IllusionFilm, Brett Curtis1942
Counter-EspionageFilm, Michael Lanyard1941
The Wolf ManFilm, Dr. Lloyd1940
ArizonaFilm, Jefferson Carteret1939
Day-time WifeFilm, Bernard Dexter1938
Wives Under SuspicionFilm, Jim Stowell1937
Madame XFilm, Bernard Fleuriot1935
The Case of the Curious BrideFilm, Perry Mason1934
CleopatraFilm, Julius Caesar1933
Employees' EntranceFilm, Kurt Anderson1932
Beauty and the BossFilm, Baron Josef von Ullrich1894Born2 December 1894Known for
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Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
Lady for a Day 1933
The Wolf Man 1941
Imitation of Life 1934
Three on a Match 1932
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Hal B. Wallis Produced Upperworld and The Match King
Roy Del Ruth Directed Employees' Entrance and Upperworld- Sidney Salkow Directed The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
- Henry Blanke Produced Satan Met a Lady and Goodbye Again
- Bernhard Kaun Wrote The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Three on a Match and Lillian Russell
Samuel Bischoff Produced Three on a Match (1932)
Lyle Talbot Also in Go West, Young Man and Three on a Match
Eric Blore Also in Passport to Suez (1943)
Archie Mayo Directed The Case of the Lucky Legs and Under 18
Claire Dodd Also in The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Robert Florey Directed Don't Bet on Blondes and Bedside
Guy Kibbee Also in Lady for a Day and Gold Diggers of 1933
Wallace MacDonald Produced Passport to Suez and Counter-Espionage
Allen Jenkins Also in The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
William Dieterle Directed Satan Met a Lady and The Secret Bride
James Whale Directed The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Bryan Foy Produced The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
William Keighley Directed The Match King and Dr. Monica- Harry Joe Brown Produced The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
- Leo F. Forbstein Wrote Employees' Entrance and Goodbye Again
Richard Fiske Also in Arizona and The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
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According to one critic, "no other actor embodied the classy mix of charm and sleaze that epitomized pre-Code Hollywood." He was also the first actor to portray fictional lawyer Perry Mason.
