Warren William

Born: 1894-12-02

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.


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The Wolf Man

as Dr. Lloyd
Released: 1941-12-12

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events...

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Gold Diggers of 1933

as J. Lawrence Bradford
Released: 1933-05-27

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

as D'Artagnan
Released: 1939-07-13

Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised...

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Cleopatra

as Julius Caesar
Released: 1934-10-05

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

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Arizona

as Jefferson Carteret
Released: 1940-12-25

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine...

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Imitation of Life

as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
Released: 1934-11-23

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....

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Lady for a Day

as Dave the Dude
Released: 1933-09-13

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

as Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: 2008-03-03

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of...

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Three on a Match

as Robert Kirkwood
Released: 1932-10-29

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she...

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Counter-Espionage

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1942-09-03

The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.

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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

as Laroche-Mathieu
Released: 1947-04-25

A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who...

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Satan Met a Lady

as Ted Shane
Released: 1936-07-22

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...

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Strange Illusion

as Brett Curtis
Released: 1945-03-31

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

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Day-time Wife

as Bernard Dexter
Released: 1939-11-24

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary,...

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

as Perry Mason
Released: 1936-07-03

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a...

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Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1941-11-13

Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.

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Fear

as Police Capt. Burke
Released: 1946-03-02

B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in...

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Employees' Entrance

as Kurt Anderson
Released: 1933-02-11

Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He...

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Skyscraper Souls

as David Dwight
Released: 1932-07-16

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper,...

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Madame X

as Bernard Fleuriot
Released: 1937-10-01

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that...

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Beauty and the Boss

as Baron Josef von Ullrich
Released: 1932-04-09

An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business...

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The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Philo Vance
Released: 1939-06-02

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

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Go West Young Man

as Morgan
Released: 1936-11-18

Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal...

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The Woman from Monte Carlo

as Lieutenant d'Ortelles
Released: 1932-01-09

On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night....

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The Case of the Lucky Legs

as Perry Mason
Released: 1935-10-05

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found...

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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1939-01-27

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

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Arsène Lupin Returns

as Steve Emerson
Released: 1938-02-25

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...

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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1940-11-02

Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone...

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The Mouthpiece

as Vincent 'Vince' Day
Released: 1932-03-21

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got...

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Goodbye Again

as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
Released: 1933-09-09

Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her...

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The Case of the Howling Dog

as Perry Mason
Released: 1934-09-22

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for...

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Harry Farrel
Released: 1942-01-31

The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

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The Firefly

as Major de Rouchemont
Released: 1937-11-05

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....

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Times Square Playboy

as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
Released: 1936-05-09

A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers...

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The Mind Reader

as Chandra
Released: 1933-04-01

Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for...

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The Widow from Monte Carlo

as Allan Chepstow
Released: 1935-12-19

In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she...

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The Case of the Curious Bride

as Perry Mason
Released: 1935-04-13

After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in...

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The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1940-01-26

Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

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Trail of the Vigilantes

as Mark Dawson
Released: 1940-12-13

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

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Breakdowns of 1936

as Self
Released: 1936-12-30

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

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The First Hundred Years

as Harry Borden
Released: 1938-03-12

David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state,...

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Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self
Released: 1935-12-01

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1994-08-09

As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of...

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Outcast

as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
Released: 1937-02-05

A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution...

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Upperworld

as Alexander Stream
Released: 1934-04-28

A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go...

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Lillian Russell

as Jesse Lewisohn
Released: 1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1941-03-06

A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

as uncredited
Released: 1934-03-02

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations...

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Passport to Suez

as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Released: 1943-08-19

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal,...

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The Dragon Murder Case

as Philo Vance
Released: 1934-08-25

Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone...

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Wild Geese Calling

as Blackie Bedford
Released: 1941-08-15

In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries...

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Wives Under Suspicion

as District Attorney Jim Stowell
Released: 1938-06-03

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.

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A Dream Comes True

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1935-12-31

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1940-05-30

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of...

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The Match King

as Paul Kroll
Released: 1932-12-31

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...

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The Dark Horse

as Hal Samson Blake
Released: 1932-06-16

The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark...

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Bedside

as Bob Brown
Released: 1934-01-27

Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual...

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Dr. Monica

as John Braden
Released: 1934-06-23

A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has...

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The Secret Bride

as Robert Sheldon
Released: 1934-12-22

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can...

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Under Eighteen

as Raymond Harding
Released: 1932-01-02

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during...

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The Wolf Man

as Dr. Lloyd
Released: 1966-01-01

An abbreviated 8 minute version of the 1941 Universal Monsters classic, released on 8mm film in...

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Expensive Women

as Neil Hartley
Released: 1931-10-24

A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.

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Living on Velvet

as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
Released: 1935-03-02

A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of...

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Stage Struck

as Fred Harris
Released: 1936-09-12

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway...

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Don't Bet on Blondes

as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
Released: 1935-07-13

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His...

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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Himself (uncredited)
Released: 1935-02-02

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner...

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One Dangerous Night

as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Released: 1943-01-22

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing...

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Just Around the Corner

as Mr. Sears
Released: 1933-01-17

Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise...

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Smarty

as Tony
Released: 1934-05-19

Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

as Self
Released: 1933-06-29

A Hollywood on Parade short....

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Plunder

as Mr. Jones
Released: 1923-01-28

Various groups of people, both well-intentioned and otherwise, search for a buried treasure that...

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Honor of the Family

as Captain Boris Barony
Released: 1931-10-17

Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is...

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