Birthday
1894/12/02
Day of death
1948/09/24 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Aitkin, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Warren William Krech, Warren Krech, King of Pre-Code
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.
(1966) The Wolf Man
as Dr. Lloyd
(1946) Fear
as Police Capt. Burke
(1933) Gold Diggers of 1933
as J. Lawrence Bradford
(1936) Satan Met a Lady
as Ted Shane
(1941) The Wolf Man
as Dr. Lloyd
(1940) Arizona
as Jefferson Carteret
(1945) Strange Illusion
as Brett Curtis
(1932) Three on a Match
as Robert Kirkwood
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Dave the Dude
(1933) Employees' Entrance
as Kurt Anderson
(1939) The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
(1937) Madame X
as Bernard Fleuriot
(1937) The Firefly
as Major de Rouchemont
(1934) Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
(1934) The Dragon Murder Case
as Philo Vance
(1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Philo Vance
(1936) Go West Young Man
as Morgan
(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self
(1939) Day-time Wife
as Bernard Dexter
(1932) Skyscraper Souls
as David Dwight
(1931) Expensive Women
as Neil Hartley
(1936) Times Square Playboy
as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
(1935) Don't Bet on Blondes
as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
(1935) The Case of the Curious Bride
as Perry Mason
(1941) The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Michael Lanyard
(1940) The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Michael Lanyard
(1940) The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Michael Lanyard
(1932) The Dark Horse
as Hal Samson Blake
(1942) Counter-Espionage
as Michael Lanyard
(1932) Under Eighteen
as Raymond Harding
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Harry Farrel
(1933) The Mind Reader
as Chandra
(1943) Passport to Suez
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
(1934) Dr. Monica
as John Braden
(1932) The Mouthpiece
as Vincent 'Vince' Day
(1938) Arsène Lupin Returns
as Steve Emerson
(1932) The Match King
as Paul Kroll
(1934) Bedside
as Bob Brown
(1940) The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Michael Lanyard
(1934) The Case of the Howling Dog
as Perry Mason
(1938) Wives Under Suspicion
as District Attorney Jim Stowell
(1935) The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Perry Mason
(1932) Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Josef von Ullrich
(1947) The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Laroche-Mathieu
(1943) One Dangerous Night
as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
(1934) The Secret Bride
as Robert Sheldon
(1939) The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Michael Lanyard
(1936) The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Perry Mason
(1941) Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Michael Lanyard
(1940) Trail of the Vigilantes
as Mark Dawson
(1940) Lillian Russell
as Jesse Lewisohn
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1934) Upperworld
as Alexander Stream
(1936) Stage Struck
as Fred Harris
(1933) Just Around the Corner
as Mr. Sears
(1935) Living on Velvet
as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
(1934) Smarty
as Tony
(1933) Goodbye Again
as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
(1938) The First Hundred Years
as Harry Borden
(1935) The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Allan Chepstow
(1932) The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Lieutenant d'Ortelles
(1941) Wild Geese Calling
as Blackie Bedford
(1937) Midnight Madonna
as Blackie Denbo
(1994) Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(1936) Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1923) Plunder
as Mr. Jones
(1935) A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
(1937) Outcast
as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
(1935) Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
(1934) Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
as ---
(2008) Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1931) Honor of the Family
as Captain Boris Barony
(1935) A Dream Comes True
as Self (uncredited)