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Warren William (born Warren William Krech; December 2, 1894 – September 24, 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s; he was later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". He was the first actor to play Perry Mason.
Warren William, the stalwart leading man of pre-Production Code talkies, was born Warren William Krech on December 2, 1894 in Aitkin, Minnesota, the son of a newspaper publisher. William originally planned to become a journalist, but he had a change of heart, and instead went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and trained to become an actor.
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Apr 1, 2015 · Biography. He was born Warren William Krech on December 2, 1894 in Aitkin, Minnesota. He worked as Warren Krech for the first few years of his professional acting career, but dropped the Krech for billing under his more alliterative first two names early in 1924. Both of his paternal grandparents were German born and the surname had already ...
Warren William – The Magnificent Scoundrel. Dubbed the ‘King of Pre-Code’, no other actor embodied the classy mix of charm and sleaze that epitomized pre-Code Hollywood than Warren William. Warren Krech was born December 2, 1894 in Minnesota. He became interested in acting at the young age of 9 when an opera house was erected in his hometown.
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".
Warren William will live on in film forever for his small role as the Dr. Lloyd in "The Wolfman." Several classic parts are somewhat relegated to history because the films were later successfully remade, but he was the original Dave ‘the Dude’ in "Lady for a Day" (remade in 1961 as “Pocketful of Miracles”) and played Steve Archer in ...
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Warner Bros. brought over Lil Dagover to be their Garbo in The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932). The movie flopped and Dagover sailed. With Walter Huston, Warren William, and John Wray. Celebrating the life and films of 1930s and 1940s movie star Warren William. From pre-Code cad to master sleuth.
