Warren William
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Warren William was a Broadway
and Hollywood actor
, popular during the early 1930s, who was later nicknamed the "king of Pre-Code". He was born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota
to parents Freeman E. and Frances Krech. He had a certain physical resemblance to John Barrymore
. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
. After moving from Broadway to Hollywood in 1931, he reached his peak as a leading man in early 1930s pre-Production Code
films. He was a contract player at the Warner Bros.
studio and was known for portraying amoral
businessmen, lawyer
s, and other heartless types, including the Sam Spade
character (renamed "Ted Shane") in the second filming of The Maltese Falcon, called Satan Met a Lady
(1936) with Bette Davis
.
He also played sympathetic roles, however, as in Imitation of Life
, in which he portrayed Claudette Colbert
's love interest. He appeared as her love interest again that year, when he played Julius Caesar
to her Cleopatra in Cecil B. DeMille
's version of Cleopatra
. And he was the swashbucking d'Artagnan
in the 1939 version of The Man in the Iron Mask
, directed by James Whale
.
William was the first to portray Erle Stanley Gardner
's fictional defense attorney Perry Mason
on the big screen and starred in four fast-paced, comical, and highly entertaining Perry Mason mysteries. He also played Raffles
-like reformed jewel thief The Lone Wolf
for Columbia Pictures
beginning with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
(1939) with Ida Lupino
and Rita Hayworth
, and he starred as detective Philo Vance
in two films in that series, 1934
's The Dragon Murder Case
and 1939
's The Gracie Allen Murder Case
(billed below Gracie Allen
).
In 1923, he married Helen Barbara Nelson; Mrs. Helen B. Krech - who also survived him - was seventeen years his senior. Warren William died on 24 September 1948 in Hollywood, California of multiple myeloma
.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Warren William has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
at 1551 Vine Street. A biography from McFarland books, written by John Stangeland, Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood, was released in October 2010.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
and Hollywood actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, popular during the early 1930s, who was later nicknamed the "king of Pre-Code". He was born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota
Aitkin, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,984 people, 892 households, and 434 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,150.3 people per square mile . There were 969 housing units at an average density of 561.8 per square mile...
to parents Freeman E. and Frances Krech. He had a certain physical resemblance to John Barrymore
John Barrymore
John Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III...
. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...
. After moving from Broadway to Hollywood in 1931, he reached his peak as a leading man in early 1930s pre-Production Code
Pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood refers to the era in the American film industry between the introduction of sound in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines. Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor and it did not become rigorously...
films. He was a contract player at the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
studio and was known for portraying amoral
Amorality
Amorality is an absence of, indifference towards, or disregard for moral beliefs. Any entity that is not sentient may be considered amoral. In addition, it can be argued that sentient but non-human creatures, like dogs, have no concept of morality and are therefore amoral...
businessmen, lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
s, and other heartless types, including the Sam Spade
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a fictional character who is the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon and the various films and adaptations based on it, as well as in three lesser known short stories by Hammett....
character (renamed "Ted Shane") in the second filming of The Maltese Falcon, called Satan Met a Lady
Satan Met a Lady
Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis.The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, which previously was filmed in 1931 under its original title.-Plot:Private...
(1936) with Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...
.
He also played sympathetic roles, however, as in Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life (1934 film)
Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne...
, in which he portrayed Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was a French-born American-based actress of stage and film.Born in Paris, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures...
's love interest. He appeared as her love interest again that year, when he played Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
to her Cleopatra in Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
's version of Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra is a 1934 epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures, which retells the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt....
. And he was the swashbucking d'Artagnan
D'Artagnan
Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of...
in the 1939 version of The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask....
, directed by James Whale
James Whale
James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor. He is best remembered for his work in the horror film genre, having directed such classics as Frankenstein , The Old Dark House , The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein...
.
William was the first to portray Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories, best known for the Perry Mason series, he also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J...
's fictional defense attorney Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who was the main character in works of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder trial...
on the big screen and starred in four fast-paced, comical, and highly entertaining Perry Mason mysteries. He also played Raffles
A. J. Raffles
Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes — he is a "gentleman thief," living in the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing...
-like reformed jewel thief The Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf (fictional detective)
The Lone Wolf is the nickname of the fictional character Michael Lanyard, a jewel thief turned private detective in a series of novels written by Louis Joseph Vance . A large number of movies based on and inspired by the books have been made...
for Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
beginning with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt is a 1939 film starring Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, and Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Peter Godfrey....
(1939) with Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino was an English-born film actress and director, and a pioneer among women filmmakers. In her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed seven others, mostly in the United States. She appeared in serial television programmes 58 times and directed 50 other episodes...
and Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars...
, and he starred as detective Philo Vance
Philo Vance
Philo Vance featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine , published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent...
in two films in that series, 1934
1934 in film
-Events:*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade...
's The Dragon Murder Case
The Dragon Murder Case
The Dragon Murder Case is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934....
and 1939
1939 in film
The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
's The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case is the eleventh of twelve detective novels by S. S. Van Dine featuring his famous fictional detective of the 1920s and 1930s, Philo Vance. It also features the zany half of the George Burns & Gracie Allen comedy team...
(billed below Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , known as Gracie Allen, was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns...
).
In 1923, he married Helen Barbara Nelson; Mrs. Helen B. Krech - who also survived him - was seventeen years his senior. Warren William died on 24 September 1948 in Hollywood, California of multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma , also known as plasma cell myeloma or Kahler's disease , is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for the production of antibodies...
.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Warren William has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
at 1551 Vine Street. A biography from McFarland books, written by John Stangeland, Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood, was released in October 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | The Town that Forgot God | Eben |
| 1923 | Plunder Plunder (serial) Plunder is a drama film serial directed by George B. Seitz. During the production of this serial in August 1922, John Stevenson, a stuntman for Pearl White, was killed doing a stunt from a moving bus to an elevated platform.-Cast:... |
Mr. Jones |
| 1927 | Twelve Miles Out Twelve Miles Out Twelve Miles Out is a 1927 silent drama film starring John Gilbert and Joan Crawford.-Plot summary:Jerry Fay , is a bootlegger who expropriates the home of society girl, June , for his illicit activities... |
Bit part |
| 1931 | Honor of the Family Honor of the Family Honor of the Family is a dramatic film released by First National Pictures, , starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from a story by Honoré de Balzac.... |
Captain Boris Barony |
| Expensive Women | Neil Hartley | |
| Under 18 Under 18 Under 18 is a romantic drama film starring Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey, and Warren William. It is based on the short story "Sky Life" by Frank Mitchell Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston... |
Raymond Harding | |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Lieutenant d'Ortelles |
| Beauty and the Boss | Baron Josef von Ullrich | |
| The Mouthpiece The Mouthpiece The Mouthpiece is a 1932 crime drama film directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent.-Selected cast:*Warren William as Vincent 'Vince' Day*Sidney Fox as Celia Farraday*Aline MacMahon as Miss Hickey, Day's secretary*John Wray as Mr. Barton... |
Vincent "Vince" Day | |
| The Dark Horse The Dark Horse (film) The Dark Horse is a 1932 film starring Warren William and Bette Davis. The movie was directed by Alfred E. Green.-Synopsis:The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, and so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks... |
Hal Samson Blake | |
| Skyscraper Souls Skyscraper Souls Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was directed by Edgar Selwyn and is based upon the novel Skyscraper by Faith Baldwin.-Plot:... |
David "Dave" Dwight | |
| Three on a Match Three on a Match Three on a Match is a Warner Bros. drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis. The film also features Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Humphrey Bogart , Allen Jenkins and Edward Arnold.-Plot:Three friends from childhood, Mary , Ruth , and Vivian , meet... |
Robert Kirkwood | |
| The Match King The Match King The Match King is a 1932 film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton, and starring Warren William and Lili Damita. The film closely follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety match tycoon Ivar Kreuger.-Plot:... |
Paul Kroll | |
| 1933 | Just Around the Corner | Mr. Sears |
| Employees' Entrance Employees' Entrance Employees' Entrance is a 1933 Pre-Code film about the manager of a New York department store and an employee .-Plot:Kurt Anderson is the utterly ruthless, hard-driving general manager of the Monroe department store... |
Kurt Anderson | |
| The Mind Reader | "Chandra" Chandler | |
| Gold Diggers of 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 is a pre-code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin , staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley... |
J. Lawrence Bradford | |
| Goodbye Again Goodbye Again (1933 film) Goodbye Again is a 1933 comedy film made by First National Pictures/Warner Bros.. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced byHenry Blanke from a screenplay by Ben Markson, based on the play by George Haight and Allan Scott. Cinematography was by George Barnes and costume design by... |
Kenneth L. "Ken" Bixby | |
| Lady for a Day Lady for a Day Lady for a Day is a 1933 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story Madame La Gimp by Damon Runyon... |
Dave the Dude | |
| 1934 | Bedside | Bob Brown |
| Upper World Upper World (film) Upper World is a 1934 drama film starring Warren William as a married railroad tycoon whose friendship with a showgirl, played by Ginger Rogers, leads to blackmail and murder.-Cast:*Warren William as Alexander Stream*Mary Astor as Mrs. Hettie Stream... |
Alexander "Alex" Stream | |
| Smarty | Tony Wallace | |
| Dr. Monica | John Braden | |
| The Dragon Murder Case The Dragon Murder Case The Dragon Murder Case is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934.... |
Philo Vance Philo Vance Philo Vance featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine , published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent... |
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| The Case of the Howling Dog The Case of the Howling Dog The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor. This was the first in a series of films in which William played Perry Mason.-Plot:... |
Perry Mason Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who was the main character in works of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder trial... |
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| Cleopatra Cleopatra (1934 film) Cleopatra is a 1934 epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures, which retells the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt.... |
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.... |
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| Imitation of Life Imitation of Life (1934 film) Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne... |
Stephen "Steve" Archer | |
| The Secret Bride | Robert "Bob" Sheldon | |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet Living on Velvet Living on Velvet is a 1935 American film directed by Frank Borzage starring Kay Francis, Warren William and George Brent.-Cast:*Kay Francis ... Amy Prentiss Parker*Warren William ... Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham... |
Walter "Gibraltar" Pritcham |
| The Case of the Curious Bride The Case of the Curious Bride The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner.-Plot:... |
Perry Mason | |
| Don't Bet on Blondes | Oscar "Odds" Owen | |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs The Case of the Lucky Legs The Case of the Lucky Legs is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer.-Plot:A woman wins a contest, but has trouble collecting her prize when the promoter turns up dead.-Cast:... |
Perry Mason | |
| The Widow from Monte Carlo The Widow from Monte Carlo The Widow from Monte Carlo is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and starring Warren William, Dolores del Rio, Louise Fazenda and Colin Clive. It was based on the play A Present from Margate by A.E.W... |
Major Allan Chepstow |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Times Square Playboy | Victor "Vic" Arnold |
| Satan Met a Lady Satan Met a Lady Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis.The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, which previously was filmed in 1931 under its original title.-Plot:Private... |
Ted Shane Sam Spade Sam Spade is a fictional character who is the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon and the various films and adaptations based on it, as well as in three lesser known short stories by Hammett.... |
|
| The Case of the Velvet Claws The Case of the Velvet Claws The Cases of the Velvet Claws is a 1936 mystery film, the fourth and final appearance of Warren William as defense attorney Perry Mason. Mason finally marries his longtime secretary Della Street, but has to cut their honeymoon short in order to defend a woman accused of murder.-Cast:*Warren William... |
Perry Mason | |
| Stage Struck | Fred Harris | |
| Go West, Young Man Go West, Young Man Go West, Young Man is a 1936 Paramount Pictures comedy film directed by Henry Hathaway starring Mae West. The supporting cast includes Warren William, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, and Lyle Talbot... |
Morgan | |
| 1937 | Outcast | Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones |
| Midnight Madonna | Blackie Denbo | |
| The Firefly The Firefly (film) The Firefly is a 1937 musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones. The film is an adaptation of the operetta of the same name by composer Rudolf Friml and librettist Otto A. Harbach that premiered on Broadway in 1919... |
Colonel de Rouchemont | |
| Madame X Madame X (1937 film) Madame X is a drama film, a sanitized remake of several Pre-Code films of the same name. It was directed by Sam Wood with additional direction by Gustav Machatý .-Plot:... |
Bernard Fleuriot | |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin is a fictional character who appears in a book series of detective fiction / crime fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of non-canonical sequels and numerous film, television such as Night Hood, stage play and comic book adaptations.- Overview :A... |
Steve Emerson |
| The First Hundred Years The First Hundred Years The First Hundred Years is the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952... |
Harry Borden | |
| Wives Under Suspicion Wives Under Suspicion Wives Under Suspicion is a film directed by James Whale, starring Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore, and released by Universal Pictures.-Plot:... |
District Attorney Jim Stowell | |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt is a 1939 film starring Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, and Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Peter Godfrey.... |
Michael Lanyard Lone Wolf (fictional detective) The Lone Wolf is the nickname of the fictional character Michael Lanyard, a jewel thief turned private detective in a series of novels written by Louis Joseph Vance . A large number of movies based on and inspired by the books have been made... |
| The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Philo Vance | |
| The Man in the Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.... |
d'Artagnan D'Artagnan Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of... |
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| Day-Time Wife | Bernard "Barney" Dexter | |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Michael Lanyard |
| Lillian Russell Lillian Russell (film) Lillian Russell is a 1940 biographical film of the life of the singer and actress. The screenplay was by William Anthony McGuire. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It starred Alice Faye in the title role, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda and Edward Arnold as Diamond... |
Jesse Lewisohn Jesse Lewisohn Jesse Lewisohn , was a businessman involved in copper trading with Lewisohn Brothers, and an owner of racehorses.-Biography:... |
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| The Lone Wolf Strikes | Michael Lanyard | |
| Arizona Arizona (1940 film) Arizona is a 1940 American Western film starring Jean Arthur, William Holden and Warren William. It was directed by Wesley Ruggles.Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score, while Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson were considered for the Academy Award for Best Art... |
Jefferson Carteret | |
| The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Michael Lanyard | |
| 1941 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Mark Dawson / George Trent |
| The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Michael Lanyard | |
| Wild Geese Calling Wild Geese Calling Wild Geese Calling is a 1941 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by John Brahm, and starring by Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Horace McCoy, based on novel by Stewart Edward White. The music score is by Alfred Newman.... |
Blackie Bedford | |
| Secrets of the Lone Wolf Secrets of the Lone Wolf Secrets of the Lone Wolf is a 1941 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk.-Cast:* Warren William as Michael Lanyard* Ruth Ford as Helene de Leon* Roger Clark as Paul Benoit* Victor Jory as 'Dapper' Dan Streever... |
Michael Lanyard | |
| The Wolf Man | Dr. Lloyd | |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Harry Farrel |
| Counter-Espionage Counter-Espionage -Cast:* Warren William as Michael Lanyard* Eric Blore as Jamison* Hillary Brooke as Pamela Hart* Thurston Hall as Insp. Crane* Fred Kelsey as Detective Wesley Dickens* Forrest Tucker as Anton Schugg* Matthew Boulton as Inspector J... |
Michael Lanyard | |
| 1943 | One Dangerous Night | Michael Lanyard |
| Passport to Suez | Michael Lanyard | |
| 1945 | Strange Illusion Strange Illusion Strange Illusion is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. According to noir historian Spencer Selby the film is, "A stylish cheapie by the recognized master of stylish cheapies."-Plot summary:... |
Brett Curtis |
| 1946 | Fear Fear (1946 film) Fear is a low-budget film noir released in 1946 and directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.-Plot:... |
Police Capt. Burke |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami The Private Affairs of Bel Ami The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is a 1947 drama film which stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society... |
Laroche-Mathieu |