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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 was a leading man of pre-Code talkies, starring in films like The Match King, Lady for a Day, and The Maltese Falcon. He also played Philo Vance, Perry Mason, and The Lone Wolf in various adaptations.
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1. The Town That Forgot God. 1922 1h 30m Passed. Rate. A village schoolteacher, unaware that Eben, the village carpenter, is in love with her, marries a surveyor and has a son, David. Eben, distraught at losing her, goes away, and he returns years later to find that David, now an orphan, is running away from his cruel foster father, the squire.
Apr 1, 2015 · Biography of Warren William, 1894-1948. From Broadway to pre-Code peak and popular detective series, 5,000-word piece covers the life and career of actor.
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A list of all of the films 1930's and 1940's movie star Warren William appeared in, including The Lone Wolf, Perry Mason, and all pre-code titles.
Warren is probably most familiar to mainstream classic film audiences for his role as the conniving executive who grabs the wrong gold digger in Gold Diggers of 1933. Others may recognize him from Frank Capra’s perennial classic Lady for a Day with Warren as ‘Dave the Dude’.
