Warren found himself a sweetheart before shipping out to France, and Helen Barbara Nelson turned out to be the woman he’d spend the rest of his life with. So glad you found the site! He played the swashbuckling musketeer d'Artagnan in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), directed by James Whale. Captain Blood made Errol Flynn a star, but it was Flynn’s energetic performance and overwhelming charisma in the part that enabled that to happen. There were more misses than hits, but it was a period of slow ascent for Warren that also included his first two movie appearances, disaster epic The Town That Forgot God (1922) for Fox and Pearl White’s final serial, Plunder (1923), at Pathe. He was assigned from base to base, in charge of training new men at various locations, and in 1918 was assigned to Fort Dix near New York City, in New Jersey. That said, he had a great run at Columbia in the Lone Wolf films later, and than moved into some exciting character work. Within days of signing his deal with Warner Bros.—and highly respected Warren biographer John Stangeland writes that it was the very same day—Warren’s father, Freeman Krech, died at his daughter’s home in Port Washington on Long Island. Honestly, it's a gem. Mr. This meant 24 entire hours of nothing but Warren William movies. I also suspect the success of Stangeland’s biography was largely responsible for TCM giving Warren his most mainstream moment to date, when they featured him as one of their 31 different stars selected to represent the network’s 2012 Summer Under the Stars programming. Memo to R.J. Obringer, September 8, 1931. Never heard of Warren before. I liked the first lone wolf movie a lot. Over on the IMDb years ago we had a fun thread going on the Classic Film Board about your dream movie date. Warren William Page (41) passed away on September 15, 2020, in his home in West Jordan, Utah. Throughout the remainder of the 1920s, Warren kept busy on Broadway. Long may he live. In 1945, he played Brett Curtis in cult director Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 modern-day version of Hamlet, called Strange Illusion. William Warren (son of Edward Warren and Anne Davenport) was born Abt. He also squeezed in one small supporting role in what turned out to be a Universal horror classic, The Wolf Man (1941). Warren made three films for Cohen, most notably Go West Young Man (1936), which paired him with Mae West: what a shame this one couldn’t have happened a few years earlier, prior to Production Code enforcement! After The Mouthpiece Warren was cast in a run of films that either featured him with a mischievous gleam in his eye towards the opposite sex, or combining sheer determination with an eroded set of scruples to do battle against the Great Depression. Thanks for taking the time to put up this site. His life and work has touched my life so I thank you for researching and sharing this information for the fans who love him! I hesitate to place myself on this exalted timeline, but this site arrived online at the end of 2007, hoping to fill an Internet void that has been filled bit by bit over the past several years. Educating them is the next plateau, I guess. My copies all had Leonard Maltin’s face promoting them on the video covers, and so I always associate Maltin with introducing me to some of my favorites. I truly feel his kind nature always peeked through his every role. Wilhelm graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1939. I’ve been a big fan of Warren William for years, but never knew much about him personally until just now — thank you, Cliff, for your outstanding research and commentary. When Warren is on screen he is so rivetting that everything else seems to fade out. Warren William, Actor: Employees' Entrance. Price: US $39.99. A thousand thankyous! 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. He didn’t live a long life but he definitely made an impact. [2] He was recognized for his contribution to motion pictures with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 1960. (died before 1850) Temple Thurston’s New Play. While the NRA code hearings intended to regulate film actor’s salaries, it was another Code that caused Warren even more damage. Warren’s continued to accumulate experience. I’ve learned so much about not only Mr. William but other great pre-code actors. He's got a wife (Mary Astor) and son that he adores, but his wife is just more interested in being a society matron with all of its trappings than paying Alex needed attention. I own a rather bad quality set of Lone Wolf movies and love William in all but the very first, where he suddenly has a precocious daughter who wants to be a sleuth. In the 1950s, he was a pioneer of Australian rock music, forming the group Warren Williams and the Squares. Warren’s father Freeman was publisher and editor of The Aitkin Age, a then fledgling newspaper that he bought in 1885 a few years after settling in Aitkin from St. Paul, Minnesota. If you miss Perry Mason though, do try to check out Warren in the later Lone Wolf series at Columbia. Thanks! A memorial service is scheduled there tomorrow. Glad you found him, Donna! Virginia Hudson, Encore Theatre President says. Photo credit: Vandamm. The Village Voice called him "The King of Pre-Code". Mr. William E. "Billy" Greene Jr., 69, departed this life April 23, 2021, at Trumbull Regional Medical Center, Warren, Ohio. I do think that hard core classic movie fans know him better now than any time in the last 60 years, but the casual film fans (the ones who know the likes of Astaire, Tracy, Bogart or even Basil Rathbone, but not much beyond that) still get a vacant look on their faces when you mention him. The same type of character was spun for laughs in the non-musical portions of Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), one of Warren’s best remembered films but, because he’s not included in any of the spectacular Busby Berkeley musical numbers, not one that is truly remembered for his contribution. Midnight Madonna (1937) is out of circulation, but the gem of this trio is the underappreciated Outcast (1937) starring Warren with Karen Morley and Lewis Stone. I enjoyed his interpretation of Perry Mason, very different compared with Raymond Burr years later. I believe he was a mechanic. I saw the first lone wolf movie today. Ralph and Gaye Page brought home their beautiful blue eyed baby 3 days after he was born, to Simi Valley, California where he grew up. Krech, Warren William. Help us build our profile of Warren William! Warren William is a member of the following lists: American film actors, Cancer deaths in California and American stage actors.. Contribute. Condition:--not specified. It’s not the same, but Warren often provides performances similar to his Mason. A little over a year later, Warren’s agent, Mike Levee wrote Jack Warner requesting Warren be let out of his contract before his next option was picked up. [2] After high school, William auditioned for, and was enrolled in, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York City in October 1915. The consummate professional. By this time Warren’s older sister had moved to New York, so Warren had a friendly face to visit in his now familiar nearby Manhattan stomping grounds. This long overdue post was written for the 2015 pre-Code Blogathon being hosted by Danny of Pre-Code.com and Karen of Satin & Shadows. Ooh, that sounds like you found him back during the TNT days, I didn’t hop on board until I found the Forbidden Hollywood VHS tapes in the ’90s. Several of us Warren William fans have speculated that had he been in better health and lived longer, he probably would have had an interesting and busy career during the Golden Age of television. I first saw him in Ladies of Leisure 1930 and also liked him in What Price Hollywood 1932. before Velvet Claws, and, the final straw, Stage Stuck afterwards. William did play some sympathetic roles, including Dave the Dude in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day, and a loving father and husband cuckolded by Ann Dvorak's character in Three on a Match (1932). Born in 1877 and died in 31 Dec 1948 Glendale, California Helen Barbara Nelson William However, Jim discovers fierce jealousy himself when family friend Phil (Lunigan) pays too much attention to his neglected wife Lucy … I’m excited that you found my site: if you’d ever like to contribute in any way, I’d love to either post an interview or even just some family reminiscences of yours on the site, just let me know if you’d ever be interested in doing anything like that. And also, of course, had he lived longer. Warren makes a grand Caesar, but the very nature of that part also means that he’s makes a grand—and early—exit, leaving Henry Wilcoxon’s Antony to take over the male leading role for the remainder of the movie. I hope you’ve since checked out the Reviews/Filmography page and have had a chance to catch some other Warren William titles. He’d do so again in The Dragon Murder Case (1934), Warren’s first movie made under Code enforcement, when he played S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance. Str thank you for your talent. His grandfather, Ernst Wilhelm Krech (born 1819), fled Germany in 1848 during the Revolution, going first to France and later emigrating to the United States. Above: Warren with Mae West in Go West Young Man (1936). Levee, M.C. 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. Glad I saw this movie, and Warren, and this site. I think he would have been a much bigger star had it not been for some poor career decisions and shortsightedness by the studio bosses. Warren’s health continued to worsen over the following years, and the rumors kept the major film studios from showing any interest in him. Mr. Warren William Wheeler, Sr., age 89 of Griffin, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2012 at his residence. He was married to Marlene Warren for 20 years. Following these three films, Warren finally seemed to finally hit the jackpot when he was signed to star at MGM. It was Warren’s Broadway debut, the first of twenty-one shows he’d be a part of over the next eleven years. The Blue Peter in 1925 brought extraordinary praise from eminent Broadway critic Alexander Woollcott: “the central role is competently and interestingly played by Warren William, who was known as Warren Krech … Mr. Krech seems to have gone to Thibet and returned with a brand new name,” Woollcott wrote. But to add Warren’s perspective to this scenario, the actor who was eventually cast in the plum role of Captain Blood had previously played a small part in one of Warren’s Perry Mason titles, The Case of the Curious Bride (1935), before moving on to a slightly more expanded supporting part in Don’t Bet on Blondes, which, uh, starred Warren William. I’m probably a lot like many of you. And somehow, that comes out just by watching him. My book, Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue , is available at Amazon. “New Farce Is Amusing.”. Thanks for your article. His classics were titles like Cleopatra, Imitation of Life, The Wolf Man, even Madame X. Rejoice for George Warren, he has joined his beloved late wife Ruth Warren (Walker). Thank you again, it was wonderful to hear from you! Jordana Brewster (born April 26, 1980) is an American actress and model. Another twelve non-members joined those fourteen putting Warren among the original group forming the Screen Actors Guild. Warren William was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s; he was later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code".Early life Warren William Krech's family originated in Tennstedt, Saxony, Germany. WW was very sexy in his movies, especially when he kissed his leading ladies. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. There’s a definite magnetism and star power that still comes through, you’re so right! It’s the perfect sort-form introduction to Warren for new people – it hits all the landmarks in a concise, entertaining package. I’ve attributed some above when appropriate and included some additional, more general, pieces below for the sake of completion. Just saw it today. He has a legitimate gripe over a pair of advertisements for Living on Velvet (1935) that failed to provide his contractually guaranteed billing, so he threatens legal action while getting Captain Blood off his chest: “I consider that irreparable damage has been done to my standing in the motion picture industry by this type of advertising and by your reassigning other pictures that have heretofore been publicly announced as vehicles intended for me. William was a long-distance truck driver. He might have made a good Holmes. Login to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. [7], The studios capitalized on William's popularity by placing him in multiple "series" films, particularly as detectives and crime-solvers. Thanks for taking time to comment—as you can see by looking at the comments on this site, your great uncle still has many, many fans, including myself! Well, I’d never heard of this Warren William chap before, so I’ll have to check out more of his work. What they didn’t give him were any parts that even got within a whiff of the status of Captain Blood. Learn details about who has he dated previously & Sam's Girlfriend name, marital status & Wife. Part of me thinks he unintentionally sabotaged himself by making the absolute correct career move and leaving Warner Bros. when he did. Then, in a compliment that followed Warren for the rest of his life and beyond, Woollcott added, “He has a Barrymore accent in his speech and a Barrymore tone in his voice, and he looks the very image of the young John Drew …” (Woollcott 1925). Item Information. It also revealed that she had been previously married. 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". They weren’t giving him the parts he deserved by the mid-thirties, and he was right to be excited when he finally landed at MGM, but they did even worse by him. The slipperiest hero that Hollywood ever produced. Spiro in 1937 during a break from The Firefly. She apparently just thinks he's on autopilot and will never stray. . I look forward to finding films I have yet seen. William was Julius Caesar in Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934; starring Claudette Colbert in the title role), and with Colbert again the same year as her character's love interest in Imitation of Life (1934). Above: Publicity shot for Gold Diggers of 1933. Warren was cremated and his ashes spread in Manhasset Bay on the North Shore of Long Island near Port Washington. He next signed a contract with Emanuel Cohen Productions (an offshoot of Paramount) where he appeared in his next three movies, including the Mae West title, and then it was over to MGM, a dream move that totally backfired on Warren. A type all his own, the character who reaches for the stars and won’t be stopped by outside forces like any Great Depression. Like Cary Grant, he had a way of sailing effortlessly through a film, appearing to have just learned his lines moments before “Action” was ordered on the set. In 1920, he returned to America, worked on Broadway and made his big screen debut in Plunder (1923). . Here are the details stats about his relationship, hookup, Marriage & Rumors. Warren was affected with multiple myeloma, the cancer that would take his life on September 24, 1948 at age 53. While the Code had existed prior to this date, it was sparingly enforced because the studios did a decent job self-regulating their product to get it past various state censorship boards. Still, his character is really a swell guy in this one, as he is in his other with Marsh, Beauty and the Boss (1932). John Stangeland’s a great guy, he’s contributed to this and another of my sites a few times, and we’ve exchanged several emails in the years since his book came out: I’m so glad he was in touch with you all when he did the book, which is an absolute favorite of mine. [citation needed] In October 1918 he left for France, to enter the war. Warren was due for a raise to $3,250, so Warner Bros. consented. Above: Warren William with his wife, Helen. I’m enjoying so much watching movies from the early 1930’s. In the case of John Stangeland’s biography, it was essential in filling in several items about Warren’s youth and health, and I’ve cited pages above when I relied solely on his research. William de Warren may have descended from Harold (Bluetooth) Blaatand, King of the Danes (Abt 903-981) and Alfred the Great, King of England (Abt 842-901).The direct male line of William de Warren, Earl of Warren and Surrey, only goes back three generations to Walter de St. Martin (born about 953). 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. Warner, April 24, 1936. Warren didn’t begin classes at Aitkin High School until he was sixteen and didn’t graduate until he was twenty, in 1915. He married Frances Potter, daughter … At home,WARREN WILLIAM w/wife HELEN BARBARA … These traits created a unique screen star in William, though one whose reach was ultimately limited by outside forces. Can anyone tell me why, after playing Perry Mason in the best of the six movies, suddenly Ricardo Cortez, and then Donald Woods are playing the role? Fascinating piece – I’ve seen and enjoyed some of William’s pre-Codes, especially The Mouthpiece where he is fantastic, but didn’t realise he’d done so many other kinds of film over the rest of his career. Above: Warren (William) Krech in his movie debut, The Town That Forgot God (1922). There was a bit of age difference that the Nelson woman kept under wraps, but certainly friends and family would have noticed by the time they married in 1923—Helen was seventeen years Warren’s senior! He’s back on track with #2. Of Warren’s more traditional classics released during this portion of his career, he fares best as Dave the Dude in Columbia’s adaptation of Damon Runyon’s Lady for a Day (1933), directed by Frank Capra. Until recently I had never heard of him. He moved from New York City to Hollywood in 1931. He loved working on cars and at one time owned an auto repair shop. [6] These roles were considered controversial, yet they were highly satisfying. No such luck. [8] He played Raffles-like reformed jewel thief The Lone Wolf in nine films, beginning with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939), and appeared as Detective Philo Vance in two of the series films,The Dragon Murder Case (1934) and the comedic The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939). Still, the newly enforced Code’s limitations on sex, morals, and violence meant an end to the types of characters Warren had excelled in playing since the time of The Mouthpiece. Above: Warren with Katherine Alexander, co-stars of Step-Daughters of War. The Lone Wolf series seemed to run its course when the more traditional mystery tales disappeared with the times in favor of plots featuring war espionage, but that was all right because Warren was ready for a rest. Above: Walter Walker consoles Warren William during the early stages of The Mouthpiece (1932). 690, 819, 821), and a daughter Edith [see under Gundrada ], whose daughter Gundred married Nigel de Albini, and was … Even so, most fans of this movie would readily admit that it entirely revolves around Warren’s 75-year-old co-star, May Robson as Apple Annie. Another radio series attempt later in 1947, United States Postal Inspector, showed potential, but didn’t make it past a single audition recording. Following the two movies, Warren’s next Broadway appearance came in The Wonderful Visit, notable because he was originally announced for the cast as Warren Krech, but billed for the first time as Warren William by the time the show opened. He rose in my admiration, along with Flynn, Gable. Turner Classic Movies does a fantastic job by airing these gems often. He wed Mathilde Grow in 1851, and had six children. Thompson left Buffett to pursue a … Details about At home,WARREN WILLIAM w/wife HELEN BARBARA NELSON,8714. If you put the channel on that day, Warren was there. Kidd have been announced. [1], Warren William's interest in acting began in 1903, when an opera house was built in Aitkin. Warren Zevon 1978 press photo of Zevon Actor. Tyrone Power plays an architect having an affair with his secretary. Make that two, his sister had a friend. His wife Helen had survived him, but she had been diagnosed with breast cancer before it was clear what Warren’s illness was. Spot on with JR Ewing, and Gordon Gekko also comes to mind! This time the film focuses on the relationship between Colbert and another woman, her African-American maid and business benefactor, played by Louise Beavers, and Warren is pushed to the background whenever race becomes the topic, as it often does. Also the press often misspelled the name Kreck, though that issue certainly wouldn’t improve as Warren William. In 1990, Michael Warren owned Bargain Motors auto dealership on North Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, where he rented and sold used cars. As ridiculous as it is to imagine Warren William as Captain Blood, he did provide his own energetic and charismatic swashbuckling performance a few years later as D’Artagnan in James Whale’s The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) for United Artists. Warren played Vance again later in his career, in The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), but he was far more successful cast in his next film, The Case of the Howling Dog (1934), when Warren became the first actor ever to portray Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason. Hi Mike, yes — Warren was unhappy with the parts he was getting at Warner Bros. and he bought his way out of his contract before the next Perry Mason. This was the harshest period of the Great Depression, characterized by massive business failures and oppressive unemployment. That was enough to prove to Warren that the grass wasn’t always greener and led to his freelancing at the expiration of his MGM deal. Letter to Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., January 8, 1935. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. High praise, but it stuck and Warren’s Barrymoreness threatened to usurp his own identity. He prosecutes elderly Professor Shaw MacAllen (Morgan) in the murder of his wife, who was killed in a fit of jealous rage, and wins the death penalty. Those pre-Code leading men of questionable morals but unwavering drive. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett had an open marriage with his first wife, Susan Thompson, until her death in 2004. The TCM revival of some of his films revived my interest in him. . That said, I’m very happy with the output of films he did manage to leave us, especially his run of great titles throughout the first half of the 1930s. This is awesome, Cliff, thanks for the contribution! Here he is in his workshop in a 1937 photo. I’d never heard of ww and was surprised to see a Ida Lupino with a costar I’d never heard of. He was born Warren William Krech on December 2, 1894 in Aitkin, Minnesota. He wasn’t feeling well. In 2002 Mick LaSalle’s Dangerous Men, the companion volume to his earlier volume celebrating pre-Code era women, Complicated Women, was published and included a chapter titled “Warren William and the Money Changers.” In 2005 Warren was subject of a small article by Guy Maddin in Film Comment and a more expanded feature by Ken Weiss in Classic Images magazine. I discovered him on the early Ted Turner channel and was knocked down by his talent, character and overall powerful presence. [1], William, who appeared in his first Broadway play in 1920, soon made a name for himself in New York, and appeared in more than 20 plays on Broadway between 1920 and 1931. Around the age of 25, Freeman moved to Aitkin, a small town in Minnesota, where he bought a newspaper, The Aitkin Age, in 1885. Woollcott, Alexander. Woollcott, Alexander. He’s very likely the cast member you remember least, basically blending into the scenery as Dr. Lloyd. Above: Warren with Gladys George in Madame X (1937). Both were filmed in New York. Great actor who unfortunately left us too soon. [10] In what would be his last film, he played Laroche-Mathieu in The Private Affairs of Bel Ami in 1947. Other roles included Mae West's manager in Go West, Young Man (1936), a jealous district attorney in another James Whale film, Wives Under Suspicion (1938), copper-magnate Jesse Lewisohn in 1940's Lillian Russell, the evil Jefferson Carteret in Arizona (also 1940), and sympathetic Dr. Lloyd in The Wolf Man (1941). He looks like Barrymore.” Geesh, this was supposed to be a “classic” board. During this period he also appeared in two silent films, The Town That Forgot God (1922)[3] and Plunder (1923).[4]. Born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. George Brent and Ricardo Cortez are to play Jean and Pierre Lafitte” (Sexless). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Today, Warren William has recovered his formerly forgotten status and most classic movie fans know exactly who he was and what he was good at. Still, to be a Warren William fan in 2010 meant that you had to work at it. Elizabeth Warren was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 15, 1654,and died after Jan 10, 1689/90. in a spine-tingling, heart-throbbing sort of way. Warren played the part in the first four Perry Mason movies, which represented four out of Gardner’s first five Mason novels to that time. He starred in his sixth film for Warner Bros., The Mouthpiece (1932), which in turn elevated him to star status. He was often described as having been shy in real life. Linda Darnell discovers their romance and decides to get back at him by working for a business rival of Power's played by Warren William, a womanizing architect. Warren Williams, is an Australian rock musician. The company had done wonders for other actors who had hit a rut, men like Spencer Tracy, who jumped over from Fox, and Warren’s own predecessor from Warner Bros., William Powell, so with a little luck perhaps the same could happen for Warren. Spiro of Screen & Radio Weekly in 1937 while working on The Firefly as an MGM contract player. It’s hard to believe he was married to someone so much older. Warren seems to have gotten a bee in his bonnet over reports such as this: “Exciting sea stories, embodying the histories of Morgan the Pirate, the Lafittes, Capt. Above: Fred Kelsey, Warren, and Thurston Hall in publicity shot for Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941). Warren was the middle child and only son of Freeman E. Krech and his wife, the former Frances Potter. Warren signed a contract with Warner Bros. dated March 6, 1931. Warren followed this with his final film role, a supporting part in The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), a screen adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel Bel Ami. Warner Bros. responded with an apology and a few months later picked up the option on Warren’s contract providing him a $500 raise to $2,750 per week. He moved next to Emanuel Cohen Productions, a production company that had splintered from Paramount but still released their films through the major. Thank you so much for keeping his memory alive. I recall it being Warren and Helen’s 1923 New York marriage certificate that finally cemented Helen’s identity, providing her full name along with the names of her parents. He also starred as Sam Spade (renamed Ted Shane) in Satan Met a Lady (1936), the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon.[9]. It seems like a plum part that William would have held on to. 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