Biography
Warren William Krech was an American stage and screen actor, who achieved Hollywood stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral leading men of early sound cinema. According to one critic, "no other actor embodied the classy mix of charm and sleaze that epitomized pre-Code Hollywood." He was also the first actor to portray fictional lawyer Perry Mason.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography23 titles
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Man in the Iron Mask
Lady for a Day
The Wolf Man
Imitation of Life
Counter-Espionage
Lillian Russell
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Arizona
The Firefly
The Mind Reader
Three on a Match
The Secret Bride
Cleopatra
The Mouthpiece
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Satan Met a Lady
Strange Illusion
Skyscraper Souls
Wives Under Suspicion
Fear
Smarty
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her