Warren William
16 titles
Filmography
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Lady for a Day
(1933)May Robson plays Apple Annie in Frank Capra’s wonderful and enduring comedy/drama, based on a short story by Damon Runyon, with a hilarious and heartwarming script by Robert Riskin. When Louise (Jean Parker) announces that she plans to visit her mother to introduce her aristocratic fiancé, Apple Annie’s friends, including gangster Dave the Dude (Warren William), Judge Henry D. Blake (Guy Kibbee) and Missouri Martin (Glenda Farrell), rally around to transform her from a poor street peddler into the society matron her daughter is expecting to see.

Gold Diggers of 1933
(1933)Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
(1939)In this blend of comedy and thrills, the Lone Wolf is abducted by a band of crooks who force him to steal secret anti-aircraft plans.

The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1935)A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
The Mind Reader
(1933)Warren William tells fortunes and tempts fate in this darkly cynical pre-Code jaw-dropper costarring Constance Cummings and Allen Jenkins. A smooth-talking conman, Chan Chandler (William) works the carny circuit as Chandra the Great, a turban-clad mystic who knows all and tells all, with the assistance of his shady pal, Frank (Jenkins). When he meets Sylvia (Cummings), a small-town innocent who thinks his predictions are real, Chandler does the indecent thing and promptly marries the girl. But when she finally wises up and insists he go straight, Chandler heads to Park Avenue, where his phony act leads to murder, with Sylvia left holding the bag.

Counter-Espionage
(1942)Lone Wolf matches wits with Warren William as the supersleuth and Eric Blore as his faithful servant. This time he's in London, protecting secret plans from Nazi spies. Hillary Brooke plays Pamela and Thurston Hall is Inspector Crane.

Wives Under Suspicion
(1938)A prosecutor trying a crime of passion case against a husband begins to suspect his own wife of cheating and becomes consumed by murderous thoughts.

Strange Illusion
(1945)The grieving son of a deceased California politician is haunted by a recurring nightmare that his mother is in love with his father’s mystery killer.

Satan Met a Lady
(1936)Before Bogart and Huston created the most enduring film version of Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, this Bette Davis rendition brought the thriller to the screen in a somewhat comedic style, telling the twisting tale of a detective who is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief. Detective Ted Shayne (Warren William) is hired by Valerie Purvis (Davis) to find a woman named Madame Barrabas (Alison Skipworth). But Valerie has a secret that endangers Ted's life, while a valuable jewel-encrusted ram's horn serves as the key to the whole affair.

Fear
(1946)When extreme poverty and hunger leads a medical student to kill a loan shark, a detective with a hunch plays on the man’s guilt to coax a confession.

Smarty
(1934)A squabbling couple can't seem to make it to the divorce court.

Imitation of Life
(1934)A young widow and her maid build a booming pancake business while raising their daughters.

The Man in the Iron Mask
(1939)Four swashbuckling heroes plot to rescue the rightful king of France, imprisoned by his evil twin brother, and restore him to the throne.

The Firefly
(1937)Jeanette MacDonald portrays Nina Maria, who sings, dances and spies for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Early in the story, Nina is eager to discourage an amorous French officer, so she feigns interest in Don Diego (Allan Jones). Now, she has a bigger problem – discouraging Don Diego, who is actually a French counterspy. His mission: shadow Nina Maria! Rudolf Friml's 1912 work provides the basis for this memorable musical that keeps some original songs (including "Giannina Mia"), revises others and introduces a now-classic charmer: "The Donkey Serenade" (engagingly set to the clip-clop of a mule-drawn coach), which became Jones' signature song throughout his career.

The Wolf Man
(1941)Larry Talbot, in attempting to rescue a young woman from a wolf, is himself bitten and knocked unconscious. Awakening, he discovers the wolf has transformed into a gypsy, Bela, whose mother explains the curse Talbot now carries - when the full moon rises, he too will become a werewolf. He dismisses it as a myth, but as the moon waxes full, Talbot finds he cannot resist his terrible new nature.
Lillian Russell
(1940)Her girl-next-door looks combined with a sultry singing voice made Alice Faye one of HollywoodÄ’s biggest stars in the Golden Age of Cinema. It's the gay 90's and headliner Lillian Russell (Alice Faye) is unstoppable! Called, ""The English Ballad Singer"" her beauty, charm and unforgettable voice packed playhouses everywhere. Offstage, she was equally amazing with an extravagant lifestyle that included four husbands, a jewel-studded bicycle and a wardrobe filled with furs, jewels, gowns and diamond-decorated corsets. As Russell, Faye breathes life into this glamorous icon singing old standards such as, ""After the Ball"" and new songs including, ""Blue Love Bird."" One of Faye's best dramatic roles; she stars with actors Don Ameche, Henry Fonda and Edward Arnold.