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Warren William

1894 - 1948

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Warren William is the 8,071st most popular actor (up from 8,280th in 2019), the 12,463rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,250th in 2019) and the 3,783rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Warren William ranks 8,071 out of 13,578Before him are Harry Groener, Jacqueline McKenzie, Kyoko Fukada, Melissa Ponzio, Zoe Kazan, and Blanche Baker. After him are Reynaldo Gianecchini, Tom Aldredge, Joe Lo Truglio, Anna Chancellor, Randall Park, and Marina Aleksandrova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Warren William ranks 259Before him are Anatoly Blagonravov, Robert Russell Bennett, Beatrice Lillie, Jan Peka, Arthur Fiedler, and Jean Gachet. After him are H. V. Evatt, Harry Cobby, Jimmy McHugh, Fred Allen, Bud Jamison, and Mark Van Doren. Among people deceased in 1948, Warren William ranks 189Before him are Franz Weidenreich, Frank Benford, Susan Glaspell, Edgar Kennedy, James Young, and Poul Heegaard. After him are Mary Eaton, Sophia Duleep Singh, Samuel S. Hinds, Gertrude Atherton, Mary Nolan, and King Baggot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Warren William ranks 12,467 out of 20,380Before him are John W. Davis (1873), Craig Mazin (1971), Tony Orlando (1944), Melissa Ponzio (1972), Zoe Kazan (1983), and Blanche Baker (1956). After him are George S. Kaufman (1889), Taffy Abel (1900), Tom Aldredge (1928), Joe Lo Truglio (1970), Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), and Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Warren William ranks 3,785Before him are Charles Rocket (1949), Jeremy Sisto (1974), Adrian Grenier (1976), Melissa Ponzio (1972), Zoe Kazan (1983), and Blanche Baker (1956). After him are Tom Aldredge (1928), Joe Lo Truglio (1970), Randall Park (1974), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986), Paul Lynde (1926), and Wendy Schaal (1954).