![]() ![]() “It is the consensus of opinion that Williams is far more desirable than William, in the New York office.” It only took a couple of days for Obringer to reply in the negative, noting Warren, “strongly objected to the addition of the ‘s,’ claiming the name William was a distinction in itself,” and that he was well recognized by it throughout the theatrical world. ![]() Zanuck wrote to Warner Bros.’ executive R.J. “Have we the right to add an ‘s’ to Warren William’s name?” producer Darryl F. Also the press often misspelled the name Kreck, though that issue certainly wouldn’t improve as Warren William. Both of his paternal grandparents were German born and the surname had already cost Warren his first choices of military duty after enlisting for the Great War, so in a time still ripe with anti-German sentiment he surely thought a change might help his career as well. 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 was born Warren William Krech on Decemin Aitkin, Minnesota.
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