Warren Hull

Warren Hull

Born: January 16, 1903
Died: September 14, 1974
in Gasport, New York, USA
John Warren Hull (January 17, 1903 – September 14, 1974), known professionally as Warren Hull, was an American actor, singer and television personality active from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was one of the most popular serial actors in the action-adventure field.

Movies for Warren Hull...

Title: Cavalcade of Bands
Released: January 17, 1950
Type: TV
Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: The Spider / Richard Wentworth / Blinky McQuade
Released: May 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Feature version of the American serial film of the same name, edited for exhibition overseas only, never exhibited in the USA in any medium, and evidently a lost film.
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Bowery Blitzkrieg
Title: Bowery Blitzkrieg
Character: Officer Tom Brady
Released: August 1, 1941
Type: Movie
The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying and school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: The Spider / Richard Wentworth / Blinky McQuade
Released: May 9, 1941
Type: Movie
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Title: The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Character: Britt Reid / Green Hornet
Released: December 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
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Remedy for Riches
Title: Remedy for Riches
Character: Tom Stewart
Released: November 29, 1940
Type: Movie
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.
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Marked Men
Title: Marked Men
Character: Bill Carver
Released: September 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group into the desert.
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Title: Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Character: Donald Gregory
Released: September 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
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The Last Alarm
Title: The Last Alarm
Character: Frank Rogers
Released: June 25, 1940
Type: Movie
A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist. As he gets closer to finding the killer, things become dangerous for him and his family.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Title: The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Character: Bob Penyon
Released: May 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.
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Hidden Enemy
Title: Hidden Enemy
Character: Bill MacGregor
Released: January 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Reporter vs. German spies and their new metal.
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Yukon Flight
Title: Yukon Flight
Character: Bill Shipley
Released: January 2, 1940
Type: Movie
When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed when Renfrew finds the control stick has been jammed, forcing the plane to fly in one direction until the gas ran out. Mine owner Louise Howard (Louise Stanley) reports that her superintendent is missing. The Mounties find him murdered and that too has been made to look like an accident. A new mail service pilot, Bill Shipley (Warren Hull), arrives. He had gone to training school with Renfrew but had been cashiered for misconduct. The Mounties discover that Raymond (Karl Hackett), who had been working for Louise, really owns the flying line managed by Yuke Cardoe (William Pawley.) They find proof that all the gold from the mine isn't being turned over to Louise, and suspect that Raymond and Yuke are stealing the gold and shipping it to Seattle by plane.
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Mandrake the Magician
Title: Mandrake the Magician
Character: Mandrake the Magician
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.
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Crashing Thru
Title: Crashing Thru
Character: Constable Kelly
Released: December 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Renfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
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Girl from Rio
Title: Girl from Rio
Character: Steven Ward
Released: August 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
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Should a Girl Marry?
Title: Should a Girl Marry?
Character: Dr. Robert Benson
Released: June 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.
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Mandrake the Magician
Title: Mandrake the Magician
Character: Mandrake the Magician
Released: May 6, 1939
Type: Movie
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
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Star Reporter
Title: Star Reporter
Character: John Randolph
Released: February 22, 1939
Type: Movie
An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
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Smashing the Spy Ring
Title: Smashing the Spy Ring
Character: Phil Dunlap
Released: December 29, 1938
Type: Movie
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
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The Spider's Web
Title: The Spider's Web
Character: The Spider / Richard Wentworth / Blinky McQuade
Released: October 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.
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Hawaii Calls
Title: Hawaii Calls
Character: Commander Milburn
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks
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A Bride for Henry
Title: A Bride for Henry
Character: Henry Tuttle
Released: September 29, 1937
Type: Movie
On the day of her wedding a young woman's fiancé doesn't show up, sleeping off the results of the previous night's wild bachelor party. Miffed, the woman decides to go ahead with the wedding anyway to teach her fiancé a lesson, so she calls her lawyer, Henry, and has him stand in for her missing groom. She intends to divorce her new "husband" at the first opportunity, but Henry--who has been in love with her for a long time--is determined to win his "wife's" hand.
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Paradise Isle
Title: Paradise Isle
Character: Richard Kennedy
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).
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Rhythm in the Clouds
Title: Rhythm in the Clouds
Character: Bob McKay
Released: June 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.
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Michael O'Halloran
Title: Michael O'Halloran
Character: Dr. Douglas Bruce
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.
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Night Key
Title: Night Key
Character: Jim Travers
Released: April 18, 1937
Type: Movie
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
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Her Husband's Secretary
Title: Her Husband's Secretary
Character: Barton 'Bart' Kingdon
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
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Fugitive in the Sky
Title: Fugitive in the Sky
Character: Terry Brewer
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
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Love Begins at Twenty
Title: Love Begins at Twenty
Character: Jerry Wayne
Released: August 22, 1936
Type: Movie
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
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Bengal Tiger
Title: Bengal Tiger
Character: Joe Larson
Released: July 29, 1936
Type: Movie
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.
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The Big Noise
Title: The Big Noise
Character: Ken Mitchell
Released: June 22, 1936
Type: Movie
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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The Law in Her Hands
Title: The Law in Her Hands
Character: Robert Mitchell
Released: May 16, 1936
Type: Movie
A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
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The Walking Dead
Title: The Walking Dead
Character: Jimmy
Released: March 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
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Freshman Love
Title: Freshman Love
Character: Bob Wilson
Released: January 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
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Miss Pacific Fleet
Title: Miss Pacific Fleet
Character: Sergeant Tom Foster
Released: December 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title "Miss Pacific Fleet".
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Personal Maid's Secret
Title: Personal Maid's Secret
Character: John 'Jimmy' Smith
Released: October 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.
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Moon Over Manhattan
Title: Moon Over Manhattan
Character: Tom Manners
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
A musical short about a young couple, an artist for an advertising firm and a hopeful model. They try a couple of schemes to get Sally a job with the firm.