Professor Warren — The Spiral Staircase Character Profile

About Professor Warren

Also known as Albert, he is Mrs. Warren's stepson and a local professor. He secretly murdered his secretary Blanche out of unrequited love and confessed to Helen, revealing his twisted mission to eliminate the weak and imperfect. He is ultimately shot dead by Mrs. Warren.

Professor Warren — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

George Brent

Appears in

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Professor Warren — Family Brothers — Steve Warren (Gordon Oliver)

  Stepbrothers living in the same household

• Professor Warren — Romantic Admirer — Blanche (Rhonda Fleming)

  Unrequited love for Blanche

• Professor Warren — Family Stepmother — Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore)

  Stepmother to Professor Warren

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More characters from The Spiral Staircase

• Helen (Dorothy McGuire)
• Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore)
• Dr. Parry (Kent Smith)
• Dr. Harvey (uncredited) (Erville Alderson)
• Blanche (Rhonda Fleming)
• The Killer's 'Eye' (uncredited) (Robert Siodmak)
• Minister (uncredited) (Larry Wheat)
• The Killer's 'Shadow' (uncredited) (George Holmes)
• Starry-eyed Man (uncredited) (Stanley Price)
• Freddy (uncredited) (Richard Tyler)
• Murder Victim (uncredited) (Myrna Dell)
• Steve Warren (Gordon Oliver)