Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter publicity photo
Born
Warner Leroy Baxter

(1889-03-29)March 29, 1889
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMay 7, 1951(1951-05-07) (aged 62)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActor
Years active1914–1950
Spouses
Viola Caldwell
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(m. 1911; div. 1913)​
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(m. 1918)​

Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards.[1] He frequently played womanizing, charismatic Latin bandit types in Westerns, and played the Cisco Kid or a similar character throughout the 1930s, but had a range of other roles throughout his career.

Baxter began his movie career in silent films with his most notable roles being in The Great Gatsby (1926) and The Awful Truth (1925). Baxter's notable sound films are In Old Arizona (1929), 42nd Street (1933), Slave Ship (1937) with Wallace Beery, Kidnapped (1938) with Freddie Bartholomew, and the 1931 ensemble short film The Stolen Jools. In the 1940s, he was well known for his recurring role as Dr. Robert Ordway in the Crime Doctor series of 10 films.

For his contributions to the motion-picture industry, Baxter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". oscars.org. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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