Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

1889-03-28 – 1951-05-07 (age 62) Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Biography

Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter became 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. 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.

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Known For

Stand Up and Cheer!
Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

as Lawrence Cromwell

42nd Street
42nd Street

1933

as Julian Marsh

The Devil's Henchmen
The Devil's Henchmen

1949

as Jess Arno

State Penitentiary
State Penitentiary

1950

as Rodger Manners

Grand Canary
Grand Canary

1934

as Dr Harvey Leith

Earthbound
Earthbound

1940

as Nick Desborough

Crime Doctor
Crime Doctor

1943

as Dr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan

O. Henry's Full House
O. Henry's Full House

1952

as Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)

Slave Ship
Slave Ship

1937

as Jim Lovett

All Woman
All Woman

1918

as Bit Part

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Mannequin
Mannequin

1926

as John Herrick

The Crime Doctor's Courage
The Crime Doctor's Courage

1945

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Kidnapped
Kidnapped

1938

as Alan Breck

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

The Millerson Case
The Millerson Case

1947

as Dr. Robert Ordway

West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar

1928

as Doc

Happy Days
Happy Days

1929

as Minstrel Show Performer

The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd