Warner Baxter

Born: 1889-03-28

Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, USA

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.

Known For

42nd Street
First Love
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Mismates
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
If I Were Queen
Robin Hood of El Dorado

Top Movie Credits

42nd Street Julian Marsh
First Love Donald Halliday
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage)
The Prisoner of Shark Island Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Mismates Ted Carroll
Robin Hood of El Dorado Joaquin Murrieta