Person
Warner Baxter
Acting · 1889–1951 · 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
Prison Warden
Warden Victor Burnell
The Millerson Case
Dr. Robert Ordway
42nd Street
Julian Marsh
O. Henry's Full House
Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
Lawrence Cromwell
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Dr. Robert Ordway
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Linda
Dr. Paul Randall
Mannequin
John Herrick
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Filmography
- 2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a StarSelf (archive footage)
- 1996Ingrid Bergman RememberedSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To(archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
- 1952O. Henry's Full HouseCisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
- 1950State PenitentiaryRodger Manners
- 1949Prison WardenWarden Victor Burnell
- 1949The Devil's HenchmenJess Arno
- 1949The Crime Doctor's DiaryDr. Robert Ordway
- 1948The Gentleman from NowhereEarl Donovan / Robert Ashton
- 1947The Crime Doctor's GambleDr. Robert Ordway
- 1947The Millerson CaseDr. Robert Ordway
- 1946Crime Doctor's Man HuntDr. Robert Ordway
- 1946Just Before DawnDr. Robert Ordway
- 1945The Crime Doctor's WarningDr. Robert Ordway
- 1945The Crime Doctor's CourageDr. Robert Ordway
- 1944Shadows in the NightDr. Robert Ordway
- 1944Lady in the DarkKendall Nesbitt
- 1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest CaseDr. Robert Ordway
- 1943Crime DoctorDr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1Self (uncredited)
- 1941Adam Had Four SonsAdam Stoddard
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)
- 1940EarthboundNick Desborough
- 1939BarricadeHank Topping
- 1939Land of Liberty(archive footage)
- 1939The Return of the Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid
- 1939Wife, Husband and FriendLeonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
- 1938I'll Give a MillionTony Newlander
- 1938Hollywood HandicapHimself
- 1938KidnappedAlan Breck
- 1937Wife, Doctor and NurseDr. Judd Lewis
- 1937Vogues of 1938George Curson
- 1937Slave ShipJim Lovett
- 1936White HunterCapt. Clark Rutledge
- 1936The Road to GloryCaptain Paul La Roche
- 1936To Mary - with LoveJack Wallace
- 1936Robin Hood of El DoradoJoaquin Murrieta
- 1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
- 1936King of BurlesqueKerry Bolton
- 1935La Fiesta de Santa BarbaraSelf
- 1935Under the Pampas MoonCesar Campo
- 1935One More SpringJaret Otkar
- 1934Hell in the HeavensLt. Steve Warner
- 1934Broadway BillDan Brooks
- 1934Studio HighlightsSelf (archive footage)
- 1934Grand CanaryDr Harvey Leith
- 1934Such Women Are DangerousMichael Shawn
- 1934Stand Up and Cheer!Lawrence Cromwell
- 1934As Husbands GoCharles Lingard
- 1933PenthouseJackson 'Jack' Durant
- 1933Paddy the Next Best ThingLawrence Blake
- 1933I Loved You WednesdayPhilip Fletcher
- 193342nd StreetJulian Marsh
- 1933Dangerously YoursAndrew Burke
- 19326 Hours to LiveCaptain Paul Onslow
- 1932Man About TownStephen Morrow
- 1932Amateur DaddyJim Gladden
- 1931SurrenderSergeant Dumaine
- 1931The Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid
- 1931The Squaw ManJim Wingate - aka Jim Carston
- 1931Their Mad MomentEsteban Cristera
- 1931Daddy Long LegsJervis Pendleton
- 1931The Stolen JoolsCisco Kid Character
- 1931Doctors' WivesDr. Judson Penning
- 1930RenegadesJean Deucalion
- 1930The Voice of Hollywood
- 1930The Arizona KidThe Arizona Kid
- 1930Such Men Are DangerousLudwig Kranz / Pierre Villard
- 1929Romance of the Rio GrandePablo Wharton Cameron
- 1929Happy DaysMinstrel Show Performer
- 1929Behind That CurtainCol. John Beetham
- 1929Thru Different EyesJack Winfield
- 1929LindaDr. Paul Randall
- 1928In Old ArizonaThe Cisco Kid
- 1928West of ZanzibarDoc
- 1928Craig's WifeWalter Craig
- 1928Danger StreetRolly Sigsby
- 1928Three SinnersJames Harris
- 1928RamonaAlessandro
- 1928The Tragedy of YouthFrank Gordon
- 1928A Woman's WayTony
- 1927SingedRoyce Wingate
- 1927The CowardClinton Philbrook
- 1927Drums of the DesertJohn Curry
- 1927The Telephone GirlMatthew Standish
- 1926The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby
- 1926MismatesTed Carroll
- 1926Aloma of the South SeasNuitane
- 1926The RunawayWade Murrell
- 1926Miss Brewster's MillionsThomas B. Hancock Jr
- 1926MannequinJohn Herrick
- 1925The Best PeopleHenry Morgan
- 1925A Son of His FatherBig Boy Morgan
- 1925Rugged WaterCalvin Horner
- 1925Welcome HomeFred Prouty
- 1925The Awful TruthNorman Satterlee
- 1925The Air MailRuss Kane
- 1925The Golden BedBunny O'Neill
- 1924The Garden of WeedsDouglas Crawford
- 1924Christine of the Hungry HeartStuart Knight
- 1924The FemaleCol. Valentia
- 1924Those Who DanceBob Kane
- 1924His Forgotten WifeDonald Allen / John Rolfe
- 1924AlimonyJimmy Mason
- 1923In Search of a ThrillAdrian Torrens
- 1923Blow Your Own HornJack Dunbar
- 1923St. ElmoMurray Hammond
- 1922The Ninety and NineTom Silverton
- 1922If I Were QueenVladimir
- 1922A Girl's DesireJones / Lord Dysart
- 1922The Girl in His RoomKirk Waring
- 1922Her Own MoneyLew Alden
- 1921Cheated HeartsTom Gordon
- 1921First LoveDonald Halliday
- 1921The Love CharmThomas Morgan
- 1921Sheltered DaughtersPep Mullins
- 1919Lombardi, Ltd.Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1918All WomanBit Part
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