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Warner Baxter

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Warner Baxter

Born March 28, 1889 in Columbus, Ohio, USADied May 7, 1951107 films

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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Filmography

107 films as actor
  1. 1950State PenitentiaryRodger Manners
  2. 1949Prison WardenWarden Victor Burnell
  3. 1949The Devil's HenchmenJess Arno
  4. 1949The Crime Doctor's DiaryDr. Robert Ordway
  5. 1948The Gentleman from NowhereEarl Donovan / Robert Ashton
  6. 1947The Crime Doctor's GambleDr. Robert Ordway
  7. 1947The Millerson CaseDr. Robert Ordway
  8. 1946Crime Doctor's Man HuntDr. Robert Ordway
  9. 1946Just Before DawnDr. Robert Ordway
  10. 1945The Crime Doctor's WarningDr. Robert Ordway
  11. 1945The Crime Doctor's CourageDr. Robert Ordway
  12. 1944Shadows in the NightDr. Robert Ordway
  13. 1944Lady in the DarkKendall Nesbitt
  14. 1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest CaseDr. Robert Ordway
  15. 1943Crime DoctorDr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan
  16. 1941Adam Had Four SonsAdam Stoddard
  17. 1940EarthboundNick Desborough
  18. 1939BarricadeHank Topping
  19. 1939The Return of the Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid
  20. 1939Wife, Husband and FriendLeonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
  21. 1938I'll Give a MillionTony Newlander
  22. 1938KidnappedAlan Breck
  23. 1937Wife, Doctor and NurseDr. Judd Lewis
  24. 1937Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938George Curson
  25. 1937Slave ShipJim Lovett
  26. 1936White HunterCapt. Clark Rutledge
  27. 1936The Road to GloryCaptain Paul La Roche
  28. 1936To Mary - with LoveJack Wallace
  29. 1936Robin Hood of El DoradoJoaquin Murrieta
  30. 1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
  31. 1936King of BurlesqueKerry Bolton
  32. 1935Under the Pampas MoonCesar Campo
  33. 1935One More SpringJaret Otkar
  34. 1934Hell in the HeavensLt. Steve Warner
  35. 1934Broadway BillDan Brooks
  36. 1934Grand CanaryDr Harvey Leith
  37. 1934Such Women Are DangerousMichael Shawn
  38. 1934Stand Up and Cheer!Lawrence Cromwell
  39. 1934As Husbands GoCharles Lingard
  40. 1933PenthouseJackson 'Jack' Durant
  41. 1933Paddy the Next Best ThingLawrence Blake
  42. 1933I Loved You WednesdayPhilip Fletcher
  43. 193342nd StreetJulian Marsh
  44. 1933Dangerously YoursAndrew Burke
  45. 19326 Hours to LiveCaptain Paul Onslow
  46. 1932Man About TownStephen Morrow
  47. 1932Amateur DaddyJim Gladden
  48. 1931SurrenderSergeant Dumaine
  49. 1931The Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid
  50. 1931The Squaw ManJim Wingate - aka Jim Carston
  51. 1931Their Mad MomentEsteban Cristera
  52. 1931Daddy Long LegsJervis Pendleton
  53. 1931The Stolen JoolsCisco Kid Character
  54. 1931Doctors' WivesDr. Judson Penning
  55. 1930RenegadesJean Deucalion
  56. 1930The Arizona KidThe Arizona Kid
  57. 1930Such Men Are DangerousLudwig Kranz / Pierre Villard
  58. 1929Romance of the Rio GrandePablo Wharton Cameron
  59. 1929Happy DaysMinstrel Show Performer
  60. 1929Behind That CurtainCol. John Beetham
  61. 1929Thru Different EyesJack Winfield
  62. 1929LindaDr. Paul Randall
  63. 1928In Old ArizonaThe Cisco Kid
  64. 1928West of ZanzibarDoc
  65. 1928Craig's WifeWalter Craig
  66. 1928Danger StreetRolly Sigsby
  67. 1928Three SinnersJames Harris
  68. 1928RamonaAlessandro
  69. 1928The Tragedy of YouthFrank Gordon
  70. 1928A Woman's WayTony
  71. 1927SingedRoyce Wingate
  72. 1927The CowardClinton Philbrook
  73. 1927Drums of the DesertJohn Curry
  74. 1927The Telephone GirlMatthew Standish
  75. 1926The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby
  76. 1926MismatesTed Carroll
  77. 1926Aloma of the South SeasNuitane
  78. 1926The RunawayWade Murrell
  79. 1926Miss Brewster's MillionsThomas B. Hancock Jr
  80. 1926MannequinJohn Herrick
  81. 1925The Best PeopleHenry Morgan
  82. 1925A Son of His FatherBig Boy Morgan
  83. 1925Rugged WaterCalvin Horner
  84. 1925Welcome HomeFred Prouty
  85. 1925The Awful TruthNorman Satterlee
  86. 1925The Air MailRuss Kane
  87. 1925The Golden BedBunny O'Neill
  88. 1924The Garden of WeedsDouglas Crawford
  89. 1924Christine of the Hungry HeartStuart Knight
  90. 1924The FemaleCol. Valentia
  91. 1924Those Who DanceBob Kane
  92. 1924His Forgotten WifeDonald Allen / John Rolfe
  93. 1924AlimonyJimmy Mason
  94. 1923In Search of a ThrillAdrian Torrens
  95. 1923Blow Your Own HornJack Dunbar
  96. 1923St. ElmoMurray Hammond
  97. 1922The Ninety and NineTom Silverton
  98. 1922If I Were QueenVladimir
  99. 1922A Girl's DesireJones / Lord Dysart
  100. 1922The Girl in His RoomKirk Waring
  101. 1922Her Own MoneyLew Alden
  102. 1921Cheated HeartsTom Gordon
  103. 1921First LoveDonald Halliday
  104. 1921The Love CharmThomas Morgan
  105. 1921Sheltered DaughtersPep Mullins
  106. 1919Lombardi, Ltd.Bit Part (uncredited)
  107. 1918All WomanBit Part