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Warner Baxter

Born 1889-03-28

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 1933 · 7.3 In Old Arizona 1928 · 5.5 Adam Had Four Sons 1941 · 6.6 Brother Can You Spare a Dime 1975 · 7.1 Vogues of 1938 1937 · 5.9 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara 1935 · 5.9