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Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

1889 – 1951·Columbus, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

1928Doc
Behind That Curtain

Behind That Curtain

1929Col. John Beetham
The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

1931Cisco Kid Character