Warner Baxter
Born
March 28, 1889
Died
May 7, 1951 (62 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Self (archive footage)
2007

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975

O. Henry's Full House
Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
1952

State Penitentiary
Rodger Manners
1950

Prison Warden
Warden Victor Burnell
1949

The Devil's Henchman
Jess Arno
1949

The Crime Doctor's Diary
Dr. Robert Ordway
1949

The Gentleman from Nowhere
Earl Donovan / Robert Ashton
1948

The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Dr. Robert Ordway
1947

The Millerson Case
Dr. Robert Ordway
1947

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Dr. Robert Ordway
1946

Just Before Dawn
Dr. Robert Ordway
1946

The Crime Doctor's Warning
Dr. Robert Ordway
1945

The Crime Doctor's Courage
Dr. Robert Ordway
1945

Shadows in the Night
Dr. Robert Ordway
1944

Lady in the Dark
Kendall Nesbitt
1944

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Dr. Robert Ordway
1943

Crime Doctor
Dr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan
1943

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Himself
1941

Adam Had Four Sons
Adam Stoddard
1941

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940

Earthbound
Nick Desborough
1940

Barricade
Hank Topping
1939

Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
1939

The Return of the Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
1939

Wife, Husband and Friend
Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
1939

I'll Give a Million
Tony Newlander
1938

Hollywood Handicap
Himself
1938

Kidnapped
Alan Breck
1938

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Dr. Judd Lewis
1937

Vogues of 1938
George Curson
1937

Slave Ship
Jim Lovett
1937

White Hunter
Capt. Clark Rutledge
1936

The Road to Glory
Captain Paul La Roche
1936

To Mary - with Love
Jack Wallace
1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado
Joaquin Murrieta
1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
1936

King of Burlesque
Kerry Bolton
1936

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935

Under the Pampas Moon
Cesar Campo
1935

One More Spring
Jaret Otkar
1935

Hell in the Heavens
Lt. Steve Warner
1934

Broadway Bill
Dan Brooks
1934
Studio Highlights
Self (archive footage)
1934

Grand Canary
Dr Harvey Leith
1934

Such Women Are Dangerous
Michael Shawn
1934

Stand Up and Cheer!
Lawrence Cromwell
1934

As Husbands Go
Charles Lingard
1934

Penthouse
Jackson 'Jack' Durant
1933

Paddy the Next Best Thing
Lawrence Blake
1933

I Loved You Wednesday
Philip Fletcher
1933

42nd Street
Julian Marsh
1933

Dangerously Yours
Andrew Burke
1933

6 Hours to Live
Captain Paul Onslow
1932

Man About Town
Stephen Morrow
1932

Amateur Daddy
Jim Gladden
1932

Surrender
Sergeant Dumaine
1931

The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
1931

The Squaw Man
Jim Wingate - aka Jim Carston
1931

Their Mad Moment
Esteban Cristera
1931

Daddy Long Legs
Jervis Pendleton
1931

The Stolen Jools
Cisco Kid Character
1931

Doctors' Wives
Dr. Judson Penning
1931

Renegades
Jean Deucalion
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
1930

The Arizona Kid
The Arizona Kid
1930

Such Men Are Dangerous
Ludwig Kranz / Pierre Villard
1930

Romance of the Rio Grande
Pablo Wharton Cameron
1929

Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
1929

Behind That Curtain
Col. John Beetham
1929

Thru Different Eyes
Jack Winfield
1929

Linda
Dr. Paul Randall
1929

In Old Arizona
The Cisco Kid
1928

West of Zanzibar
Doc
1928

Craig's Wife
Walter Craig
1928

Danger Street
Rolly Sigsby
1928

Three Sinners
James Harris
1928

Ramona
Alessandro
1928

The Tragedy of Youth
Frank Gordon
1928

A Woman's Way
Tony
1928

Singed
Royce Wingate
1927

The Coward
Clinton Philbrook
1927

Drums of the Desert
John Curry
1927

The Telephone Girl
Matthew Standish
1927

The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
1926

Mismates
Ted Carroll
1926

Aloma of the South Seas
Nuitane
1926

The Runaway
Wade Murrell
1926

Miss Brewster's Millions
Thomas B. Hancock Jr
1926

Mannequin
John Herrick
1926

The Best People
Henry Morgan
1925

A Son of His Father
Big Boy Morgan
1925

Rugged Water
Calvin Horner
1925

Welcome Home
Fred Prouty
1925

The Awful Truth
Norman Satterlee
1925

The Air Mail
Russ Kane
1925

The Golden Bed
Bunny O'Neill
1925

The Garden of Weeds
Douglas Crawford
1924

Christine of the Hungry Heart
Stuart Knight
1924

The Female
Col. Valentia
1924

Those Who Dance
Bob Kane
1924

His Forgotten Wife
Donald Allen / John Rolfe
1924

Alimony
Jimmy Mason
1924

In Search of a Thrill
Adrian Torrens
1923

Blow Your Own Horn
Jack Dunbar
1923

St. Elmo
Murray Hammond
1923

The Ninety and Nine
Tom Silverton
1922

If I Were Queen
Vladimir
1922

A Girl's Desire
Jones / Lord Dysart
1922

The Girl in His Room
Kirk Waring
1922

Her Own Money
Lew Alden
1922

Cheated Hearts
Tom Gordon
1921

First Love
Donald Halliday
1921

The Love Charm
Thomas Morgan
1921

Sheltered Daughters
Pep Mullins
1921

Lombardi, Ltd.
Bit Part (uncredited)
1919

All Woman
Bit Part
1918