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Biography
Warner Leroy Baxter was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is 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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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1930
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · nominated
Filmography14 titles
O. Henry's Full House
1952as Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
1952as Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
1936as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
42nd Street
1933as Julian Marsh
1933as Julian Marsh
West of Zanzibar
1928as Doc
1928as Doc
Ramona
1928as Alessandro
1928as Alessandro
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996as Self (archive footage)
1996as Self (archive footage)
King of Burlesque
1936as Kerry Bolton
1936as Kerry Bolton
Broadway Bill
1934as Dan Brooks
1934as Dan Brooks
Adam Had Four Sons
1941as Adam Stoddard
1941as Adam Stoddard
The Stolen Jools
1931as Cisco Kid Character
1931as Cisco Kid Character
In Old Arizona
1928as The Cisco Kid
1928as The Cisco Kid
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934as Lawrence Cromwell
1934as Lawrence Cromwell
Renegades
1930as Jean Deucalion
1930as Jean Deucalion
Behind That Curtain
1929as Col. John Beetham
1929as Col. John Beetham