1933Nominee
Best Performance
42nd Street
Warner Baxter
Actor
Columbus, Ohio, USA
March 28, 1889
Biography
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1921Winner
Best Performance
First Love
1949Nominee
Best Performance
Prison Warden
Career Highlights
1936Highlight
Best Performance
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1939Highlight
Best Performance
Wife, Husband and Friend
Video
42nd Street
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Happy Days