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Warner Baxter

Mar 28, 1889 - May 07, 1951 (62 years old) in 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.

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42nd Street
Julian Marsh
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O. Henry's Full House
Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
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The Stolen Jools
Cisco Kid Character
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Broadway Bill
Dan Brooks
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In Old Arizona
The Cisco Kid
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Such Men Are Dangerous
Ludwig Kranz / Pierre Villard
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Just Before Dawn
Dr. Robert Ordway

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