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Warner Baxter

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Biography

Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1929), for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Warner Baxter started his movie career in silent movies. Baxter’s most notable silent films are probably The Great Gatsby (1926) and The Awful Truth (1925). Today The Great Gatsby is one of many lost films of the silent era. When talkies came out, Baxter became even more famous. Baxter’s most notable talkies are In Old Arizona (1929) 42nd Street (1932), and the 1931 20 minute short film, The Slippery Pearls.

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  • Born: Warner Leroy Baxter March 29, 1889 Columbus, Ohio, United States
  • Died: May 7, 1951 (aged 62) Beverly Hills, California, United States
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Years active: 1914–1950
  • Spouse: Viola Caldwell (1911-1913) Winifried Bryson (1918–1951)

Read more about Warner Baxter at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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