Warner Baxter
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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| Full name at birth | Warner Leroy Baxter
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| Claim to fame | In Old Arizona, Crime Doctor
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1889
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| Place of birth | Columbus, Ohio
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| Date of death | 7 May 1951
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| Age | 62 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Beverly Hills, California
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| Cause of death | Pneumonia
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
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| Occupation | Actor
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- Was said to have had a fear of horses.
- Got the part of the Cisco Kid in the movie In Old Arizona (1928) due in part to veteran director Raoul Walsh's automobile accident in which he lost an eye. Walsh was set to play the Kid.
- Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA.
- Following a lobotomy to relieve pains of arthritis, he died of pneumonia.
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