Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

actor, soundtrack

Warner Baxter was born on Mar 29, 1889 in USA. Warner Baxter's big-screen debut came with Sheltered Daughters directed by Edward Dillon in 1921, strarring Pep Mullins. Warner Baxter is known for The Prisoner of Shark Island directed by John Ford, Warner Baxter stars as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd and Gloria Stuart as Mrs. Peggy Mudd. The most recent award Warner Baxter achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Warner Baxter plays is Prison Warden which will be released on Sep 20, 1950.

Warner Baxter claimed to have an early pre-disposition toward show business: "I discovered a boy a block away who would eat worms and swallow flies for a penny. For one-third of the profits, I exhibited him in a tent." When he was age 9, his widowed mother moved to San Francisco where, following the earthquake of 1906, his family lived in a tent for two weeks "in mortal terror of the fire." By 1910 he was in vaudeville and from there went on to Broadway plays and movies. A matinée idol in the silents, he came to prominence as the Cisco Kid with

  • Birthday

    Mar 29, 1889
  • Place of Birth

    Columbus, Ohio, USA

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 0 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Motion Picture
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame
Academy Awards, USA
1930
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner - Oscar

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Movies