Warner Baxter

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Movie poster for The Whip of the Pampas from 1935 with Ketti Gallian

Warner Baxter (born March 29, 1889 in Columbus , Ohio - † May 7, 1951 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American actor . He won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1930 .

Life

Baxter came to San Francisco as an only child with his widowed mother in 1898 , surviving the severe earthquake of 1906. However, they lost all of their belongings. In 1910 he joined a theater company and played vaudeville . The path led him to New York City , where he had his first successes on Broadway . In the early 1920s he was able to gain a foothold in the film business, where he was temporarily under contract with FBO . In 1928 he had his greatest success with the western In Old Arizona . He won an Oscar in 1930 for his role as the Cisco Kid in this early sound film . This award and its popularity with the public increased its market value continuously. In the mid-1930s he was considered one of Hollywood's top-earning actors .

In the early 1940s, after health problems, its star sank. After a nervous breakdown, psychiatric treatment and severe arthritis , he mostly only acted in films that could be made quickly with little effort. He died of pneumonia in 1951 .

Filmography

Silent films

Sound films

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Baxter, Warner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1951
Place of death Beverly Hills , California