Warner Baxter

Actor · Died May 7, 1951, aged 62 · 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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: March 28, 1889
Died: May 7, 1951 (aged 62)
From: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Works as: Actor
Titles: 21 on MovieCove · 110 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Warner Baxter's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titles64^th

Comedy6 titles54^th

Crime3 titles46^th

Documentary2 titles77^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

33%

Self

17%

Bonds

16%

Society

11%

Survival

Power

Ideas

Justice6 Deception7 Romantic love4 Ambition4 Community2 Class4 Family bonds2 Self-worth2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 19

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 0

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 4

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 13 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 3

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 14 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 18 analyzed roles.

Hero

11 of 18

Ally

3 of 18

Shadow

2 of 18

Mentor

2 of 18

Show the 18 roles

Allyas Alessandro in Ramona (1928)
Shadowas The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1928)
Mentoras Julian Marsh in 42nd Street (1933)
Heroas Dan Brooks in Broadway Bill (1934)
Heroas Lawrence Cromwell in Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Heroas Kerry Bolton in King of Burlesque (1936)
Heroas Dr. Samuel Mudd in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Mentoras Capt. Paul La Roche in The Road to Glory (1936)
Allyas George Curson in Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Heroas Tony Newlander in I'll Give a Million (1938)
Heroas Leonard Borland in Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
Allyas Adam Stoddard in Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Heroas Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
Shadowas Kendall Nesbitt in Lady in the Dark (1944)
Heroas Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
Heroas Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
Heroas Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
Heroas Jess Arno in The Devil's Henchmen (1949)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Warm

Melancholic

Joyful

Hopeful

Other

How their films linger

Feel-good12 Fun6 Bittersweet5 Hopeful4 Thought-provoking4 Haunting3

How their films end · 4 with a twist

Happy12
Bittersweet7
Tragic1
Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Warner Baxter's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service

Also on these channels

IndieFlix1 title, show their title on IndieFlix

Subscription and free streaming for Warner Baxter's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

110 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to(1990)
as (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
State Penitentiary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Rodger Manners
Prison Warden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Warden Victor Burnell
The Devil's Henchmen(1949)
as Jess Arno
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Crime Doctor's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
The Gentleman from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Earl Donovan / Robert Ashton
The Crime Doctor's Gamble(1947)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Millerson Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Just Before Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
The Crime Doctor's Warning(1945)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Crime Doctor's Courage(1945)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Shadows in the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Lady in the Dark(1944)
as Kendall Nesbitt
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case(1943)
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Crime Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
as Dr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan
Adam Had Four Sons(1941)
as Adam Stoddard
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Earthbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Nick Desborough
Barricade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as Hank Topping
Land of Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as (archive footage)
The Return of the Cisco Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as The Cisco Kid
Wife, Husband and Friend(1939)
as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
I'll Give a Million(1938)
as Tony Newlander
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Kidnapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Alan Breck
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
as Dr. Judd Lewis
Vogues of 1938(1937)
as George Curson
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Slave Ship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
as Jim Lovett
White Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Capt. Clark Rutledge
The Road to Glory(1936)
as Captain Paul La Roche
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
To Mary - with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Jack Wallace
Robin Hood of El Dorado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Joaquin Murrieta
The Prisoner of Shark Island(1936)
as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
King of Burlesque(1936)
as Kerry Bolton
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Under the Pampas Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Cesar Campo
One More Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Jaret Otkar
Hell in the Heavens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Lt. Steve Warner
Broadway Bill(1934)
as Dan Brooks
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Grand Canary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Dr Harvey Leith
Such Women Are Dangerous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Michael Shawn
Stand Up and Cheer!(1934)
as Lawrence Cromwell
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
As Husbands Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Charles Lingard
Penthouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Jackson 'Jack' Durant
Paddy the Next Best Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Lawrence Blake
I Loved You Wednesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Philip Fletcher
42nd Street(1933)
as Julian Marsh
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Dangerously Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Andrew Burke
6 Hours to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Captain Paul Onslow
Man About Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Stephen Morrow
Amateur Daddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Jim Gladden
Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Sergeant Dumaine
The Cisco Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as The Cisco Kid
The Squaw Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Jim Wingate - aka Jim Carston
Their Mad Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Esteban Cristera
Daddy Long Legs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Jervis Pendleton
The Stolen Jools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Cisco Kid Character
Doctors' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Dr. Judson Penning
Renegades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Jean Deucalion
The Voice of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Actor
The Arizona Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as The Arizona Kid
Such Men Are Dangerous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Ludwig Kranz / Pierre Villard
Romance of the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Pablo Wharton Cameron
Happy Days(1929)
as Minstrel Show Performer
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Behind That Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Col. John Beetham
Thru Different Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Jack Winfield
Linda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Dr. Paul Randall
In Old Arizona(1928)
as The Cisco Kid
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
West of Zanzibar(1928)
as Doc
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Craig's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as Walter Craig
Danger Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as Rolly Sigsby
Three Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as James Harris
Ramona(1928)
as Alessandro
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Tragedy of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as Frank Gordon
A Woman's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as Tony
Singed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
as Royce Wingate
The Coward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
as Clinton Philbrook
Drums of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
as John Curry
The Telephone Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
as Matthew Standish
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as Jay Gatsby
Mismates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as Ted Carroll
Aloma of the South Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as Nuitane
The Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as Wade Murrell
Miss Brewster's Millions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as Thomas B. Hancock Jr
Mannequin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
as John Herrick
The Best People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Henry Morgan
A Son of His Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Big Boy Morgan
Rugged Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Calvin Horner
Welcome Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Fred Prouty
The Awful Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Norman Satterlee
The Air Mail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Russ Kane
The Golden Bed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
as Bunny O'Neill
The Garden of Weeds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Douglas Crawford
Christine of the Hungry Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Stuart Knight
The Female (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Col. Valentia
Those Who Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Bob Kane
His Forgotten Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Donald Allen / John Rolfe
Alimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
as Jimmy Mason
In Search of a Thrill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
as Adrian Torrens
Blow Your Own Horn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
as Jack Dunbar
St. Elmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
as Murray Hammond
The Ninety and Nine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
as Tom Silverton
If I Were Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
as Vladimir
A Girl's Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
as Jones / Lord Dysart
The Girl in His Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
as Kirk Waring
Her Own Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
as Lew Alden
Cheated Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Tom Gordon
First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Donald Halliday
The Love Charm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Thomas Morgan
Sheltered Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Pep Mullins
Lombardi, Ltd. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
All Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
as Bit Part

Career shape

Star power in the 91^st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 110 titles from 1918 to 1990.

Biggest box office

42nd Street (1933)

$1.8K worldwide

Highest rated

42nd Street (1933)

Midcredits 87^th

Film career

Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles.

1928Screen debut· West of Zanzibar
1928First top-billed film· In Old Arizona

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting110 of 110 · 47^th

By decade

1910s2 · acting1920s48 · acting1930s42 · acting1940s16 · acting1950s1 · acting1990s1 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 60% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Warner Baxter's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47^th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

58^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

38^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

75^th and up5
50^th to 74^th5
25^th to 49^th9
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser11
Broadly Agreed4
Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

Happy Days (1929)

76^th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

42nd Street (1933)

Midcredits 87^th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.