Warner Baxter

WARNER LEROY BAXTER

March 29, 1889 (Columbus, Ohio, USA) - May 7, 1951 (Beverly Hills, California, USA).

American actor.

Nine years later, after his father died, Warner and his mother moved to San Francisco. Surviving a terrible earthquake in 1906, the Baxters lost everything, as did many others. They lived in a tent. To do something to support his family, Warner took a job on a farm.

During a tour of their town by a traveling troupe of artists, Baxter joined them and traveled with them all over the west, learning the basics of acting.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award (1928/29):

Best Actor ("In Old Arizona").