作为有声片头几十年美国电影中留着胡髭的小生,华纳·巴克斯特凭借在早期有声西部片之一《In Old Arizona》(1928)中饰演的西斯科小子一角登上巅峰,赢得奥斯卡最佳男主角。整个1930年代他专演富有魅力、风流倜傥的拉丁大盗,并在数部续集中重拾这一角色或其变体。他最令人难忘的角色或许是歌舞片《四十二街》(1933)中那位精疲力竭的舞台剧导演,这部影片是大萧条时期电影的标志。随着时间推移,他转向B级片,在1940年代领衔奥德威医生系列。这位举止优雅、吐字讲究的演员,体现了战前好莱坞浪漫的精致风韵。
作为有声片头几十年美国电影中留着胡髭的小生,华纳·巴克斯特凭借在早期有声西部片之一《In Old Arizona》(1928)中饰演的西斯科小子一角登上巅峰,赢得奥斯卡最佳男主角。整个1930年代他专演富有魅力、风流倜傥的拉丁大盗,并在数部续集中重拾这一角色或其变体。他最令人难忘的角色或许是歌舞片《四十二街》(1933)中那位精疲力竭的舞台剧导演,这部影片是大萧条时期电影的标志。随着时间推移,他转向B级片,在1940年代领衔奥德威医生系列。这位举止优雅、吐字讲究的演员,体现了战前好莱坞浪漫的精致风韵。
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.