Portrait of Warner Baxter

Acting

Warner Baxter

Career

Active from 1921 to 1990, with a break from 1951 to 1989, busiest in 1928 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
99
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Warner Baxter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.7, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Period Piece 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Melodrama 3
  • Romance 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Silent Film 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 79
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
GoodWatch score 79

as (archive footage)

1950s

1 title
State Penitentiary
State Penitentiary (1950)

as Rodger Manners

1940s

16 titles · average score 56
Prison Warden
Prison Warden (1949)

as Warden Victor Burnell

The Crime Doctor's Diary
The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Robert Ordway

The Devil's Henchmen
The Devil's Henchmen (1949)

as Jess Arno

The Crime Doctor's Gamble
The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Robert Ordway

The Millerson Case
The Millerson Case (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dr. Robert Ordway

The Crime Doctor's Courage
The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
GoodWatch score 45

as Dr. Robert Ordway

The Crime Doctor's Warning
The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (1944)
GoodWatch score 42

as Kendall Nesbitt

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (1943)
GoodWatch score 49

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Crime Doctor
Crime Doctor (1943)
GoodWatch score 53

as Dr. Robert J. Ordway / Phillip Morgan

Adam Had Four Sons
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
GoodWatch score 60

as Adam Stoddard

1930s

41 titles · average score 63
Wife, Husband and Friend
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett

I'll Give a Million
I'll Give a Million (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tony Newlander

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as George Curson

The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
GoodWatch score 79

as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

The Road to Glory
The Road to Glory (1936)
GoodWatch score 74

as Captain Paul La Roche

Robin Hood of El Dorado
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
GoodWatch score 55

as Joaquin Murrieta

Stand Up and Cheer!
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lawrence Cromwell

Hell in the Heavens
Hell in the Heavens (1934)

as Lt. Steve Warner

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill (1934)
GoodWatch score 80

as Dan Brooks

42nd Street
42nd Street (1933)
GoodWatch score 79

as Julian Marsh

Penthouse
Penthouse (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jackson 'Jack' Durant

The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Cisco Kid Character

1920s

48 titles · average score 59
Linda
Linda (1929)

as Dr. Paul Randall

Behind That Curtain
Behind That Curtain (1929)
GoodWatch score 44

as Col. John Beetham

Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes (1929)

as Jack Winfield

In Old Arizona
In Old Arizona (1928)
GoodWatch score 51

as The Cisco Kid

Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife (1928)

as Walter Craig

Ramona
Ramona (1928)
GoodWatch score 67

as Alessandro

West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar (1928)
GoodWatch score 73

as Doc

The Telephone Girl
The Telephone Girl (1927)

as Matthew Standish

Mannequin
Mannequin (1926)

as John Herrick

Aloma of the South Seas
Aloma of the South Seas (1926)

as Nuitane

A Son of His Father
A Son of His Father (1925)

as Big Boy Morgan

The Air Mail
The Air Mail (1925)

as Russ Kane

1910s

2 titles
Lombardi, Ltd.
Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)

as Bit Part (uncredited)

All Woman
All Woman (1918)

as Bit Part