Warner Baxter

Ohio born stage and film actor who became the first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar for a "talkie" when he won for In Old Arizona in 1928-29. By 1936, Baxter had become the highest paid actor in Hollywood but that year was to mark his professional apex. Personal problems, including a nervous breakdown, led to a sharp career decline for Baxter and he sank into a series of routine roles in B-movies most notably the "Crime Doctor" series for Columbia Studio in the 1940's.