Jack Baxley

Andrew Jackson Baxley (July 4, 1884 – December 10, 1950) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in over 100 films over his career, many in unnamed, un-credited roles. Occasionally he would receive small, named roles, and rarely a featured role.

Life and career
Born in Dallas, Texas, prior to becoming an actor Baxley worked in circuses and carnivals as a side-show barker.

He made his film debut at the age of 47 in the 1930 Greta Garbo classic, Anna Christie, as a barker at Coney Island. It would be a character he portrayed frequently in films. Some of his more prominent roles included: Mathews in International Crime (1938); Judge Culpepper in Mr. Celebrity (1941); Sheriff Verner in Gallant Lady (1942); and in the featured role of Bill White in The Kid from Gower Gulch (1949), in one of his final performances.

Select filmography
(Per AFI database)


 * Possessed (1931)
 * Faithless (1932)
 * Straight Is the Way (1934)
 * Murder in the Private Car (1934) (uncredited)
 * Good Dame (1934)
 * Sadie McKee (1934)
 * The Gay Bride (1934)
 * Whirlpool (1934)
 * Now I'll Tell (1934)
 * Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
 * Our Little Girl (1935)
 * Baby Face Harrington (1935)
 * O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)
 * The Affair of Susan (1935)
 * Carnival (1935)
 * Poppy (1936)
 * Moonlight Murder (1936)
 * San Francisco (1936)
 * The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
 * Man of the People (1937)
 * Wells Fargo (1937)
 * Murder Goes to College (1937)
 * Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)
 * My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
 * Love Is News (1937)
 * Woman Chases Man (1937)
 * You're Only Young Once (1937)
 * Double Wedding (1937)
 * Rascals (1938)
 * Spring Madness (1938)
 * International Crime (1938)
 * Slightly Honorable (1939)
 * Zenobia (1939)
 * The Arizona Wildcat (1939)
 * Stronger Than Desire (1939)
 * The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
 * Young Tom Edison (1940)
 * When the Daltons Rode (1940)
 * Strike Up the Band (1940)
 * Mr. Celebrity (1941)
 * Lucky Jordan (1942)
 * City of Silent Men (1942)
 * Gallant Lady (1942)
 * The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
 * Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
 * This Gun for Hire (1942)
 * A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)
 * True to Life (1943)
 * My Buddy (1944)
 * Rationing (1944)
 * Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
 * And the Angels Sing (1944)
 * Wilson (1944)
 * Along Came Jones (1945)
 * Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
 * Riders of the Dawn (1945)
 * Thrill of a Romance (1945)
 * Canyon Passage (1946)
 * Song of the Sierras (1946)
 * California (1947)
 * Desperate (1947)
 * The Egg and I (1947)
 * Framed (1947)
 * The Last Round-Up (1947)
 * Out of the Blue (1947)
 * Rainbow Over the Rockies (1947)
 * The Sea of Grass (1947)
 * High Wall (1948)
 * The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
 * Summer Holiday (1948)
 * Two Guys from Texas (1948)
 * The Kid from Gower Gulch (1949)
 * Battling Marshal (1950) (as A. J. Baxley)