William Gaxton

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name = William Gaxton

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"Best Foot Forward" (1943)
birthname = Arturo Antonio Gaxiola
birthdate = 2 December 1893
location = San Francisco, California, United States
deathdate = 2 February 1963
deathplace = New York, New York
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spouse = Madeline Cameron (1917-1963)
yearsactive = 1926-1963
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William Gaxton (December 2, 1893-February 2, 1963), born Arturo Antonio Gaxiola in San Francisco, California, was a star of vaudeville, film, and theatre. He appeared in some ten films and eleven shows. Gaxton debuted on Broadway in the "Music Box Revue"(October 23 1922), and went on to star in such hits as Rogers and Hart's "A Connecticut Yankee" (1927), singing "Thou Swell", Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), singing "You Do Something to Me", "Of Thee I Sing" (1933) with Victor Moore, Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" (1934), with Ethel Merman and Victor Moore, "White Horse Inn" (1936), "Leave It to Me!" (1938) with Victor Moore, and "Louisiana Purchase" (1940).

He starred in the film version of "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1931), as well as "Best Foot Forward" (1943), "The Heat's On" (1943) and "Diamond Horseshoe" (1945). Gaxton was of Spanish ancestry and was the cousin of actor Leo Carrillo.

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*imdb name |name=William Gaxton |id=0310730
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*tvtome person|name=William Gaxton|id=62874
*ymovies name |1800034712