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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Categories: 1893 births | 1963 deaths | People from San Francisco, California | Vaudeville performers | Spanish-Americans
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