John Philip Baxter (31 December 1896 – 21 January 1975) was a British filmmaker active from the 1930s to the late-1950s.
He directed Deborah Kerr in her first leading role in Love on the Dole (1941), and was the producer-director for the musical-comedy films of Flanagan and Allen during World War II.
[1] Baxter played a major role in the foundation of National Film Finance Corporation in 1948.
[1] He also directed and produced Judgment Deferred (1952) which was the first film of Group 3, a British government backed production venture.
[1] His last film as a director was Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956) which featured Arthur Askey.