From Today's Editon of the Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Insider Missing, Foul Play is Feared:
11.25.06


Dex Baxter the one time actor and later (mostly uncredited) "script doctor" for hundreds of films, was reported missing last week by his Attorney, Saul Rabinowitz.

Baxter was due to be discharged from Promises Rehabilitation center on November 18th, and according to the staff of the center, was in very good spirits when he was last seen on the night of the 17th in the facility's coffee bar.

Arriving on the scene from seemingly nowhere, Baxter made his mark in such films as 1978's "Memory, Sweet Memory" and the celebrated "The Night the Lights went down on Broadway" where he played Janet Leigh's much younger love interest.

A string of other films followed until the romantic comedy, "Blame It On Buenos Aires" when Baxter checked into rehab for the first time after the completion of that project.

Out of rehab, several months later, Baxter found himself appearing in the musical, "Disco Nation", a film so despised and ridiculed it effectively killed his acting career.

Several years later, Baxter reinvented himself as a talent scout and was credited as the man who discovered Brad Pitt, George Clooney and others. It was also during this time that Baxter's friend, Carrie Fisher contacted him to help her fine tune a script she was working on. To this day, the word in Hollywood is that Baxter was the one who created the infamous deli-orgasm scene in "When Harry Met Sally".

From this point, Baxter became the go-to-guy when scripts needed repair. While he may have not received any credit for the films he worked on, Baxter was reportedly paid very handsomely for his work.

Recently, it is reported that Baxter shares a spacious Tudor style home just off of Mulholland drive with actor, Hank Azaria.

Besides Azaria, Baxter counts other Hollywood stars as close friends including, Matthew Perry (whose character on NBC's "Studio 60" is said to be based on) and up and coming action star, Eric Stillman.

Azaria, Perry and Stillman have all offered cash rewards to anyone that might know of Baxter's whereabouts.

Police have not ruled out foul play in this dissaparence and have questioned actress, Doris Roberts, though Detective Walter Neff of the LAPD said that, "Ms. Roberts is not a suspect at this time, we merely wanted to question her."