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person_profile-Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Hoot Gibson

Date of Birth:

Aug 05, 1892

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 23, 1962

Biography of

Hoot Gibson

    Hoot Gibson was a colorful figure, a light-hearted, fun-loving personality on screen and off. Hoot’s cheerful westerns included a significant amount of comedy. His mild, peaceful character rarely carried a gun. As an expert horseman, Hoot was always impressive on a galloping horse. Gibson’s film career began in 1910 with a few films for the Biograph Company interspersed among rodeo competitions. In 1914 he was a stuntman for the serial The Hazards of Helen, doubling the serial’s star Helen Holmes. His stunts included fights on trains and transfers from a train to a horse. He had supporting roles in numerous Western short films, including playing the villain in A Knight of the Range (1916) opposite popular western star Harry Carey. He appeared in three of the Westerns made by Carey and director John Ford in 1917: Straight Shooting, The Secret Man, and A Marked Man. Hoot’s starring career at Universal Studios was launched in two films directed by Ford, Action (1921) and Sure Fire (1921). In these films, Hoot plays a wandering cowboy who rescues the pretty young co-star from outlaws.

    Hoot became a popular western star for Universal. Film titles such as Ridin’ Wild (1922), Thrill Chaser (1923), Hit and Run (1924), Hurricane Kid (1925), and Galloping Fury (1927) guaranteed Hoot’s fans five reels of action and fun. Hoot’s easygoing approach gave his films a lighthearted tone. A deft comedian, he featured as much comedy as drama.

    As talkies arrived, Hoot continued as a Western star, but with lower budget producers such as M.H. Hoffman Inc. (distributed on a state rights basis by Allied Pictures Corporation) and Walker Futter Productions (Diversion Pictures). In 1935, Hoot co-starred with Harry Carey in Powdersmoke Range, advertised by RKO as the "Barnum and Bailey of Westerns" (whatever that means). The cast list of this "all star" (B western stars) film included Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Tom Tyler, William Farnum, and other Westerners from the silent era. In 1937 at Republic, he made a serial, The Painted Stallion, in support of new cowboy star Ray Corrigan.

    An aging Hoot retained his fine horsemanship and comic flair, but fan interest had moved to the new singing cowboys, especially Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Hoot’s Westerns had lost their appeal. In the late thirties, out of movies, Hoot toured with circuses and appeared at rodeos and fairs.

    In 1943, after seven years off the screen, Hoot returned in the Trail Blazer series at Monogram Studios. In these Westerns, Marshall Hoot Gibson, initially co-starred with Ken Maynard and later with Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud, upholds the law and captures outlaws and crooked businessmen threatening the lives and property of innocent citizens. Hoot made eleven Trail Blazer films; the last was Trigger Law (1944). John Ford brought Hoot back for a cameo role in The Horse Soldiers (1959). His last screen appearance was as a sheriff’s deputy in Ocean’s Eleven (1960), another cameo.

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Hoot Gibson

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Filmography of

Hoot Gibson

Found 119 Movies in total

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Ocean's Eleven

Roadblock Deputy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Horse Soldiers

Sgt. Brown ( Actor )

... 1959

The Marshal's Daughter

Marshal Ben Dawson ( Actor )

... 1953

Flight to Nowhere

Sheriff Bradley ( Actor )

... 1946

Trigger Law

Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1944

The Utah Kid

Marshal H.R. Higgins ( Actor )

... 1944

Marked Trails

Hoot Parkford ( Actor )

... 1944

Sonora Stagecoach

Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1944

Outlaw Trail

Hoot ( Actor )

... 1944

Arizona Whirlwind

Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1944

Westward Bound

Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1944

Death Valley Rangers

Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1943

Blazing Guns

Marshal Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1943

The Law Rides Again

U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1943

Wild Horse Stampede

Marshal Hoot Gibson ( Actor )

... 1943

The Painted Stallion

Walter Jamison ( Actor )

... 1937

Frontier Justice

Brent Halston ( Actor )

... 1936

Cavalcade of the West

Clint Knox ( Actor )

... 1936

The Last Outlaw

Al Goss ( Actor )

... 1936

The Riding Avenger

Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner ( Actor )

... 1936

Feud of the West

'Whitey' Revel ( Actor )

... 1936

Lucky Terror

Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson ( Actor )

... 1936

Powdersmoke Range

Stony Brooke ( Actor )

... 1935

Rainbow's End

Neil Gibson Jr. ( Actor )

... 1935

Sunset Range

Reasonin' Bates ( Actor )

... 1935

The Fighting Parson

Steve Hartley ( Actor )

... 1933

The Dude Bandit

'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex ( Actor )

... 1933

The Cowboy Counsellor

Dan Alton ( Actor )

... 1932

The Boiling Point

Jimmy Duncan ( Actor )

... 1932

A Man's Land

Tex Mason ( Actor )

... 1932

The Spirit of the West

Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey ( Actor )

... 1932

The Local Bad Man

Jim Bonner ( Actor )

... 1932

The Gay Buckaroo

Clint Hale ( Actor )

... 1931

The Hard Hombre

William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton ( Actor )

... 1931

Wild Horse

Jim Wright ( Actor )

... 1931

We're switching to Hollywood

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Clearing the Range

Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont ( Actor )

... 1931

The Concentratin' Kid

Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid ( Actor )

... 1930

Spurs

Bob Merril ( Actor )

... 1930

Trigger Tricks

Texas Ranger Tim Brennan ( Actor )

... 1930

Roaring Ranch

Jim Dailey ( Actor )

... 1930

Trailing Trouble

Ed King ( Actor )

... 1930

The Mounted Stranger

Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid ( Actor )

... 1930

Courtin' Wildcats

Clarence Butts ( Actor )

... 1929

The Long, Long Trail

The Ramblin' Kid ( Actor )

Producer

... 1929

Points West

Cole Lawson Jr. ( Actor )

... 1929

Riding for Fame

Scratch 'Em Hank Scott ( Actor )

Story

... 1929

The Winged Horseman

Skyball Smith ( Actor )

... 1929

The Lariat Kid

Tom Richards ( Actor )

... 1929

Smilin' Guns

Jack Purvin ( Actor )

... 1929

Burning the Wind

Richard Gordon Jr ( Actor )

... 1929

King of the Rodeo

Chip Jr. - Montana Kid ( Actor )

... 1929

The Danger Rider

Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle ( Actor )

... 1928

Clearing the Trail

Pete Watson ( Actor )

... 1928

The Wild West Show

Rodeo Bill ( Actor )

... 1928

The Flyin' Cowboy

Bill Hammond ( Actor )

... 1928

A Trick of Hearts

Benjamin Franklin Tully ( Actor )

... 1928

The Rawhide Kid

Dennis O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1928

Galloping Fury

Billy Halen ( Actor )

... 1927

Painted Ponies

Bucky Simms ( Actor )

... 1927

A Hero on Horseback

Billy Garford ( Actor )

... 1927

The Prairie King

Andy Barden ( Actor )

... 1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

Jimmie Roberts ( Actor )

... 1927

The Denver Dude

Rodeo Randall ( Actor )

... 1927

The Silent Rider

Jerry Alton ( Actor )

... 1927

The Buckaroo Kid

Ed Harley ( Actor )

... 1926

The Texas Streak

Chad Pennington ( Actor )

... 1926

The Flaming Frontier

Bob Langdon ( Actor )

... 1926

The Man in the Saddle

Jeff Morgan Jr. ( Actor )

... 1926

The Phantom Bullet

'Click' Farlane ( Actor )

... 1926

Chip of the Flying U

Chip Bennett ( Actor )

... 1926

Arizona Sweepstakes

Coot Cadigan ( Actor )

... 1926

The Calgary Stampede

Dan Malloy ( Actor )

... 1925

Spook Ranch

Bill Bangs ( Actor )

... 1925

Let 'er Buck

Bob Carson ( Actor )

... 1925

The Saddle Hawk

Ben Johnson ( Actor )

... 1925

Taming the West

John Carleton ( Actor )

... 1925

The Hurricane Kid

The Hurricane Kid ( Actor )

... 1925

... 1924

The Sawdust Trail

Clarence Elwood Butts ( Actor )

... 1924

Hit and Run

'Swat' Anderson ( Actor )

... 1924

Broadway or Bust

Dave Hollis ( Actor )

... 1924

40-Horse Hawkins

Luke Hawkins ( Actor )

... 1924

Ride for Your Life

Bud Watkins ( Actor )

... 1924

Hook and Ladder

Ace Cooper ( Actor )

... 1924

The Thrill Chaser

Omar K. Jenkins ( Actor )

Producer

... 1923

The Ramblin' Kid

The Ramblin' Kid ( Actor )

... 1923

Blinky

Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip ( Actor )

... 1923

Out of Luck

Sam Pertune ( Actor )

... 1923

Shootin' for Love

Duke Travis ( Actor )

... 1923

Double Dealing

Ben Slowbell ( Actor )

... 1923

Dead Game

'Katy' Didd ( Actor )

... 1923

Single Handed

Hector MacKnight ( Actor )

... 1923

The Gentleman from America

Dennis O'Shane ( Actor )

... 1923

Kindled Courage

Andy Walker ( Actor )

... 1923

Ridin' Wild

Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson) ( Actor )

... 1922

The Lone Hand

Laramie Lad ( Actor )

... 1922

The Galloping Kid

'Simplex' Cox ( Actor )

... 1922

The Loaded Door

Bert Lyons ( Actor )

... 1922

Trimmed

Dale Garland ( Actor )

... 1922

Step on It!

Vic Collins ( Actor )

... 1922

The Bear Cat

The Singin' Kid ( Actor )

... 1922

Headin' West

Bill Perkins ( Actor )

... 1922

The Fire Eater

Bob Corey ( Actor )

... 1921

Sure Fire

Jeff Bransford ( Actor )

... 1921

Red Courage

Pinto Peters ( Actor )

... 1921

Action

Sandy Brouke ( Actor )

... 1921

... 1918

... 1918

A Marked Man

Undetermined Role ( Actor )

... 1917

The Secret Man

Chuck Fadden ( Actor )

... 1917

Straight Shooting

Danny Morgan ( Actor )

... 1917

The Hazards of Helen

Messenger / Etzer ( Actor )

Stunt Double

... 1917

A Knight of the Range

Bob Graham ( Actor )

... 1916

The Man from Texas

Deputy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1915

Buckshot John

Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1915