Hoot Gibson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-08-05
Day of Death
1962-08-23 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Tekamah, Nebraska, USA
Hoot Gibson
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1960)
Ocean's Eleven
as Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
as Sgt. Brown
(1953)
The Marshal's Daughter
as Marshal Ben Dawson
(1946)
Flight to Nowhere
as Sheriff Bradley
(1944)
Marked Trails
as Hoot Parkford
(1944)
Westward Bound
as Hoot Gibson
(1944)
Outlaw Trail
as Hoot
(1944)
Arizona Whirlwind
as Hoot Gibson
(1944)
The Utah Kid
as Marshal H.R. Higgins
(1944)
Sonora Stagecoach
as Hoot Gibson
(1944)
Trigger Law
as Hoot Gibson
(1943)
The Law Rides Again
as U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson
(1943)
Wild Horse Stampede
as Marshal Hoot Gibson
(1943)
Death Valley Rangers
as Hoot Gibson
(1943)
Blazing Guns
as Marshal Hoot Gibson
(1937)
The Painted Stallion
as Walter Jamison
(1936)
Frontier Justice
as Brent Halston
(1936)
Lucky Terror
as Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson
(1936)
Cavalcade of the West
as Clint Knox
(1936)
Feud of the West
as 'Whitey' Revel
(1936)
The Last Outlaw
as Al Goss
(1936)
The Riding Avenger
as Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Stony Brooke
(1935)
Rainbow's End
as Neil Gibson Jr.
(1935)
Sunset Range
as Reasonin' Bates
(1935)
Swifty
as Swifty
(1933)
The Fighting Parson
as Steve Hartley
(1933)
The Dude Bandit
as 'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex
(1932)
The Spirit of the West
as Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey
(1932)
The Local Bad Man
as Jim Bonner
(1932)
The Cowboy Counsellor
as Dan Alton
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as Jimmy Duncan
(1932)
A Man's Land
as Tex Mason
(1931)
The Hard Hombre
as William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
(1931)
Clearing the Range
as Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont
(1931)
Wild Horse
as Jim Wright
(1931)
The Gay Buckaroo
as Clint Hale
(1931)
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
(1930)
Spurs
as Bob Merril
(1930)
Trigger Tricks
as Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
(1930)
Trailing Trouble
as Ed King
(1930)
Roaring Ranch
as Jim Dailey
(1930)
The Mounted Stranger
as Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid
(1930)
The Concentratin' Kid
as Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid
(1929)
Burning the Wind
as Richard Gordon Jr
(1929)
King of the Rodeo
as Chip Jr. - Montana Kid
(1929)
Riding for Fame
as Scratch 'Em Hank Scott
(1929)
The Lariat Kid
as Tom Richards
(1929)
The Long, Long Trail
as The Ramblin' Kid
(1929)
Smilin' Guns
as Jack Purvin
(1929)
Courtin' Wildcats
as Clarence Butts
(1929)
Points West
as Cole Lawson Jr.
(1929)
The Winged Horseman
as Skyball Smith
(1928)
Clearing the Trail
as Pete Watson
(1928)
The Rawhide Kid
as Dennis O'Hara
(1928)
The Danger Rider
as Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle
(1928)
The Flyin' Cowboy
as Bill Hammond
(1928)
The Wild West Show
as Rodeo Bill
(1928)
A Trick of Hearts
as Benjamin Franklin Tully
(1928)
(1927)
The Prairie King
as Andy Barden
(1927)
The Denver Dude
as Rodeo Randall
(1927)
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Jimmie Roberts
(1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
(1927)
A Hero on Horseback
as Billy Garford
(1927)
Painted Ponies
as Bucky Simms
(1927)
Galloping Fury
as Billy Halen
(1927)
The Silent Rider
as Jerry Alton
(1926)
The Man in the Saddle
as Jeff Morgan Jr.
(1926)
Arizona Sweepstakes
as Coot Cadigan
(1926)
Chip of the Flying U
as Chip Bennett
(1926)
The Buckaroo Kid
as Ed Harley
(1926)
The Flaming Frontier
as Bob Langdon
(1926)
The Texas Streak
as Chad Pennington
(1926)
The Phantom Bullet
as 'Click' Farlane
(1925)
The Calgary Stampede
as Dan Malloy
(1925)
Spook Ranch
as Bill Bangs
(1925)
Let 'er Buck
as Bob Carson
(1925)
The Hurricane Kid
as The Hurricane Kid
(1925)
Taming the West
as John Carleton
(1925)
The Saddle Hawk
as Ben Johnson
(1924)
Hello, 'Frisco
as Hoot Gibson
(1924)
Hit and Run
as 'Swat' Anderson
(1924)
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
as Bud Watkins
(1924)
The Sawdust Trail
as Clarence Elwood Butts
(1924)
Broadway or Bust
as Dave Hollis
(1924)
40-Horse Hawkins
as Luke Hawkins
(1924)
Hook and Ladder
as Ace Cooper
(1924)
Ride for Your Life
as Bud Watkins
(1923)
Double Dealing
as Ben Slowbell
(1923)
Blinky
as Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip
(1923)
Out of Luck
as Sam Pertune
(1923)
The Thrill Chaser
as Omar K. Jenkins
(1923)
Kindled Courage
as Andy Walker
(1923)
The Ramblin' Kid
as The Ramblin' Kid
(1923)
Dead Game
as 'Katy' Didd
(1923)
The Gentleman from America
as Dennis O'Shane
(1923)
Shootin' for Love
as Duke Travis
(1923)
Single Handed
as Hector MacKnight
(1922)
Step on It!
as Vic Collins
(1922)
The Lone Hand
as Laramie Lad
(1922)
Headin' West
as Bill Perkins
(1922)
The Loaded Door
as Bert Lyons
(1922)
Trimmed
as Dale Garland
(1922)
The Galloping Kid
as 'Simplex' Cox
(1922)
Ridin' Wild
as Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)
(1922)
The Bear Cat
as The Singin' Kid
(1921)
Sure Fire
as Jeff Bransford
(1921)
Action
as Sandy Brouke
(1921)
Who Was the Man?
as The Texas Ranger
(1921)
The Cactus Kid
as Dick Harris
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
Red Courage
as Pinto Peters
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
The Fire Eater
as Bob Corey
(1921)
The Driftin' Kid
as The Driftin' Kid
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1920)
Tipped Off
as Billy Steele
(1920)
(1920)
'in Wrong' Wright
as 'In Wrong' Wright
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Double Danger
as Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)
(1920)
Fight It Out
as Sandy Adams
(1920)
(1920)
The Big Catch
as Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Superstition
as Dave Bodie
(1920)
The Two-Fisted Lover
as Scot McHale
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
The Man With The Punch
as The Stranger
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
The Jay Bird
as Tom Jackson
(1920)
(1920)
Roarin' Dan
as Roarin' Dan
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Cinders
as Bing Davidson
(1919)
The Crow
as Tim McKenzie - the Crow
(1919)
(1919)
The Gun Packer
as Gang Leader
(1919)
The Trail of the Holdup Man
as Bob Watson
(1919)
(1919)
By Indian Post
as Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend
(1919)
(1919)
The Double Hold-Up
as The Broncho Kid
(1919)
The Jack of Hearts
as The Prairie Dog
(1919)
(1919)
Gun Law
as Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens
(1919)
The Fighting Brothers
as Lonnie Larkin
(1919)
The Rustlers
as The Deputy
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
The Lone Hand
as Jeffrey Halley
(1919)
The Tell-Tale Wire
as Steve Larmon
(1919)
(1918)
(1918)
The Woman in the Web
as Vassily - Ivan's Brother
(1918)
The Branded Man
as Sheriff
(1918)
(1918)
Play Straight or Fight
as Dick Rankin
(1918)
The Midnight Flyer
as Danny Morgan
(1917)
Straight Shooting
as Danny Morgan
(1917)
The Soul Herder
as Chuck Rafferty
(1917)
A Marked Man
as Undetermined Role
(1917)
The Hazards of Helen
as Messenger / Etzer
(1917)
(1917)
The Golden Bullet
as 'Red' Johnson
(1917)
Cheyenne's Pal
as Cowboy
(1917)
The Secret Man
as Chuck Fadden
(1917)
The Wrong Man
as Chip's Pal
(1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Joe
(1916)
A Knight of the Range
as Bob Graham
(1916)
The Governor's Special
as 2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
(1916)
The Passing of Hell's Crown
as The Cowboy
(1916)
Stampede in the Night
as Jack Harding
(1916)
The Mysterious Cipher
as Blanding
(1916)
(1916)
The Capture of Red Stanley
as Stanley's Henchman
(1916)
(1915)
(1915)
Buckshot John
as Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)
(1915)
The Man from Texas
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1915)
The Hazards of Helen Ep33: In Danger's Path
as Train Crew (uncredited)
(1915)
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
as Messenger on Motorcycle
(1915)
The Pay Train
as Orturo
(1915)
The Ring of Destiny
as Jack
(1915)
The Death Train
as Etzer - Doyle's Pal
(1914)
The Man from the East
as Butler
(1914)
Shotgun Jones
as Tom Lattier - the Son
(1914)
(1914)
(1913)
(1913)
(1912)
(1912)
A Four-Footed Hero
as Broncho Rider (uncredited)
(1911)
(1910)
Crew
(1929)
Riding for Fame
Story
(1929)
The Long, Long Trail
Producer
(1926)
The Shoot 'Em Up Kid
Director
(1923)
The Thrill Chaser
Producer
(1921)
The Fightin' Fury
Director
(1921)
Double Crossers
Story
(1921)
Out o' Luck
Director
(1920)
The Fightin' Terror
Director
(1920)
The Smilin' Kid
Director
(1920)
The Champion Liar
Director
(1920)
The Shootin' Kid
Director
(1920)
The Shootin' Fool
Director
(1917)
The Hazards of Helen
Stunt Double
(1914)
The Squaw Man
Stunts