Hoot Gibson

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

134

Movies

223

Born: August 5, 1892 – August 23, 1962
From: Tekamah, Nebraska, USA

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.

Works

223 films

Ocean's Eleven

19606.4

The Horse Soldiers

19596.9

Ace High

191910.0

Headin' South

1918

Hello, 'Frisco

19247.5

Danger, Go Slow

1918

Sonora Stagecoach

19446.0

Points West

19297.0

Action

19216.3

Shotgun Jones

1914

Trimmed

19227.0

Death Valley Rangers

19437.5

Cavalcade of the West

19365.2

Spurs

19309.0

The Capture of Red Stanley

1916

Galloping Fury

19279.0

Sunset Range

19356.0

Arizona Sweepstakes

19267.0

Sweet Revenge

19219.0

A Marked Man

19174.5

Flight to Nowhere

19465.1

Single Handed

192310.0

The Mysterious Cipher

1916

The Thrill Chaser

19236.5

The Governor's Special

1916

The Gun Packer

19196.0

Kindled Courage

19237.0

Tipped Off

19207.0

Double Danger

192010.0

The Mounted Stranger

19309.0

The Gay Buckaroo

19319.0

Blinky

192310.0

The Riding Avenger

19369.0

The Dude Bandit

19335.5

The Fighting Parson

19339.0

The Sawdust Trail

19247.0

Ridin' Wild

19228.0

Courtin' Wildcats

19298.0

Hook and Ladder

19247.0

Double Crossers

192110.0

His Only Son

1912

Powdersmoke Range

193510.0

The Painted Stallion

19375.4

Superstition

19209.0

The Double Hold-Up

191910.0

Kickaroo

19219.0

Wolf Tracks

192010.0

Crossed Clues

19218.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Rainbow's End

19355.0

Clearing the Range

19315.0

The Fighting Brothers

19195.5

The Loaded Door

19228.0

The Galloping Kid

19227.0

The Saddle Hawk

19257.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

The Calgary Stampede

19256.0

Feud of the West

19364.0

The Secret Man

19175.0

The Bear Cat

19229.0

Taming the West

192510.0

Broadway or Bust

19247.0

Roaring Ranch

193010.0

Ride for Your Life

19248.0

Westward Bound

19445.7

The Ring of Destiny

19158.0

Buckshot John

1915

Stampede in the Night

1916

The Lone Hand

19227.0

The Last Outlaw

19366.3

Cheyenne's Pal

19174.5

The Rawhide Kid

192810.0

Thieves' Clothes

19209.0

Out of Luck

192310.0

In Danger's Path

19155.0

Outlaw Trail

19447.0

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

1915

The New Superintendent

191110.0

The Fightin' Fury

19219.0

The Man in the Saddle

192610.0

The Buckaroo Kid

19266.7

Straight Shooting

19176.1

The Broncho Kid

19209.0

Out o' Luck

19217.0

We’re Switching to Hollywood

19315.2

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

192410.0

The Telltale Knife

1914

The Branded Man

19189.0

The Sheriff's Oath

19208.0

The Wild West Show

192810.0

Wild Horse

19316.2

The Death Train

1915

The Texas Streak

19267.0

The Wild Wild West

19217.0

Bandits Beware

192110.0

Riding for Fame

19297.0

The Concentratin' Kid

19307.0

The Pay Train

19155.3

The Big Catch

19209.0

The Driftin' Kid

192110.0

Blazing Guns

19437.3

A Four-Footed Hero

19129.0

Hair Trigger Stuff

19208.0

Beating the Game

19217.0

The Spirit of the West

19327.0

The Silent Rider

192710.0

The Two-Fisted Lover

192010.0

The Boiling Point

19327.0

The Fighting Heart

191910.0

The Lone Hand

19197.0

The Flyin' Cowboy

192810.0

The Winged Horseman

19297.0

Step on It!

19229.0

The Cactus Kid

19218.0

The Man from the East

1914

The Two Brothers

1910

The Danger Rider

19287.0

A Man's Land

19327.5

The Marshal's Daughter

19534.3

Masked

19209.0

Lucky Terror

19366.0

Red Courage

19219.0

Marked Trails

19446.0

The Movie Trail

19217.0

King of the Rodeo

19297.0

The Utah Kid

19447.0

The Champion Liar

19209.0

By Indian Post

19195.6

Let 'er Buck

19259.0

The Woman in the Web

1918

The Hard Hombre

19313.8

The Lariat Kid

19299.0

Smilin' Guns

19298.0

Roarin' Dan

192010.0

Hit and Run

19248.0

The Midnight Flyer

19189.0

A Gamblin' Fool

19208.0

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

1914

Play Straight or Fight

1918

Arizona Whirlwind

19446.3

The Law Rides Again

19436.8

A Knight of the Range

19165.0

The Long, Long Trail

19296.5

The Denver Dude

19277.0

Burning the Wind

192910.0

Trigger Law

194410.0

Double Dealing

192310.0

The Rustlers

19196.5

Shootin' for Love

192310.0

The Shootin' Kid

19207.0

The Saddle King

192110.0

The Jay Bird

19208.0

The Ramblin' Kid

192310.0

The Fightin' Terror

19209.0

The Gentleman from America

19237.0

Hollywood or Bust

19288.0

The Voice on the Wire

19176.0

Sure Fire

19216.5

A Trick of Hearts

19288.0

One Law for All

19209.0

The Four-Bit Man

191910.0

Headin' West

19228.0

Trigger Tricks

19309.0

Swifty

19358.0

Painted Ponies

19278.0

The Passing of Hell's Crown

1916

The Soul Herder

19174.5

The Cowboy Counsellor

19326.0

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

19279.0

The Grinning Granger

19208.0

Kingdom Come

19199.0

Chip of the Flying U

19269.0

The Prairie King

19279.0

The Flaming Frontier

19268.0

Spook Ranch

19258.0

A 44-Calibre Mystery

1917

Life in Hollywood No. 3

1927

Clearing the Trail

19288.0

West Is Best

192010.0

The Rattler's Hiss

192010.0

The Local Bad Man

19326.0

The Night Riders

1916

Frontier Justice

19367.5

The Wrong Man

1917

Dead Game

19237.0

The Hazards of Helen

1917

The Phantom Bullet

192610.0

The Smilin' Kid

19208.0

His Buddy

19199.0

The Fire Eater

19218.0

Who Was the Man?

19219.0

The Shootin' Fool

19209.0

The Face in the Watch

19197.0

The Trail of the Hound

19209.0

The Man from Texas

19155.0

Gun Law

19196.5

'in Wrong' Wright

192010.0

Fight It Out

19209.0

A Hero on Horseback

19278.0

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

19156.0

The Crow

19198.0

The Hurricane Kid

19257.0

The Golden Bullet

1917

Pride Of The Range

2026

The Black Horse Bandit

19197.0

The Texas Kid

19208.0

The Tell-Tale Wire

19199.0

The Trail of the Holdup Man

191910.0

The Jack of Hearts

191910.0

Trailing Trouble

193010.0

The Man Who Woke Up

19218.0

40-Horse Hawkins

19247.0

The Wedding Guest

19167.0

Held Up for the Makin's

19208.0

Winning a Home

192010.0

Runnin' Straight

19209.0

The Man with a Punch

19209.0

The Stranger

19208.0

Cinders

19208.0

In the Secret Service

19139.0

The Winning Track

19219.0

Cowboy Sports and Pastimes

19138.0

The Brand Blotter

19209.0