Hoot Gibson

Acting · 0.7 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

Hello, 'Frisco

19247.5

Ace High

191910.0

Danger, Go Slow

1918

Headin' South

1918

Sunset Range

19356.0

Tipped Off

19207.0

Kindled Courage

19237.0

Double Danger

192010.0

Courtin' Wildcats

19298.0

Trimmed

19227.0

Shotgun Jones

1914

Spurs

19309.0

Sweet Revenge

19219.0

Sonora Stagecoach

19446.0

Single Handed

192310.0

Points West

19297.0

Double Crossers

192110.0

Ridin' Wild

19228.0

Blinky

192310.0

The Capture of Red Stanley

1916

Crossed Clues

19218.0

Death Valley Rangers

19437.5

The Thrill Chaser

19236.5

Cavalcade of the West

19365.2

Ride for Your Life

19248.0

Action

19216.3

The Mounted Stranger

19309.0

The Gun Packer

19196.0

Superstition

19209.0

Kickaroo

19219.0

The Sawdust Trail

19247.0

The Riding Avenger

19369.0

Arizona Sweepstakes

19267.0

Hook and Ladder

19247.0

Galloping Fury

19279.0

Flight to Nowhere

19465.1

The Gay Buckaroo

19319.0

The Loaded Door

19228.0

We’re Switching to Hollywood

19315.2

The Fighting Parson

19339.0

A Marked Man

19174.5

Wolf Tracks

192010.0

The Calgary Stampede

19256.0

The Two-Fisted Lover

192010.0

The Mysterious Cipher

1916

The Saddle Hawk

19257.0

The New Superintendent

191110.0

The Secret Man

19175.0

Feud of the West

19364.0

Roaring Ranch

193010.0

Out of Luck

192310.0

Thieves' Clothes

19209.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

1914

The Ring of Destiny

19158.0

The Governor's Special

1916

Taming the West

192510.0

Broadway or Bust

19247.0

The Wild Wild West

19217.0

The Concentratin' Kid

19307.0

The Hard Hombre

19313.8

The Bear Cat

19229.0

The Driftin' Kid

192110.0

The Winged Horseman

19297.0

The Last Outlaw

19366.3

Hair Trigger Stuff

19208.0

The Man from the East

1914

Bandits Beware

192110.0

The Dude Bandit

19335.5

The Galloping Kid

19227.0

The Law Rides Again

19436.8

The Double Hold-Up

191910.0

The Sheriff's Oath

19208.0

Cheyenne's Pal

19174.5

The Man in the Saddle

192610.0

The Cactus Kid

19218.0

His Only Son

1912

Clearing the Range

19315.0

The Movie Trail

19217.0

Rainbow's End

19355.0

Let 'er Buck

19259.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

A Gamblin' Fool

19208.0

Smilin' Guns

19298.0

Arizona Whirlwind

19446.3

The Pay Train

19155.3

The Lone Hand

19227.0

The Branded Man

19189.0

Westward Bound

19445.7

The Big Catch

19209.0

The Death Train

1915

A Four-Footed Hero

19129.0

Stampede in the Night

1916

The Fighting Heart

191910.0

Powdersmoke Range

193510.0

The Lone Hand

19197.0

By Indian Post

19195.6

The Fighting Brothers

19195.5

In Danger's Path

19155.0

The Broncho Kid

19209.0

The Wild West Show

192810.0

The Denver Dude

19277.0

The Telltale Knife

1914

The Silent Rider

192710.0

Straight Shooting

19176.1

Riding for Fame

19297.0

The Fightin' Fury

19219.0

Play Straight or Fight

1918

The Two Brothers

1910

The Painted Stallion

19375.4

One Law for All

19209.0

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

192410.0

Hollywood or Bust

19288.0

Wild Horse

19316.2

A Knight of the Range

19165.0

The Jay Bird

19208.0

The Saddle King

192110.0

The Long, Long Trail

19296.5

Roarin' Dan

192010.0

King of the Rodeo

19297.0

Beating the Game

19217.0

The Utah Kid

19447.0

Step on It!

19229.0

The Lariat Kid

19299.0

The Shootin' Kid

19207.0

A Man's Land

19327.5

Red Courage

19219.0

The Champion Liar

19209.0

Burning the Wind

192910.0

Out o' Luck

19217.0

The Rawhide Kid

192810.0

The Flyin' Cowboy

192810.0

The Local Bad Man

19326.0

Shootin' for Love

192310.0

The Night Riders

1916

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

1915

Buckshot John

1915

The Woman in the Web

1918

The Ramblin' Kid

192310.0

The Flaming Frontier

19268.0

Blazing Guns

19437.3

Trigger Tricks

19309.0

The Grinning Granger

19208.0

The Rattler's Hiss

192010.0

Marked Trails

19446.0

The Cowboy Counsellor

19326.0

Lucky Terror

19366.0

The Texas Streak

19267.0

Chip of the Flying U

19269.0

Trigger Law

194410.0

The Rustlers

19196.5

The Midnight Flyer

19189.0

Kingdom Come

19199.0

Headin' West

19228.0

The Voice on the Wire

19176.0

The Gentleman from America

19237.0

Sure Fire

19216.5

The Boiling Point

19327.0

The Danger Rider

19287.0

Outlaw Trail

19447.0

Double Dealing

192310.0

Swifty

19358.0

The Prairie King

19279.0

Frontier Justice

19367.5

The Marshal's Daughter

19534.3

Painted Ponies

19278.0

The Golden Bullet

1917

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

19279.0

The Soul Herder

19174.5

Spook Ranch

19258.0

The Spirit of the West

19327.0

Hit and Run

19248.0

The Man from Texas

19155.0

The Passing of Hell's Crown

1916

The Hurricane Kid

19257.0

Dead Game

19237.0

A 44-Calibre Mystery

1917

'in Wrong' Wright

192010.0

West Is Best

192010.0

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

19156.0

Life in Hollywood No. 3

1927

The Phantom Bullet

192610.0

The Wrong Man

1917

The Texas Kid

19208.0

Masked

19209.0

The Hazards of Helen

1917

The Wedding Guest

19167.0

Gun Law

19196.5

The Jack of Hearts

191910.0

The Shootin' Fool

19209.0

The Four-Bit Man

191910.0

A Trick of Hearts

19288.0

40-Horse Hawkins

19247.0

Held Up for the Makin's

19208.0

The Fire Eater

19218.0

The Trail of the Holdup Man

191910.0

Clearing the Trail

19288.0

The Face in the Watch

19197.0

The Buckaroo Kid

19266.7

The Smilin' Kid

19208.0

Fight It Out

19209.0

The Tell-Tale Wire

19199.0

A Hero on Horseback

19278.0

The Fightin' Terror

19209.0

Cinders

19208.0

Runnin' Straight

19209.0

Pride Of The Range

2026

Trailing Trouble

193010.0

Who Was the Man?

19219.0

The Crow

19198.0

His Buddy

19199.0

The Man Who Woke Up

19218.0

The Trail of the Hound

19209.0

Cowboy Sports and Pastimes

19138.0

The Man with a Punch

19209.0

In the Secret Service

19139.0

The Black Horse Bandit

19197.0

The Stranger

19208.0

The Winning Track

19219.0

Winning a Home

192010.0

The Brand Blotter

19209.0