Hoot Gibson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-08-05 (70 years old)

Deathday

1962-08-23

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 pla...

Acting

1929

Burning the Wind

as Richard Gordon Jr

1921

The Fire Eater

as Bob Corey

1921

Sure Fire

as Jeff Bransford

1930

Spurs

as Bob Merril

1927

The Denver Dude

as Rodeo Randall

1924

40-Horse Hawkins

as Luke Hawkins

1924

Ride for Your Life

as Bud Watkins

1922

Ridin' Wild

as Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)

1925

Let 'er Buck

as Bob Carson

1927

The Silent Rider

as Jerry Alton

1927

Galloping Fury

as Billy Halen

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Sgt. Brown

1936

1928

The Flyin' Cowboy

as Bill Hammond

1916

1912

A Four-Footed Hero

as Broncho Rider (uncredited)

1917

The Hazards of Helen

as Messenger / Etzer

1914

Shotgun Jones

as Tom Lattier - the Son

1915

Buckshot John

as Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)

1915

The Death Train

as Etzer - Doyle's Pal

1915

1915

In Danger's Path

as Train Crew (uncredited)

1916

Stampede in the Night

as Jack Harding

1916

The Capture of Red Stanley

as Stanley's Henchman

1916

1917

The Wrong Man

as Chip's Pal

1917

The Golden Bullet

as 'Red' Johnson

1937

The Painted Stallion

as Walter Jamison

1931

Clearing the Range

as Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont

1931

Wild Horse

as Jim Wright

1936

Frontier Justice

as Brent Halston

1931

The Hard Hombre

as William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton

1920

Roarin' Dan

as Roarin' Dan

1920

1920

The Big Catch

as Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch

1924

The Sawdust Trail

as Clarence Elwood Butts

1924

Hit and Run

as 'Swat' Anderson

1929

The Winged Horseman

as Skyball Smith

1932

1919

The Tell-Tale Wire

as Steve Larmon

1928

A Trick of Hearts

as Benjamin Franklin Tully

1928

Clearing the Trail

as Pete Watson

1929

Riding for Fame

as Scratch 'Em Hank Scott

1928

The Wild West Show

as Rodeo Bill

1928

The Danger Rider

as Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle

1918

The Branded Man

as Sheriff

1929

Courtin' Wildcats

as Clarence Butts

1927

Painted Ponies

as Bucky Simms

1918

1930

The Mounted Stranger

as Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid

1918

The Midnight Flyer

as Danny Morgan

1919

The Jack of Hearts

as The Prairie Dog

1922

The Lone Hand

as Laramie Lad

1919

The Crow

as Tim McKenzie - the Crow

1919

The Double Hold-Up

as The Broncho Kid

1930

Trigger Tricks

as Texas Ranger Tim Brennan

1919

The Lone Hand

as Jeffrey Halley

1922

Trimmed

as Dale Garland

1920

The Jay Bird

as Tom Jackson

1920

'in Wrong' Wright

as 'In Wrong' Wright

1920

Cinders

as Bing Davidson

1920

Double Danger

as Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)

1944

Marked Trails

as Hoot Parkford

1936

Lucky Terror

as Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson

1920

The Two-Fisted Lover

as Scot McHale

1922

Step on It!

as Vic Collins

1922

The Loaded Door

as Bert Lyons

1922

The Galloping Kid

as 'Simplex' Cox

1923

1923

Kindled Courage

as Andy Walker

1923

Single Handed

as Hector MacKnight

1923

Dead Game

as 'Katy' Didd

1923

Double Dealing

as Ben Slowbell

1923

Shootin' for Love

as Duke Travis

1923

Out of Luck

as Sam Pertune

1923

Blinky

as Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip

1932

A Man's Land

as Tex Mason

1923

The Ramblin' Kid

as The Ramblin' Kid

1924

Hook and Ladder

as Ace Cooper

1924

Broadway or Bust

as Dave Hollis

1920

Tipped Off

as Billy Steele

1925

The Hurricane Kid

as The Hurricane Kid

1926

The Phantom Bullet

as 'Click' Farlane

1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

as Jimmie Roberts

1927

A Hero on Horseback

as Billy Garford

1932

The Local Bad Man

as Jim Bonner

1920

Superstition

as Dave Bodie

1920

The Man With The Punch

as The Stranger

1920

Fight It Out

as Sandy Adams

1921

The Driftin' Kid

as The Driftin' Kid

1921

The Cactus Kid

as Dick Harris

1921

Who Was the Man?

as The Texas Ranger

1929

Smilin' Guns

as Jack Purvin

1929

Points West

as Cole Lawson Jr.

1929

The Lariat Kid

as Tom Richards

1930

1930

The Concentratin' Kid

as Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid

1932

The Boiling Point

as Jimmy Duncan

1922

Headin' West

as Bill Perkins

1922

The Bear Cat

as The Singin' Kid

1933

The Dude Bandit

as 'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex

1919

By Indian Post

as Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend

1935

Sunset Range

as Reasonin' Bates

1935

Rainbow's End

as Neil Gibson Jr.

1925

1936

The Riding Avenger

as Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner

1933

The Fighting Parson

as Steve Hartley

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1943

Wild Horse Stampede

as Marshal Hoot Gibson

1918

The Woman in the Web

as Vassily - Ivan's Brother

1946

Flight to Nowhere

as Sheriff Bradley

1944

1916

The Governor's Special

as 2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)

1943

Death Valley Rangers

as Hoot Gibson

1943

Blazing Guns

as Marshal Hoot Gibson

1943

The Law Rides Again

as U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson

1944

Westward Bound

as Hoot Gibson

1944

Arizona Whirlwind

as Hoot Gibson

1917

Straight Shooting

as Danny Morgan

1936

The Last Outlaw

as Al Goss

1926

Chip of the Flying U

as Chip Bennett

1915

The Pay Train

as Orturo

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)

1926

The Buckaroo Kid

as Ed Harley

1925

The Saddle Hawk

as Ben Johnson

1926

The Flaming Frontier

as Bob Langdon

1925

Taming the West

as John Carleton

1932

The Spirit of the West

as Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey

1927

The Prairie King

as Andy Barden

1944

Trigger Law

as Hoot Gibson

1944

The Utah Kid

as Marshal H.R. Higgins

1926

The Texas Streak

as Chad Pennington

1935

Swifty

as Swifty

1925

Spook Ranch

as Bill Bangs

1953

The Marshal's Daughter

as Marshal Ben Dawson

1915

The Man from Texas

as Deputy (uncredited)

1935

Powdersmoke Range

as Stony Brooke

1931

The Gay Buckaroo

as Clint Hale

1944

Sonora Stagecoach

as Hoot Gibson

1931

We're switching to Hollywood

as Self (uncredited)

1936

Feud of the West

as 'Whitey' Revel

1917

The Soul Herder

as Chuck Rafferty

1917

A Marked Man

as Undetermined Role

1917

The Secret Man

as Chuck Fadden

1917

1921

Action

as Sandy Brouke

1919

The Fighting Brothers

as Lonnie Larkin

1919

Gun Law

as Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens

1919

The Gun Packer

as Gang Leader

1919

The Rustlers

as The Deputy

1929

The Long, Long Trail

as The Ramblin' Kid

1926

Arizona Sweepstakes

as Coot Cadigan

1930

Roaring Ranch

as Jim Dailey

1924

Hello, 'Frisco

as Hoot Gibson

1921

Red Courage

as Pinto Peters

1923

The Thrill Chaser

as Omar K. Jenkins

1929

King of the Rodeo

as Chip Jr. - Montana Kid

1928

The Rawhide Kid

as Dennis O'Hara

1926

The Man in the Saddle

as Jeff Morgan Jr.

Production

1917

The Hazards of Helen

as Stunt Double

1914

The Squaw Man

as Stunts

1920

1920

The Smilin' Kid

as Director

1920

1920

The Shootin' Kid

as Director

1920

1929

1926

1921

1921

1921

Out o' Luck

as Director

1929

1923

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