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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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Sgt. Brown
The Marshal's Daughter
1953 · Marshal Ben Dawson
Flight to Nowhere
1946 · Sheriff Bradley
Trigger Law
1944 · Hoot Gibson
The Utah Kid
1944 · Marshal H.R. Higgins
Marked Trails
1944 · Hoot Parkford
Sonora Stagecoach
1944 · Hoot Gibson
Outlaw Trail
1944 · Hoot
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Hoot Gibson
Westward Bound
1944 · Hoot Gibson
Death Valley Rangers
1943 · Hoot Gibson
Blazing Guns
1943 · Marshal Hoot Gibson
The Law Rides Again
1943 · U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson
Wild Horse Stampede
1943 · Marshal Hoot Gibson
The Painted Stallion
1938 · Walter Jamison
The Painted Stallion
1937 · Walter Jamison
Cavalcade of the West
1936 · Clint Knox
Frontier Justice
1936 · Brent Halston
The Last Outlaw
1936 · Al Goss
The Riding Avenger
1936 · Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner
Feud of the West
1936 · 'Whitey' Revel
Lucky Terror
1936 · Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson
Swifty
1935 · Swifty
Powdersmoke Range
1935 · Stony Brooke
Rainbow's End
1935 · Neil Gibson Jr.
Sunset Range
1935 · Reasonin' Bates
The Fighting Parson
1933 · Steve Hartley
The Dude Bandit
1933 · 'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932 · Dan Alton
The Boiling Point
1932 · Jimmy Duncan
A Man's Land
1932 · Tex Mason
The Spirit of the West
1932 · Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey
The Local Bad Man
1932 · Jim Bonner
The Gay Buckaroo
1931 · Clint Hale
The Hard Hombre
1931 · William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
Wild Horse
1931 · Jim Wright
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 · Self (uncredited)
Clearing the Range
1931 · Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont
The Concentratin' Kid
1930 · Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid
Spurs
1930 · Bob Merril
Trigger Tricks
1930 · Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
Roaring Ranch
1930 · Jim Dailey
Trailing Trouble
1930 · Ed King
The Mounted Stranger
1930 · Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid
Courtin' Wildcats
1929 · Clarence Butts
The Long, Long Trail
1929 · The Ramblin' Kid, Producer
Points West
1929 · Cole Lawson Jr.
Riding for Fame
1929 · Scratch 'Em Hank Scott, Story
The Winged Horseman
1929 · Skyball Smith
The Lariat Kid
1929 · Tom Richards
Smilin' Guns
1929 · Jack Purvin
Burning the Wind
1929 · Richard Gordon Jr
King of the Rodeo
1929 · Chip Jr.
The Danger Rider
1928 · Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle
Clearing the Trail
1928 · Pete Watson
Hollywood or Bust
1928
The Wild West Show
1928 · Rodeo Bill
The Flyin' Cowboy
1928 · Bill Hammond
A Trick of Hearts
1928 · Benjamin Franklin Tully
The Rawhide Kid
1928 · Dennis O'Hara
Galloping Fury
1927 · Billy Halen
Painted Ponies
1927 · Bucky Simms
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927 · Self
A Hero on Horseback
1927 · Billy Garford
The Prairie King
1927 · Andy Barden
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
1927 · Jimmie Roberts
The Denver Dude
1927 · Rodeo Randall
The Silent Rider
1927 · Jerry Alton
The Buckaroo Kid
1926 · Ed Harley
The Texas Streak
1926 · Chad Pennington
The Flaming Frontier
1926 · Bob Langdon
The Shoot 'Em Up Kid
1926 · Director
The Man in the Saddle
1926 · Jeff Morgan Jr.
The Phantom Bullet
1926 · 'Click' Farlane
Chip of the Flying U
1926 · Chip Bennett
Arizona Sweepstakes
1926 · Coot Cadigan
The Calgary Stampede
1925 · Dan Malloy
Spook Ranch
1925 · Bill Bangs
Let 'er Buck
1925 · Bob Carson
The Saddle Hawk
1925 · Ben Johnson
Taming the West
1925 · John Carleton
The Hurricane Kid
1925 · The Hurricane Kid
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
1924 · Bud Watkins
Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · Hoot Gibson
Hit and Run
1924 · 'Swat' Anderson
The Sawdust Trail
1924 · Clarence Elwood Butts
Broadway or Bust
1924 · Dave Hollis
40-Horse Hawkins
1924 · Luke Hawkins
Ride for Your Life
1924 · Bud Watkins
Hook and Ladder
1924 · Ace Cooper
The Thrill Chaser
1923 · Omar K. Jenkins, Producer
The Ramblin' Kid
1923 · The Ramblin' Kid
Blinky
1923 · Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip
Out of Luck
1923 · Sam Pertune
Shootin' for Love
1923 · Duke Travis
Double Dealing
1923 · Ben Slowbell
Dead Game
1923 · 'Katy' Didd
Single Handed
1923 · Hector MacKnight
The Gentleman from America
1923 · Dennis O'Shane
Kindled Courage
1923 · Andy Walker
Ridin' Wild
1922 · Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)
The Lone Hand
1922 · Laramie Lad
The Galloping Kid
1922 · 'Simplex' Cox
The Loaded Door
1922 · Bert Lyons
Trimmed
1922 · Dale Garland
Step on It!
1922 · Vic Collins
The Bear Cat
1922 · The Singin' Kid
Headin' West
1922 · Bill Perkins
The Fire Eater
1921 · Bob Corey
Sure Fire
1921 · Jeff Bransford
Red Courage
1921 · Pinto Peters
Action
1921 · Sandy Brouke
Beating the Game
1921
The Man Who Woke Up
1921
The Movie Trail
1921
Bandits Beware
1921
The Wild Wild West
1921
Double Crossers
1921 · Story
Crossed Clues
1921
Out o' Luck
1921 · Director
Who Was the Man?
1921 · The Texas Ranger
The Cactus Kid
1921 · Dick Harris
The Fightin' Fury
1921 · Director
Kickaroo
1921
Sweet Revenge
1921
The Driftin' Kid
1921 · The Driftin' Kid
The Saddle King
1921
The Winning Track
1921
The Trail of the Hound
1920
The Man with a Punch
1920 · The Stranger
Fight It Out
1920 · Sandy Adams
The Brand Blotter
1920
The Stranger
1920
Superstition
1920 · Dave Bodie
Tipped Off
1920 · Billy Steele
The Two-Fisted Lover
1920 · Scot McHale
Double Danger
1920 · Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)
Cinders
1920 · Bing Davidson
'in Wrong' Wright
1920 · 'In Wrong' Wright
The Shootin' Fool
1920 · Director
One Law for All
1920
The Grinning Granger
1920
A Gamblin' Fool
1920
The Big Catch
1920 · Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch
The Champion Liar
1920 · Director
The Smilin' Kid
1920 · Director
The Shootin' Kid
1920 · Director
The Fightin' Terror
1920 · Director
The Broncho Kid
1920
Thieves' Clothes
1920
Masked
1920
Wolf Tracks
1920
The Texas Kid
1920
The Rattler's Hiss
1920
Held Up for the Makin's
1920
Runnin' Straight
1920
Hair Trigger Stuff
1920
The Sheriff's Oath
1920
Roarin' Dan
1920 · Roarin' Dan
West Is Best
1920
The Jay Bird
1920 · Tom Jackson
Winning a Home
1920
The Double Hold-Up
1919 · The Broncho Kid
The Lone Hand
1919 · Jeffrey Halley
The Trail of the Holdup Man
1919 · Bob Watson
The Tell-Tale Wire
1919 · Steve Larmon
The Face in the Watch
1919
The Crow
1919 · Tim McKenzie - the Crow
The Jack of Hearts
1919 · The Prairie Dog
The Four-Bit Man
1919
The Fighting Heart
1919
Kingdom Come
1919
Ace High
1919
The Gun Packer
1919 · Gang Leader
By Indian Post
1919 · Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend
Gun Law
1919 · Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens
The Rustlers
1919 · The Deputy
His Buddy
1919
The Black Horse Bandit
1919
The Fighting Brothers
1919 · Lonnie Larkin
Danger, Go Slow
1918
The Midnight Flyer
1918 · Danny Morgan
Play Straight or Fight
1918 · Dick Rankin
The Branded Man
1918 · Sheriff
The Woman in the Web
1918 · Vassily - Ivan's Brother
Headin' South
1918
A Marked Man
1917 · Undetermined Role
The Secret Man
1917 · Chuck Fadden
Straight Shooting
1917 · Danny Morgan
Cheyenne's Pal
1917 · Cowboy
The Soul Herder
1917 · Chuck Rafferty
The Wrong Man
1917 · Chip's Pal
The Golden Bullet
1917 · 'Red' Johnson
A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917 · Joe
The Voice on the Wire
1917
The Hazards of Helen
1917 · Messenger / Etzer, Stunt Double
The Mysterious Cipher
1916 · Blanding
The Wedding Guest
1916
The Capture of Red Stanley
1916 · Stanley's Henchman
The Passing of Hell's Crown
1916 · The Cowboy
The Governor's Special
1916 · 2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
The Night Riders
1916
Stampede in the Night
1916 · Jack Harding
A Knight of the Range
1916 · Bob Graham
The Ring of Destiny
1915 · Jack
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
1915
In Danger's Path
1915 · Train Crew (uncredited)
The Pay Train
1915 · Orturo
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
1915 · Messenger on Motorcycle
The Death Train
1915 · Etzer - Doyle's Pal
The Man from Texas
1915 · Deputy (uncredited)
Buckshot John
1915 · Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)
The Man from the East
1914 · Butler
The Telltale Knife
1914
Shotgun Jones
1914 · Tom Lattier - the Son
Kid Pink and the Maharajah
1914
The Squaw Man
1914 · Stunts
In the Secret Service
1913
Cowboy Sports and Pastimes
1913
A Four-Footed Hero
1912 · Broncho Rider (uncredited)
His Only Son
1912
The New Superintendent
1911
Pride Of The Range
1910
The Two Brothers
1910
