Hoot Gibson

Actor

Born August 5, 1892 in Tekamah, Nebraska, USA

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.

Filmography

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage)

Ocean's Eleven

Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)

The Horse Soldiers

Sgt. Brown

The Marshal's Daughter

Marshal Ben Dawson

I Married Joan

The Cowboy

Flight to Nowhere

Sheriff Bradley

Trigger Law

Hoot Gibson

The Utah Kid

Marshal H.R. Higgins

Marked Trails

Hoot Parkford

Sonora Stagecoach

Hoot Gibson

Outlaw Trail

Hoot

Arizona Whirlwind

Hoot Gibson

Westward Bound

Hoot Gibson

Death Valley Rangers

Hoot Gibson

Blazing Guns

Marshal Hoot Gibson

The Law Rides Again

U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson

Wild Horse Stampede

Marshal Hoot Gibson

The Painted Stallion

Walter Jamison

Cavalcade of the West

Clint Knox

Frontier Justice

Brent Halston

The Last Outlaw

Al Goss

The Riding Avenger

Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner

Feud of the West

'Whitey' Revel

Lucky Terror

Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson

Swifty

Powdersmoke Range

Stony Brooke

Rainbow's End

Neil Gibson Jr.

Sunset Range

Reasonin' Bates

The Fighting Parson

Steve Hartley

The Dude Bandit

'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex

The Cowboy Counsellor

Dan Alton

The Boiling Point

Jimmy Duncan

A Man's Land

Tex Mason

The Spirit of the West

Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey

The Local Bad Man

Jim Bonner

The Gay Buckaroo

Clint Hale

The Hard Hombre

William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton

Wild Horse

Jim Wright

We’re Switching to Hollywood

Self (uncredited)

Clearing the Range

Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont

The Concentratin' Kid

Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid

Spurs

Bob Merril

Trigger Tricks

Texas Ranger Tim Brennan

Roaring Ranch

Jim Dailey

Trailing Trouble

Ed King

The Mounted Stranger

Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid

Courtin' Wildcats

Clarence Butts

The Long, Long Trail

The Ramblin' Kid

Points West

Cole Lawson Jr.

Riding for Fame

Scratch 'Em Hank Scott

The Winged Horseman

Skyball Smith

The Lariat Kid

Tom Richards

Smilin' Guns

Jack Purvin

Burning the Wind

Richard Gordon Jr

King of the Rodeo

Chip Jr.

The Danger Rider

Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle

Clearing the Trail

Pete Watson

The Wild West Show

Rodeo Bill

The Flyin' Cowboy

Bill Hammond

A Trick of Hearts

Benjamin Franklin Tully

The Rawhide Kid

Dennis O'Hara

Galloping Fury

Billy Halen

Painted Ponies

Bucky Simms

Life in Hollywood No. 3

Self

A Hero on Horseback

Billy Garford

The Prairie King

Andy Barden

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

Jimmie Roberts

The Denver Dude

Rodeo Randall

The Silent Rider

Jerry Alton

The Buckaroo Kid

Ed Harley

The Texas Streak

Chad Pennington

The Flaming Frontier

Bob Langdon

The Man in the Saddle

Jeff Morgan Jr.

The Phantom Bullet

'Click' Farlane

Chip of the Flying U

Chip Bennett

Arizona Sweepstakes

Coot Cadigan

The Calgary Stampede

Dan Malloy

Spook Ranch

Bill Bangs

Let 'er Buck

Bob Carson

The Saddle Hawk

Ben Johnson

Taming the West

John Carleton

The Hurricane Kid

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

Bud Watkins

Hit and Run

'Swat' Anderson

The Sawdust Trail

Clarence Elwood Butts

Broadway or Bust

Dave Hollis

40-Horse Hawkins

Luke Hawkins

Ride for Your Life

Bud Watkins

Hook and Ladder

Ace Cooper

The Thrill Chaser

Omar K. Jenkins

The Ramblin' Kid

Blinky

Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip

Out of Luck

Sam Pertune

Shootin' for Love

Duke Travis

Double Dealing

Ben Slowbell

Dead Game

'Katy' Didd

Single Handed

Hector MacKnight

The Gentleman from America

Dennis O'Shane

Kindled Courage

Andy Walker

Ridin' Wild

Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)

The Lone Hand

Laramie Lad

The Galloping Kid

'Simplex' Cox

The Loaded Door

Bert Lyons

Trimmed

Dale Garland

Step on It!

Vic Collins

The Bear Cat

The Singin' Kid

Headin' West

Bill Perkins

The Fire Eater

Bob Corey

Sure Fire

Jeff Bransford

Red Courage

Pinto Peters

Action

Sandy Brouke

The Wild Wild West

Crossed Clues

Who Was the Man?

The Texas Ranger

The Cactus Kid

Dick Harris

The Man with a Punch

The Stranger

Fight It Out

Sandy Adams

Double Danger

Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)

Cinders

Bing Davidson

The Shootin' Fool

One Law for All

The Champion Liar

The Smilin' Kid

The Shootin' Kid

The Broncho Kid

Thieves' Clothes

The Texas Kid

The Rattler's Hiss

Held Up for the Makin's

Runnin' Straight

Hair Trigger Stuff

The Sheriff's Oath

Roarin' Dan

West Is Best

The Jay Bird

Tom Jackson

The Double Hold-Up

The Broncho Kid

The Lone Hand

Jeffrey Halley

The Trail of the Holdup Man

Bob Watson

The Tell-Tale Wire

Steve Larmon

The Face in the Watch

The Jack of Hearts

The Prairie Dog

The Four-Bit Man

The Gun Packer

Gang Leader

By Indian Post

Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend

Gun Law

Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens

The Rustlers

The Deputy

The Fighting Brothers

Lonnie Larkin

Danger, Go Slow

The Woman in the Web

Vassily - Ivan's Brother

Headin' South

A Marked Man

Undetermined Role

The Secret Man

Chuck Fadden

Straight Shooting

Danny Morgan

Cheyenne's Pal

Cowboy

The Soul Herder

Chuck Rafferty

The Golden Bullet

'Red' Johnson

A 44-Calibre Mystery

Joe

The Voice on the Wire

The Hazards of Helen

Messenger / Etzer

The Mysterious Cipher

Blanding

The Capture of Red Stanley

Stanley's Henchman

The Governor's Special

2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)

The Night Riders

A Knight of the Range

Bob Graham

In Danger's Path

Train Crew (uncredited)

The Pay Train

Orturo

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

Messenger on Motorcycle

The Death Train

Etzer - Doyle's Pal

The Man from Texas

Deputy (uncredited)

Buckshot John

Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)

The Telltale Knife

Shotgun Jones

Tom Lattier - the Son

The Squaw Man

His Only Son

The New Superintendent

The Two Brothers