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.

Film non disponibile da Hoot Gibson

Burning the Wind

Richard Gordon Jr

Film 1929

Sure Fire

Jeff Bransford

Film 1921

The Fire Eater

Bob Corey

Film 1921

Spurs

Bob Merril

Film 1930

The Denver Dude

Rodeo Randall

Film 1927

40-Horse Hawkins

Luke Hawkins

Film 1924

Ride for Your Life

Bud Watkins

Film 1924

The Man from the East

Butler

Film 1914

The Telltale Knife

Film 1914

Ridin' Wild

Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)

Film 1922

Let 'er Buck

Bob Carson

Film 1925

The Silent Rider

Jerry Alton

Film 1927

Galloping Fury

Billy Halen

Film 1927

Life in Hollywood No. 3

Self

Film 1927

His Only Son

Film 1912

Cavalcade of the West

Clint Knox

Film 1936

The Flyin' Cowboy

Bill Hammond

Film 1928

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

Film 1915

A Knight of the Range

Bob Graham

Film 1916

The Passing of Hell's Crown

The Cowboy

Film 1916

The Wedding Guest

Film 1916

Cowboy Sports and Pastimes

Film 1913

A Four-Footed Hero

Broncho Rider (uncredited)

Film 1912

In the Secret Service

Film 1913

The New Superintendent

Film 1911

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

Film 1914

Shotgun Jones

Tom Lattier - the Son

Film 1914

The Hazards of Helen

Messenger / Etzer

Film 1917

Buckshot John

Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)

Film 1915

Stampede in the Night

Jack Harding

Film 1916

The Death Train

Etzer - Doyle's Pal

Film 1915

The Hazards of Helen Ep33: In Danger's Path

Train Crew (uncredited)

Film 1915

The Capture of Red Stanley

Stanley's Henchman

Film 1916

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

Messenger on Motorcycle

Film 1915

The Ring of Destiny

Jack

Film 1915

The Mysterious Cipher

Blanding

Film 1916

The Voice on the Wire

Film 1917

The Night Riders

Film 1916

A 44-Calibre Mystery

Joe

Film 1917

The Golden Bullet

'Red' Johnson

Film 1917

The Wrong Man

Chip's Pal

Film 1917

The Painted Stallion

Walter Jamison

Film 1937

Clearing the Range

Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont

Film 1931

Frontier Justice

Brent Halston

Film 1936

Wild Horse

Jim Wright

Film 1931

The Hard Hombre

William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton

Film 1931

Roarin' Dan

Roarin' Dan

Film 1920

West Is Best

Film 1920

The Sheriff's Oath

Film 1920

Runnin' Straight

Film 1920

Hair Trigger Stuff

Film 1920

The Texas Kid

Film 1920

Held Up for the Makin's

Film 1920

Masked

Film 1920

The Shootin' Kid

Film 1920

Wolf Tracks

Film 1920

The Broncho Kid

Film 1920

The Champion Liar

Film 1920

Thieves' Clothes

Film 1920

The Smilin' Kid

Film 1920

The Winged Horseman

Skyball Smith

Film 1929

Hit and Run

'Swat' Anderson

Film 1924

The Big Catch

Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch

Film 1920

The Sawdust Trail

Clarence Elwood Butts

Film 1924

The Cowboy Counsellor

Dan Alton

Film 1932

The Shootin' Fool

Film 1920

The Tell-Tale Wire

Steve Larmon

Film 1919

A Trick of Hearts

Benjamin Franklin Tully

Film 1928

Clearing the Trail

Pete Watson

Film 1928

Riding for Fame

Scratch 'Em Hank Scott

Film 1929

Play Straight or Fight

Dick Rankin

Film 1918

Courtin' Wildcats

Clarence Butts

Film 1929

Painted Ponies

Bucky Simms

Film 1927

The Wild West Show

Rodeo Bill

Film 1928

The Danger Rider

Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle

Film 1928

The Midnight Flyer

Danny Morgan

Film 1918

The Branded Man

Sheriff

Film 1918

His Buddy

Film 1919

The Four-Bit Man

Film 1919

The Lone Hand

Jeffrey Halley

Film 1919

The Black Horse Bandit

Film 1919

Trigger Tricks

Texas Ranger Tim Brennan

Film 1930

The Fighting Heart

Film 1919

The Jack of Hearts

The Prairie Dog

Film 1919

Kingdom Come

Film 1919

Danger, Go Slow

Film 1918

Ace High

Film 1919

The Mounted Stranger

Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid

Film 1930

The Crow

Tim McKenzie - the Crow

Film 1919

The Trail of the Holdup Man

Bob Watson

Film 1919

The Face in the Watch

Film 1919

The Double Hold-Up

The Broncho Kid

Film 1919

The Lone Hand

Laramie Lad

Film 1922

A Gamblin' Fool

Film 1920

Trimmed

Dale Garland

Film 1922

The Fightin' Terror

Film 1920

The Jay Bird

Tom Jackson

Film 1920

The Grinning Granger

Film 1920

One Law for All

Film 1920

'in Wrong' Wright

'In Wrong' Wright

Film 1920

Cinders

Bing Davidson

Film 1920

Double Danger

Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)

Film 1920

Marked Trails

Hoot Parkford

Film 1944

Lucky Terror

Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson

Film 1936

The Two-Fisted Lover

Scot McHale

Film 1920

Step on It!

Vic Collins

Film 1922

The Loaded Door

Bert Lyons

Film 1922

The Galloping Kid

'Simplex' Cox

Film 1922

The Gentleman from America

Dennis O'Shane

Film 1923

Single Handed

Hector MacKnight

Film 1923

Dead Game

'Katy' Didd

Film 1923

Double Dealing

Ben Slowbell

Film 1923

Shootin' for Love

Duke Travis

Film 1923

Out of Luck

Sam Pertune

Film 1923

Blinky

Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip

Film 1923

The Ramblin' Kid

The Ramblin' Kid

Film 1923

A Man's Land

Tex Mason

Film 1932

Broadway or Bust

Dave Hollis

Film 1924

Tipped Off

Billy Steele

Film 1920

Hook and Ladder

Ace Cooper

Film 1924

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

Bud Watkins

Film 1924

The Hurricane Kid

The Hurricane Kid

Film 1925

The Two Brothers

Film 1910

The Phantom Bullet

'Click' Farlane

Film 1926

A Hero on Horseback

Billy Garford

Film 1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

Jimmie Roberts

Film 1927

The Local Bad Man

Jim Bonner

Film 1932

The Stranger

Film 1920

Superstition

Dave Bodie

Film 1920

The Man With The Punch

The Stranger

Film 1920

Fight It Out

Sandy Adams

Film 1920

The Brand Blotter

Film 1920

The Saddle King

Film 1921

The Trail of the Hound

Film 1920

The Driftin' Kid

The Driftin' Kid

Film 1921

Winning a Home

Film 1920

Sweet Revenge

Film 1921

Double Crossers

Film 1921

The Fightin' Fury

Film 1921

The Wild Wild West

Film 1921

Crossed Clues

Film 1921

Out o' Luck

Film 1921

The Cactus Kid

Dick Harris

Film 1921

Who Was the Man?

The Texas Ranger

Film 1921

The Movie Trail

Film 1921

Kickaroo

Film 1921

Bandits Beware

Film 1921

The Man Who Woke Up

Film 1921

Hollywood or Bust

Film 1928

Smilin' Guns

Jack Purvin

Film 1929

Points West

Cole Lawson Jr.

Film 1929

The Lariat Kid

Tom Richards

Film 1929

Trailing Trouble

Ed King

Film 1930

The Concentratin' Kid

Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid

Film 1930

The Boiling Point

Jimmy Duncan

Film 1932

Beating the Game

Film 1921

Headin' West

Bill Perkins

Film 1922

The Winning Track

Film 1921

The Bear Cat

The Singin' Kid

Film 1922

The Dude Bandit

'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex

Film 1933

By Indian Post

Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend

Film 1919

Sunset Range

Reasonin' Bates

Film 1935

Rainbow's End

Neil Gibson Jr.

Film 1935

The Calgary Stampede

Dan Malloy

Film 1925

The Rattler's Hiss

Film 1920

The Riding Avenger

Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner

Film 1936

The Fighting Parson

Steve Hartley

Film 1933

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage)

Film 1976

The Woman in the Web

Vassily - Ivan's Brother

Film 1918

Flight to Nowhere

Sheriff Bradley

Film 1946

Outlaw Trail

Hoot

Film 1944

The Governor's Special

2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)

Film 1916

The Law Rides Again

U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson

Film 1943

Blazing Guns

Marshal Hoot Gibson

Film 1943

Death Valley Rangers

Hoot Gibson

Film 1943

Westward Bound

Hoot Gibson

Film 1944

Arizona Whirlwind

Hoot Gibson

Film 1944

Straight Shooting

Danny Morgan

Film 1917

The Last Outlaw

Al Goss

Film 1936

The Pay Train

Orturo

Film 1915

Ocean's Eleven

Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)

Film 1960

The Buckaroo Kid

Ed Harley

Film 1926

The Saddle Hawk

Ben Johnson

Film 1925

The Flaming Frontier

Bob Langdon

Film 1926

Taming the West

John Carleton

Film 1925

The Spirit of the West

Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey

Film 1932

The Prairie King

Andy Barden

Film 1927

Trigger Law

Hoot Gibson

Film 1944

The Utah Kid

Marshal H.R. Higgins

Film 1944

The Texas Streak

Chad Pennington

Film 1926

Swifty

Swifty

Film 1935

Spook Ranch

Bill Bangs

Film 1925

The Man from Texas

Deputy (uncredited)

Film 1915

Powdersmoke Range

Stony Brooke

Film 1935

The Gay Buckaroo

Clint Hale

Film 1931

Sonora Stagecoach

Hoot Gibson

Film 1944

We're switching to Hollywood

Self (uncredited)

Film 1931

Feud of the West

'Whitey' Revel

Film 1936

Cheyenne's Pal

Cowboy

Film 1917

The Secret Man

Chuck Fadden

Film 1917

A Marked Man

Undetermined Role

Film 1917

The Soul Herder

Chuck Rafferty

Film 1917

Action

Sandy Brouke

Film 1921

The Fighting Brothers

Lonnie Larkin

Film 1919

Gun Law

Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens

Film 1919

The Gun Packer

Gang Leader

Film 1919

The Rustlers

The Deputy

Film 1919

Headin' South

Film 1918

The Long, Long Trail

The Ramblin' Kid

Film 1929

Arizona Sweepstakes

Coot Cadigan

Film 1926

Roaring Ranch

Jim Dailey

Film 1930

Hello, 'Frisco

Hoot Gibson

Film 1924

Red Courage

Pinto Peters

Film 1921

The Thrill Chaser

Omar K. Jenkins

Film 1923

King of the Rodeo

Chip Jr. - Montana Kid

Film 1929

The Rawhide Kid

Dennis O'Hara

Film 1928

The Man in the Saddle

Jeff Morgan Jr.

Film 1926

Serie televisive non disponibile da Hoot Gibson

I Married Joan

The Cowboy

Tv 1952