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  • HOOT GIBSON
    A silent days picture of Hoot


    Information From IMDb


    Date of Birth
    6 August 1892,
    Tekamah, Nebraska, USA


    Date of Death
    23 August 1962,
    Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer)


    Birth Name
    Edmund Richard Gibson


    Height
    5' 9" (1.75 m)


    Spouse
    Dorothea Dunstan (3 July 1942 - 23 August 1962) (his death)
    Sally Eilers (27 June 1930 - 24 September 1933) (divorced)
    Helen Johnson (1922 - 1930) (divorced) 1 child
    Helen Gibson (1913 - 1920) (divorced)


    Trivia
    In the 1950s, the out-of-work cowboy star was reduced to working as a Las Vegas casino greeter and performing in carnivals in order to handle the enormous debts that mounted after a series of cancer operations.


    Won the title "World's All Around Champion Cowboy" at age 20.


    Earned the nickname "Hoot" as a messenger for the Owl Drug Co.


    Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1979.


    In 1933, Gibson, an avid pilot, entered the National Air Races. His plane crashed, and he was seriously injured, which kept him hospitalized and off the movie screen for several months.


    He was racing against fellow cowboy star Ken Maynard when he crashed the J-5 Swallow he was flying.


    The CW3 Hoot Gibson helicopter is named after Hoot, who was as interested in flying as he was in riding.


    During World War I he served in the Tank Corps of the U.S. Army.


    In the early 50s he found a new audience among young TV viewers as many of his western feature films were released to television.


    Personal Quotes
    I hired out to be an Indian in the morning then turned cowboy and chased myself all afternoon. They paid five dollars a day and two-fifty extra to fall off a horse. Make it ten dollars and I'll let him [the horse] kick me to death.


    I know of no other business where merit is rewarded as it is in the movies -- but merit must be aided by labor, and plenty of it.


    Salary
    The Dude Bandit (1933) $16,000
    The Cowboy Counsellor (1932) $16,000
    A Man's Land (1932) $16,000
    Spirit of the West (1932) $16,000
    The Local Bad Man (1932) $16,000
    Wild Horse (1931) $16,000
    Clearing the Range (1931) $16,000
    The Silent Rider (1927) $14,500/week
    Chip of the Flying U (1926) $14,500/week
    Hit and Run (1924) $14,500/week
    Sawdust Trail (1924) $14,500/week
    The Thrill Chaser (1923) $14,500/week
    The Lone Hand (1922) $14,500/week
    Roarin' Dan (1920) $14,500/week
    West Is Best (1920) $14,500/week
    The Two Brothers (1910/I) $50


    Mini Biography
    This pioneer cowboy star of silent and early talking Westerns was one of the 1920s' most popular children's matinée heroes. In real life, Hoot Gibson endured a rather painful rags-to-riches-back-to-rags career that seemed to plague a number of big stars who lived too high on the hog.


    An unfortunate byproduct of stardom is, of course, the misinformation that is often fed to the public over the years by either an overzealous publicity agent or the actor himself. The many variations of just how Gibson earned the nametag "Hoot" is one of them: (1) As a youth, he loved to hunt owls; (2) while a teenager working on a rodeo ranch, other ranchhands called him "Hoot Owl" and that the name was shortened to just "Hoot"; (3) he earned the name while a messenger with the Owl Drug Company; and (4) while touring briefly in vaudeville, he would hoot when the audience cheered and, thus, the nickname.


    What facts are known about Hoot is that he was born Edmund Richard Gibson on August 6, 1892, in Tekamah, Nebraska. As a child, he grew up among horses and received his first pony at the age of 2 1/2. His family moved to California when he was 7. At age 13, the adventurous youth ran away from home and joined a circus for a time. Later work included punching cows in both Wyoming and Colorado territory. While working on the Miller 101 Ranch at Fort Bliss, Oklahoma, as a horse wrangler, Hoot developed a strong, active interest in the rodeo scene -- in particular, bronco busting. In 1907, he signed a four-year contract with the Dick Stanley-Bud Atkinson Wild West Show, which toured throughout the nation and (later) Australia.


    By 1910, Hoot had found an "in" to the movie business as one of film's first stuntmen (for which he was paid $2.50 for either performing stunts or training horses). Movie director Francis Boggs was looking for experienced cowboys and stunt doubles to appear in his silent film short Pride of the Range (1910) starring Tom Mix, and both Hoot and another future cowboy star, Art Acord, were hired. Hoot lost a solid Hollywood contact in Boggs, however, when the director and his working partner, producer William Nicholas Selig, were shot in October, 1911, by a mentally disturbed employee (Boggs was killed). He managed to find other stunt work in director D.W. Griffith's western short The Two Brothers (1910/I) and several others for the next few years.


    Acting, at this point, was not his bread-and-butter income. Hoot still continued to forge a name for himself on the rodeo circuit with his pal Acord. In 1912, at age 20, he won the title "All-Around Champion Cowboy" at the famed annual Pendleton (Oregon) Round-Up. He also won the steer roping World Championship at the Calgary Stampede. While on the circuit, he met fellow rodeo rider Rose August ("Helen") Wenger. They eventually married (there is still some question about whether they legally exchanged vows), and she took on the marquee name of Helen Gibson. She even found film stunt work herself and eventually was chosen to replace actress Helen Holmes as the star of the popular movie serial The Hazards of Helen (1914) during mid-filming. Hoot had a minor appearance in the Universal cliffhanger.


    Another strong film connection came in the form of Western star Harry Carey and director John Ford. Gibson gained some momentum as a secondary player in a few of their films, including Cheyenne's Pal (1917), Straight Shooting (1917), The Secret Man (1917) and A Marked Man (1917). With the outbreak of World War I, however, his career was put on hold. He attained the rank of sergeant while serving with the Tank Corps of the Army and was honorably discharged in 1919. He returned immediately to Universal and was able to restart his career, quickly working his way up to co-star status in a series of short Westerns. Most of these were directed by his now close friend John Ford. The two-reelers usually co-starred either Pete Morrison or his wife Helen Gibson, or sometimes both. Films such as The Fighting Brothers (1919), The Black Horse Bandit (1919), Rustlers (1919), Gun Law (1919), The Gun Packer (1919) and By Indian Post (1919) eventually led to his solo starring success.


    During this prolific period, he was frequently directed by George Holt (The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919)), Phil Rosen (The Sheriff's Oath (1920)) and Lee Kohlmar (The Wild Wild West (1921)). It was at this time that he and wife Helen separated and divorced. In the early 1920s, Hoot went on to marry another Helen -- Helen Johnson. They had one child, Lois Charlotte Gibson, born in 1923. The couple divorced in 1927.


    Superstardom came with the John Ford full-length feature western Action (1921), which was taken from "The Three Godfathers" story. It starred Hoot, Francis Ford and J. Farrell MacDonald as a trio of outlaws on the lam who find a baby. From that point on, both Hoot and Tom Mix began to rule the West. Gibson's light, comedic, tongue-in-cheek manner only added to his sagebrush appeal -- especially to children and women. His vehicles were non-violent for the most part, and he rarely was spotted carrying a gun while riding his palomino horse Goldie. Not a particularly handsome man, his boyish appeal and non-threatening demeanor were his aces in the hole -- a major distinction that separated him from the more ascetic cowboy stars of the past.


    By 1925, Hoot was making approximately $14,500 a week and spending it about as fast as he was making it. He successfully made the transition to talkies and in 1930, married popular Jazz-era actress Sally Eilers, a third party to his previous divorce. The couple made three features together -- The Long, Long Trail (1929), Trigger Tricks (1930) and Clearing the Range (1931). When she found celluloid success on her own with the film Bad Girl (1931), Sally decided to split from Hoot professionally and personally. They divorced in 1933.


    Hoot lost his Universal contract in 1930, which signified the start of his decline. While he secured contracts with lesser studios during the early 1930s, Allied Pictures and First Division Pictures, the quality of his films suffered. By this time, Hoot had already begun to spotlight race cars and airplanes in such pictures as The Flyin' Cowboy (1928) and The Winged Horseman (1929). Airplanes in particular became a large, expensive passion. In 1933, he crashed his biplane during a National Air Race in Los Angeles, which had pitted him against another cowboy star, Ken Maynard. Fortunately, he survived his injuries.


    With the advent of talking films, singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were becoming the new rage, and both Hoot and Tom Mix felt the kick. Yet, he managed a couple of "comebacks" by pairing up with others stars. He joined old silent film teammate Harry Carey and 'Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams' in the "Three Mesquiteers" western Powdersmoke Range (1935), and was billed second to [error] in the Republic serial The Painted Stallion (1937).


    Hoot left films and toured with the Robbins Brothers and Russell Brothers circuses during 1938 and 1939 before retiring from show business altogether. His multiple divorces and his reckless spending habits had taken their toll on his finances. For a time he found work in real estate before Monogram pictures offered the (now) stocky-framed actor a chance to return in 1943. Hoot teamed up with cowboy star Ken Maynard in the popular "Trail Blazers" series, and the duo were later joined by Bob Steele. Chief Thundercloud subsequently replaced a difficult Maynard on a couple of the films, but by the end of the series, Gibson and Steele were riding alone together. The nearly dozen-made films in the series began with Wild Horse Stampede (1943) and ended with Trigger Law (1944), the latter being his last hurrah in films.


    Hoot then returned to real estate.Though he appeared as a surprise guest on "I Married Joan" ( TV 1956), he was only occasionally glimpsed on TV thereafter. He did a small favor for old friend John Ford by appearing in a cameo role in the director's film The Horse Soldiers (1959). His last movie spotting was a guest cameo in the "Rat Pack" film Ocean's Eleven (1960).


    Hoot married a fourth and final time on July 3, 1942, to one-time radio singer and actress Dorothea Dunstan. This marriage took hold and lasted for 20 years until his death. By the 1960s, Gibson was on the verge of financial collapse after a series of bad investments. Diagnosed with cancer in 1960, rising medical costs forced him to find any and all work available. He was relegated at one point to becoming a greeter at a Las Vegas casino and, for a period, worked at carnivals.


    It was an unhappy end for a cowboy who brought so much excitement and entertainment to children and adults alike. Gibson died of cancer at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, just a couple of weeks after his 70th birthday. He was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. In remembrance, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1979, was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh


    Filmography


    Actor
    1. Ocean's Eleven (1960) (uncredited) .... Roadblock Deputy
    2. The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Sgt. Brown
    3. "I Married Joan" .... Guest (1 episode, 1955)
    - The Cowboy (1955) TV episode .... Guest
    4. The Marshal's Daughter (1953) .... Marshal Ben Dawson
    5. Flight to Nowhere (1946) .... Sheriff Bradley
    6. Trigger Law (1944) .... Hoot Gibson
    7. The Utah Kid (1944) .... Marshal Hoot Higgins
    8. Marked Trails (1944) .... Hoot Parkford
    9. Sonora Stagecoach (1944) .... Hoot Gibson
    10. Outlaw Trail (1944) .... Hoot Gibson
    11. Arizona Whirlwind (1944) .... Hoot Gibson
    12. Westward Bound (1944) .... Hoot Gibson
    13. Death Valley Rangers (1943) .... Hoot Gibson
    14. Blazing Guns (1943) .... Marshal Hoot Gibson
    15. The Law Rides Again (1943) .... U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson
    16. Wild Horse Stampede (1943) .... Marshal Hoot Gibson
    17. The Painted Stallion (1937) .... Walter Jamison
    18. Cavalcade of the West (1936) .... Clint Knox
    19. The Riding Avenger (1936) .... Buck Bonner, posing as the Morning Glory Kid
    20. The Last Outlaw (1936) .... Chuck Wilson
    21. Feud of the West (1936) .... 'Whitey' Revell
    22. Lucky Terror (1936) .... Lucky Carson aka The Lucky Terror
    23. Frontier Justice (1936) .... Brent Halston
    24. Swifty (1935) .... Swifty
    25. Powdersmoke Range (1935) .... Stony Brooke
    26. Rainbow's End (1935) .... Neil Gibson Jr.
    27. Sunset Range (1935) .... 'Reasonin' Bates
    28. The Fighting Parson (1933) .... Steve Bentley
    29. The Dude Bandit (1933) .... 'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex
    30. The Cowboy Counsellor (1932) .... Dan Alton
    31. The Boiling Point (1932) .... Jimmy Duncan
    32. A Man's Land (1932) .... Tex Mason
    33. Spirit of the West (1932) .... Johnny Ringo, posing as Ben Bailey
    34. The Gay Buckaroo (1932) .... Clint Hale
    35. The Local Bad Man (1932) .... Jim Bonner
    36. The Hard Hombre (1931) .... William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
    37. Wild Horse (1931) .... Jim Wright
    ... aka "Silver Devil" - USA (reissue title)
    38. Clearing the Range (1931) .... Curt Fremont (El Capitan)
    39. The Concentratin' Kid (1930) .... Concentratin' Kid
    40. Spurs (1930) .... Bob Merril
    41. Trigger Tricks (1930) .... Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
    42. Roaring Ranch (1930) .... Jim Dailey
    43. Trailin' Trouble (1930) .... Ed King
    44. The Mounted Stranger (1930) .... Pete Ainslee / The Ridin' Kid
    45. Courtin' Wildcats (1929) .... Clarence Butts
    46. The Long, Long Trail (1929) .... The Ramblin' Kid
    47. Points West (1929) .... Cole Lawson Jr.
    48. The Winged Horseman (1929) .... Skyball Smith
    49. The Lariat Kid (1929) .... Tom Richards
    50. Smilin' Guns (1929) .... Jack Purvin
    51. Burning the Wind (1929) .... Richard Gordon Jr
    52. King of the Rodeo (1929) .... Montana Kid
    53. The Danger Rider (1928) .... Hal Doyle, posing as Tucson Joe
    54. Clearing the Trail (1928) .... Pete Watson
    55. Hollywood or Bust (1928)
    56. Riding for Fame (1928) .... Scratch 'Em Hank Scott
    57. The Wild West Show (1928) .... Rodeo Bill
    58. The Flyin' Cowboy (1928) .... Bill Hammond
    59. A Trick of Hearts (1928) .... Ben Tully
    60. The Rawhide Kid (1928) .... Dennis O'Hara
    61. Galloping Fury (1927) .... Billy Halen
    62. Painted Ponies (1927) .... Bucky Simms
    63. A Hero on Horseback (1927) .... Billy Garford
    64. The Prairie King (1927) .... Andy Barden
    65. Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927) .... Jimmie Roberts
    66. The Denver Dude (1927) .... Rodeo Randall
    67. The Silent Rider (1927) .... Jerry Alton
    68. The Buckaroo Kid (1926) .... Ed Harley
    69. The Texas Streak (1926) .... Chad Pennington aka Tommy Hawk
    70. The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (1926)
    71. The Man in the Saddle (1926) .... Jeff Morgan Jr
    72. The Phantom Bullet (1926) .... 'Click' Farlane
    73. The Flaming Frontier (1926) .... Bob Langdon
    74. Chip of the Flying U (1926) .... Chip Bennett
    75. Arizona Sweepstakes (1926) .... Coot Cadigan
    76. The Calgary Stampede (1925) .... Dan Malloy
    77. Spook Ranch (1925) .... Bill Bangs
    78. Let 'er Buck (1925) .... Bob Carson
    79. The Saddle Hawk (1925) .... Ben Johnson
    80. The Taming of the West (1925) .... John Carleton
    81. The Hurricane Kid (1925) .... The Hurricane Kid
    82. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924) .... Bud Watkins
    ... aka "The Lone Outlaw" - USA (alternative title)
    83. Sawdust Trail (1924) .... Clarence Elwood Butts
    84. Hit and Run (1924) .... 'Swat' Anderson
    85. Broadway or Bust (1924) .... Dave Hollis
    86. 40-Horse Hawkins (1924) .... Luke Hawkins
    87. Ride for Your Life (1924) .... Bud Watkins
    88. Hook and Ladder (1924) .... Ace Cooper
    89. The Thrill Chaser (1923) .... Omar K. Jenkins
    90. The Ramblin' Kid (1923) .... The Ramblin' Kid
    91. Blinky (1923) .... Geoffrey Arbuthnot Islip (Blinky)
    92. Out of Luck (1923) .... Sam Pertune
    93. Shootin' for Love (1923) .... Duke Travis
    94. Double Dealing (1923) .... Ben Slowbell
    95. Dead Game (1923) (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson) .... 'Katy' Didd
    96. Single Handed (1923) .... Hector MacKnight
    97. The Gentleman from America (1923) (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson) .... Dennis O'Shane
    98. Kindled Courage (1923) .... Andy Walker
    99. Ridin' Wild (1922/I) (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson) .... Cyril Henderson
    100. The Lone Hand (1922) (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson) .... Laramie Lad
    101. The Galloping Kid (1922) .... 'Simplex' Cox
    102. The Loaded Door (1922) .... Bert Lyons
    103. Trimmed (1922) .... Dale Garland
    104. Step on It! (1922) .... Vic Collins
    105. The Bearcat (1922) .... The Singin' Kid
    106. Headin' West (1922)
    107. The Fire Eater (1921) .... Bob Corey
    108. Sure Fire (1921) .... Jeff Bransford
    109. Red Courage (1921) .... Pinto Peters
    110. Action (1921) .... Sandy Brouke
    111. Beating the Game (1921/II)
    ... aka "The Cowpuncher" - USA (alternative title)
    112. The Man Who Woke Up (1921)
    113. The Movie Trail (1921)
    114. Bandits Beware (1921)
    115. The Wild Wild West (1921)
    116. Double Crossers (1921)
    117. Crossed Clues (1921)
    118. Who Was the Man? (1921)
    119. The Cactus Kid (1921)
    120. Out o' Luck (1921)
    121. The Fightin' Fury (1921)
    122. Kickaroo (1921)
    123. Sweet Revenge (1921/I)
    124. The Driftin' Kid (1921)
    125. The Winning Track (1921)
    126. The Saddle King (1921)
    127. The Trail of the Hound (1920)
    128. The Man with the Punch (1920) (as Ed Hoot Gibson) .... The stranger
    129. Fight It Out (1920) .... Sandy Adams
    130. The Brand Blotter (1920)
    131. The Stranger (1920/II)
    ... aka "The Man with Two Punches" - USA (alternative title)
    132. Superstition (1920)
    133. Tipped Off (1920)
    ... aka "Marryin' Marion" - USA (alternative title)
    134. The Two-Fisted Lover (1920)
    ... aka "The Teacher's Pet" - USA (alternative title)
    135. Double Danger (1920)
    ... aka "A Pair of Twins" - USA (alternative title)
    136. Cinders (1920)
    137. 'In Wrong' Wright (1920)
    138. The Shootin' Fool (1920)
    ... aka "Some Shooter" - USA (alternative title)
    139. One Law for All (1920)
    140. The Grinning Granger (1920)
    141. A Gamblin' Fool (1920)
    142. The Big Catch (1920)
    143. The Champion Liar (1920)
    144. The Smilin' Kid (1920)
    145. The Shootin' Kid (1920)
    146. The Fightin' Terror (1920)
    ... aka "Hesitation" - USA (alternative title)
    147. The Broncho Kid (1920)
    148. Thieves' Clothes (1920)
    ... aka "Circumstantial Evidence" - USA (alternative title)
    149. Masked (1920)
    ... aka "Ransom" - USA (alternative title)
    150. Wolf Tracks (1920)
    ... aka "Pardners" - USA (alternative title)
    151. His Nose in the Book (1920)
    ... aka "A Nose in the Book" - USA (alternative title)
    ... aka "The Texas Kid" - USA (alternative title)
    152. The Rattler's Hiss (1920)
    153. Held Up for the Makin's (1920)
    154. Runnin' Straight (1920)
    155. Hair Trigger Stuff (1920)
    156. The Sheriff's Oath (1920)
    157. Roarin' Dan (1920)
    158. West Is Best (1920)
    159. The Jay Bird (1920)
    160. Winning a Home (1920)
    161. The Double Hold-Up (1919)
    162. The Lone Hand (1919)
    163. The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919)
    164. The Tell Tale Wire (1919)
    165. The Face in the Watch (1919)
    166. The Crow (1919)
    167. The Jack of Hearts (1919)
    168. The Four-Bit Man (1919)
    169. The Fighting Heart (1919)
    170. Kingdom Come (1919)
    171. By Indian Post (1919) .... Chub -Jode's helpful cowboy friend
    172. The Gun Packer (1919) .... Gang Leader
    173. Gun Law (1919) .... Bart Stevens, aka Smoke Gublen
    174. Rustlers (1919) .... The Deputy
    175. Ace High (1919)
    176. The Rustlers (1919)
    177. His Buddy (1919/I)
    178. The Fighting Brothers (1919) .... Lonnie Larkin
    179. The Black Horse Bandit (1919)
    180. Danger, Go Slow (1918) (uncredited)
    181. The Branded Man (1918) .... Sheriff
    182. The Midnight Flyer (1918)
    183. Play Straight or Fight (1918)
    184. The Woman in the Web (1918) .... Vassily, Ivan's Brother
    185. Headin' South (1918)
    186. A Marked Man (1917) .... Undetermined Role
    187. The Secret Man (1917) .... Chuck Fadden
    188. The Texas Sphinx (1917)
    189. Straight Shooting (1917) (as Ed Hoot Gibson) .... Danny Morgan (credits)/Sam Turner (titles)
    ... aka "Straight Shootin'" - USA (cut version)
    190. Cheyenne's Pal (1917) .... Cowboy
    191. The Soul Herder (1917)
    192. The Wrong Man (1917)
    193. The Golden Bullet (1917)
    194. A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917)
    ... aka "Sure-Shot Morgan" - USA (reissue title)
    195. The Voice on the Wire (1917)
    196. The Mysterious Cipher (1916) (as Ed Gibson)
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#85): The Mysterious Cipher" - USA (series title)
    197. The Treasure Train (1916) (as Ed Gibson)
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#83): The Treasure Train" - USA (series title)
    198. The Wedding Guest (1916)
    199. The Capture of Red Stanley (1916) (as Ed Gibson)
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#81): The Capture of Red Stanley" - USA (series title)
    200. The Governor's Special (1916) (as Ed Gibson)
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#76): The Governor's Special" - USA (series title)
    201. The Passing of Hell's Crown (1916)
    202. The Night Riders (1916)
    203. Stampede in the Night (1916)
    204. A Knight of the Range (1916) .... Bob Graham
    205. Stingaree (1915)
    206. The Ring of Destiny (1915)
    207. Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
    ... aka "The Woman of Mona Diggings" - USA (alternative title)
    208. The Pay Train (1915) (as Edward Gibson) .... Orturo
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#31): The Pay Train" - USA (series title)
    209. The Death Train (1915) (as Hall Gibson) .... Etzer - Doyle's Pal
    ... aka "The Hazards of Helen (#17): The Death Train" - USA (series title)
    210. The Man from Texas (1915) (uncredited) .... Deputy
    211. Buckshot John (1915) (uncredited) .... Medicine Show Crowd
    212. The Man from the East (1914) .... Butler
    213. The Hazards of Helen (1914) (as Hall Gibson) (as Edward Gibson) .... Messenger/Etzer
    214. The Telltale Knife (1914)
    215. Shotgun Jones (1914)
    216. In the Secret Service (1913)
    217. Cowboy Sports and Pastimes (1913) (as Ed Gibson)
    218. His Only Son (1912)
    219. The New Superintendent (1911) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Undetermined Role)
    220. The Two Brothers (1910/I)
    221. Pride of the Range (1910)


    Producer:
    1. The Concentratin' Kid (1930) (producer)
    2. Spurs (1930) (producer)
    3. Trigger Tricks (1930) (producer)
    4. Roaring Ranch (1930) (producer)
    5. Trailin' Trouble (1930) (producer)
    6. The Mounted Stranger (1930) (producer)
    7. Courtin' Wildcats (1929) (producer)
    8. The Long, Long Trail (1929) (producer)
    9. Burning the Wind (1929) (producer)
    10. King of the Rodeo (1929) (producer)
    11. Sawdust Trail (1924) (producer)
    12. The Thrill Chaser (1923) (producer)


    Director:
    1. The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (1926)
    2. Out o' Luck (1921)
    3. The Fightin' Fury (1921)
    4. The Shootin' Fool (1920)
    ... aka "Some Shooter" - USA (alternative title)
    5. The Champion Liar (1920)
    6. The Smilin' Kid (1920)
    7. The Shootin' Kid (1920)
    8. The Fightin' Terror (1920)
    ... aka "Hesitation" - USA (alternative title)


    Stunts:
    1. The Hazards of Helen (1914) (stunt double)
    2. The White Man (1914) (stunts) (uncredited)
    ... aka "The Squaw Man" - USA (original title)
    3. Pride of the Range (1910) (stunts) (uncredited)


    Writer
    1. Riding for Fame (1928) (story)
    2. Double Crossers (1921) (story)


    Self
    1. "You Bet Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "The Groucho Show" - USA (last season title)
    - Episode #5.17 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
    2. Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (1947) .... Himself
    3. Screen Snapshots (1932/I) .... Himself
    4. Screen Snapshots (1932/II) .... Himself
    5. Hello, 'Frisco (1924) .... Himself
    6. The City of Stars (1924) .... Himself


    Archive Footage:
    1. Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)
    2. The West That Never Was (1987) (TV)
    3. Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) .... Himself
    4. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (1955) .... Himself
    5. Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (1953) (uncredited) .... Himself
    6. The Painted Stallion (1938) .... Walter Jamison
    7. Heroes of the Alamo (1937) (uncredited) .... Express Rider

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Hoot Gibson was a regular of the John Ford Stock Company.
    Harry making 13 movies with the great man.
    In the early days featured featured in many silent films.


    Hoot Gibson, like so many silent stars,
    found the fading light of silent stardom hard to swallow,
    and ended up at the end of an initially famous career,
    no more than a host in a Vegas casino, and appearing in carnivals!


    He was to make two final cameo appearances,
    one as a favour to John Ford, and can be seen alongside
    Duke in


    The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Sgt. Brown


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • When I was a kid, I remember watching the old two reeler westerns and seeing Gibson teamed up with Ken Maynard and Bob Steele fighting the bad guys. And Steele himself appeared in a few Duke movies, The Comancheros, Rio Bravo and, An Island In The Sky, that I know of at this time.