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Hoot Gibson (1892–1962)

Actor | Producer | Director

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... See full bio »

Born:

Edmund Richard Gibson
in Tekamah, Nebraska, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1960 Ocean's Eleven
Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
 
1959 The Horse Soldiers
Sgt. Brown
 
1955 I Married Joan (TV series)
Guest
– The Cowboy (1955) … Guest
 
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
Marshal Ben Dawson
 
1946 Flight to Nowhere
Sheriff Bradley
 
1944 Trigger Law
Hoot Gibson
 
1944 The Utah Kid
Marshal Hoot Higgins
 
1944 Marked Trails
Hoot Parkford
 
1944 Sonora Stagecoach
Hoot Gibson
 
1944 Outlaw Trail
Hoot Gibson
 
1944 Arizona Whirlwind
Hoot Gibson
 
1944 Westward Bound
Hoot Gibson
 
1943 Death Valley Rangers
Hoot Gibson
 
1943 Blazing Guns
Marshal Hoot Gibson
 
1943 The Law Rides Again
U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson
 
1943 Wild Horse Stampede
Marshal Hoot Gibson
 
1937 The Painted Stallion
Walter Jamison
 
1936 Cavalcade of the West
Clint Knox
 
1936 The Riding Avenger
Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner
 
1936 The Last Outlaw
Chuck Wilson
 
1936 Feud of the West
'Whitey' Revell
 
1936 Lucky Terror
Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson
 
1936 Frontier Justice
Brent Halston
 
1935 Swifty
Swifty
 
1935 Powdersmoke Range
Stony Brooke
 
1935 Rainbow's End
Neil Gibson Jr.
 
1935 Sunset Range
'Reasonin' Bates
 
1933 The Fighting Parson
Steve Bentley
 
1933 The Dude Bandit
'Ace' Cooper/Tex
 
1932 The Cowboy Counsellor
Dan Alton
 
1932 The Boiling Point
Jimmy Duncan
 
1932 A Man's Land
Tex Mason
 
1932 Spirit of the West
Johnny Ringo posing as Ben Bailey
 
1932 The Gay Buckaroo
Clint Hale
 
1932 The Local Bad Man
Jim Bonner
 
1931 The Hard Hombre
William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
 
1931 Wild Horse
Jim Wright
 
1931 Clearing the Range
Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont
 
1930 The Concentratin' Kid
Concentratin' Kid
 
1930 Spurs
Bob Merril
 
1930 Trigger Tricks
Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
 
1930 Roaring Ranch
Jim Dailey
 
1930 Trailin' Trouble
Ed King
 
1930 The Mounted Stranger
Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid
 
1929 Courtin' Wildcats
Clarence Butts
 
1929 The Long, Long Trail
The Ramblin' Kid
 
1929 Points West
Cole Lawson Jr.
 
1929 The Winged Horseman
Skyball Smith
 
1929 The Lariat Kid
Tom Richards
 
1929 Smilin' Guns
Jack Purvin
 
1929 Burning the Wind
Richard Gordon Jr
 
1929 King of the Rodeo
Montana Kid
 
1928 The Danger Rider
Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle
 
1928 Clearing the Trail
Pete Watson
 
1928 Hollywood or Bust (short)
 
1928 Riding for Fame
Scratch 'Em Hank Scott
 
1928 The Wild West Show
Rodeo Bill
 
1928 The Flyin' Cowboy
Bill Hammond
 
1928 A Trick of Hearts
Ben Tully
 
1928 The Rawhide Kid
Dennis O'Hara
 
1927 Galloping Fury
Billy Halen
 
1927 Painted Ponies
Bucky Simms
 
1927 A Hero on Horseback
Billy Garford
 
1927 The Prairie King
Andy Barden
 
1927 Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Jimmie Roberts
 
1927 The Denver Dude
Rodeo Randall
 
1927 The Silent Rider
Jerry Alton
 
1926 The Buckaroo Kid
Ed Harley
 
1926 The Texas Streak
Chad Pennington/Tommy Hawk
 
1926 The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (short)
 
1926 The Man in the Saddle
Jeff Morgan Jr
 
1926 The Phantom Bullet
'Click' Farlane
 
1926 The Flaming Frontier
Bob Langdon
 
1926 Chip of the Flying U
Chip Bennett
 
1926 Arizona Sweepstakes
Coot Cadigan
 
1925 The Calgary Stampede
Dan Malloy
 
1925 Spook Ranch
Bill Bangs
 
1925 Let 'er Buck
Bob Carson
 
1925 The Saddle Hawk
Ben Johnson
 
1925 The Taming of the West
John Carleton
 
1925 The Hurricane Kid
The Hurricane Kid
 
1924 The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Bud Watkins
 
1924 Sawdust Trail
Clarence Elwood Butts
 
1924 Hit and Run
'Swat' Anderson
 
1924 Broadway or Bust
Dave Hollis
 
1924 40-Horse Hawkins
Luke Hawkins
 
1924 Ride for Your Life
Bud Watkins
 
1924 Hook and Ladder
Ace Cooper
 
1923 The Thrill Chaser
Omar K. Jenkins
 
1923 The Ramblin' Kid
The Ramblin' Kid
 
1923 Blinky
Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip
 
1923 Out of Luck
Sam Pertune
 
1923 Shootin' for Love
Duke Travis
 
1923 Double Dealing
Ben Slowbell
 
1923 Dead Game
'Katy' Didd (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson)
 
1923 Single Handed
Hector MacKnight
 
1923 The Gentleman from America
Dennis O'Shane (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson)
 
1923 Kindled Courage
Andy Walker
 
1922 Ridin' Wild
Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)
 
1922 The Lone Hand
Laramie Lad (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson)
 
1922 The Galloping Kid
'Simplex' Cox
 
1922 The Loaded Door
Bert Lyons
 
1922 Trimmed
Dale Garland
 
1922 Step on It!
Vic Collins
 
1922 The Bearcat
The Singin' Kid
 
1922 Headin' West
 
1921 The Fire Eater
Bob Corey
 
1921 Sure Fire
Jeff Bransford
 
1921 Red Courage
Pinto Peters
 
1921 Action
Sandy Brouke
 
1921/II Beating the Game (short)
 
1921 The Man Who Woke Up (short)
 
1921 The Movie Trail (short)
 
1921 Bandits Beware (short)
 
1921 The Wild Wild West (short)
 
1921 Double Crossers (short)
 
1921 Crossed Clues (short)
 
1921 Who Was the Man? (short)
The Texas Ranger
 
1921 The Cactus Kid (short)
The Cactus Kid
 
1921 Out o' Luck (short)
 
1921 The Fightin' Fury (short)
 
1921 Kickaroo (short)
 
1921/I Sweet Revenge (short)
 
1921 The Driftin' Kid (short)
The Driftin' Kid
 
1921 The Winning Track (short)
 
1921 The Saddle King (short)
 
1920 The Trail of the Hound (short)
 
1920 The Man with the Punch (short)
The stranger (as Ed Hoot Gibson)
 
1920 Fight It Out (short)
Sandy Adams (as Ed 'Hoot' Gibson)
 
1920 The Brand Blotter (short)
 
1920 Superstition (short)
 
1920/II The Stranger (short)
 
1920 Tipped Off (short)
 
1920 The Two-Fisted Lover (short)
 
1920 Double Danger (short)
 
1920 Cinders (short)
 
1920 'In Wrong' Wright (short)
 
1920 The Shootin' Fool (short)
 
1920 One Law for All (short)
 
1920 The Grinning Granger (short)
 
1920 A Gamblin' Fool (short)
 
1920 The Big Catch (short)
 
1920 The Champion Liar (short)
 
1920 The Smilin' Kid (short)
 
1920 The Shootin' Kid (short)
 
1920 The Fightin' Terror (short)
 
1920 The Broncho Kid (short)
 
1920 Thieves' Clothes (short)
 
1920 Masked (short)
 
1920 Wolf Tracks (short)
 
1920 His Nose in the Book (short)
 
1920 The Rattler's Hiss (short)
 
1920 Held Up for the Makin's (short)
 
1920 Runnin' Straight (short)
 
1920 Hair Trigger Stuff (short)
 
1920 The Sheriff's Oath (short)
 
1920 Roarin' Dan (short)
 
1920 West Is Best (short)
 
1920 The Jay Bird (short)
 
1920 Winning a Home (short)
 
1919 The Double Hold-Up (short)
 
1919 The Lone Hand (short)
 
1919 The Trail of the Holdup Man (short)
 
1919 The Tell Tale Wire (short)
 
1919 The Face in the Watch (short)
 
1919 The Crow (short)
 
1919 The Jack of Hearts (short)
 
1919 The Four-Bit Man (short)
 
1919 The Fighting Heart (short)
 
1919 Kingdom Come (short)
 
1919 The Gun Packer (short)
Gang Leader
 
1919 By Indian Post (short)
Chub -Jode's helpful cowboy friend
 
1919 Gun Law (short)
Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens
 
1919 Rustlers (short)
The Deputy
 
1919 Ace High (short)
 
1919 The Rustlers (short)
 
1919 His Buddy (short)
 
1919 The Fighting Brothers (short)
Lonnie Larkin
 
1919 The Black Horse Bandit (short)
 
1918 Danger, Go Slow (uncredited)
 
1918 The Branded Man (short)
Sheriff
 
1918 The Midnight Flyer (short)
 
1918 Play Straight or Fight (short)
 
1918 The Woman in the Web
Vassily, Ivan's Brother
 
1918 Headin' South
 
1917 A Marked Man
Undetermined Role
 
1917 The Secret Man
Chuck Fadden
 
1917 The Texas Sphinx (short)
 
1917 Straight Shooting
Danny Morgan (credits)/Sam Turner (titles) (as Ed Hoot Gibson)
 
1917 Cheyenne's Pal (short)
Cowboy
 
1917 The Soul Herder (short)
 
1917 The Wrong Man (short)
 
1917 The Golden Bullet (short)
'Red' Johnson (as Edward Gibson)
 
1917 A 44-Calibre Mystery (short)
 
1917 The Voice on the Wire (as Edward Gibson)
 
1916 The Mysterious Cipher (short) (as Ed Gibson)
 
1916 The Treasure Train (short) (as Ed Gibson)
 
1916 The Capture of Red Stanley (short) (as Ed Gibson)
 
1916 The Wedding Guest (short)
 
1916 The Governor's Special (short) (as Ed Gibson)
 
1916 The Passing of Hell's Crown (short)
 
1916 The Night Riders (short)
 
1916 Stampede in the Night (short)
 
1916 A Knight of the Range
Bob Graham
 
1915 Stingaree
 
1915 The Ring of Destiny (short)
 
1915 Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1915 The Pay Train (short)
Orturo (as Edward Gibson)
 
1915 The Death Train (short)
Etzer - Doyle's Pal (as Hall Gibson)
 
1915 The Man from Texas (short)
Deputy (uncredited)
 
1915 Buckshot John
Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited)
 
1914 The Man from the East (short)
Butler
 
1914 The Hazards of Helen (short)
Messenger/Etzer (as Hall Gibson) (as Edward Gibson)
 
1914 The Telltale Knife (short)
 
1914 Shotgun Jones (short)
 
1913 In the Secret Service (short)
 
1913 Cowboy Sports and Pastimes (short) (as Ed Gibson)
 
1912 His Only Son (short)
 
1911 The New Superintendent (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1910 The Two Brothers (short)
 
1910 Pride of the Range (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (12 titles)
1930 The Concentratin' Kid (producer)
 
1930 Spurs (producer)
 
1930 Trigger Tricks (producer)
 
1930 Roaring Ranch (producer)
 
1930 Trailin' Trouble (producer)
 
1930 The Mounted Stranger (producer)
 
1929 Courtin' Wildcats (producer)
 
1929 The Long, Long Trail (producer)
 
1929 Burning the Wind (producer)
 
1929 King of the Rodeo (producer)
 
1924 Sawdust Trail (producer)
 
1923 The Thrill Chaser (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
1926 The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (short)
 
1921 Out o' Luck (short)
 
1921 The Fightin' Fury (short)
 
1920 The Shootin' Fool (short)
 
1920 The Champion Liar (short)
 
1920 The Smilin' Kid (short)
 
1920 The Shootin' Kid (short)
 
1920 The Fightin' Terror (short)
 
Show ShowStunts (3 titles)
1914 The Hazards of Helen (short) (stunt double)
 
1914 The Squaw Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
1910 Pride of the Range (short) (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1928 Riding for Fame (story)
 
1921 Double Crossers (short) (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1956 You Bet Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.17 (1956) … Himself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (short)
Himself
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/II Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1924 Hello, 'Frisco (short)
Himself
 
1924 The City of Stars (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (short)
Himself
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 The Painted Stallion
Walter Jamison
 
1937 Heroes of the Alamo
Express Rider (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Ed 'Hoot' Gibson | Ed Hoot Gibson | Edward 'Hoot' Gibson | Edward Gibson | Ed Gibson | Hall Gibson | Ed Hoot

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

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

Star Sign:

Leo