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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1892
Died
August 23, 1962
Place of Birth
Tekamah, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Edmund Richard Gibson
- Ed 'Hoot' Gibson
- Ed Hoot Gibson
- Edward 'Hoot' Gibson
- Edward Gibson
- Ed Gibson
- Hall Gibson
- Ed Hoot
- Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson
Hoot Gibson
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
9.0
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
6.4
Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
1960
7.0
Sgt. Brown
The Horse Soldiers
1959
3.4
Marshal Ben Dawson
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
6.0
The Cowboy
I Married Joan
1952
4.7
Sheriff Bradley
Flight to Nowhere
1946
0.0
Hoot Gibson
Trigger Law
1944
0.0
Marshal H.R. Higgins
The Utah Kid
1944
5.7
Hoot Parkford
Marked Trails
1944
5.0
Hoot Gibson
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
Credits
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
9.0
Ocean's Eleven
as Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
1960
6.4
The Horse Soldiers
as Sgt. Brown
1959
7.0
The Marshal's Daughter
as Marshal Ben Dawson
1953
3.4
I Married Joan
as The Cowboy
1952
6.0
Flight to Nowhere
as Sheriff Bradley
1946
4.7
Trigger Law
as Hoot Gibson
1944
0.0
The Utah Kid
as Marshal H.R. Higgins
1944
0.0
Marked Trails
as Hoot Parkford
1944
5.7
Sonora Stagecoach
as Hoot Gibson
1944
5.0
Outlaw Trail
as Hoot
1944
0.0
Arizona Whirlwind
as Hoot Gibson
1944
5.5
Westward Bound
as Hoot Gibson
1944
4.0
Death Valley Rangers
as Hoot Gibson
1943
6.7
Blazing Guns
as Marshal Hoot Gibson
1943
6.0
The Law Rides Again
as U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson
1943
6.0
Wild Horse Stampede
as Marshal Hoot Gibson
1943
3.8
The Painted Stallion
as Walter Jamison
1937
4.5
Cavalcade of the West
as Clint Knox
1936
4.4
Frontier Justice
as Brent Halston
1936
5.0
The Last Outlaw
as Al Goss
1936
5.5
The Riding Avenger
as Buck 'The Morning Glory Kid' Bonner
1936
0.0
Feud of the West
as 'Whitey' Revel
1936
1.0
Lucky Terror
as Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson
1936
5.0
Swifty
as Swifty
1935
0.0
Powdersmoke Range
as Stony Brooke
1935
0.0
Rainbow's End
as Neil Gibson Jr.
1935
3.3
Sunset Range
as Reasonin' Bates
1935
5.0
The Fighting Parson
as Steve Hartley
1933
0.0
The Dude Bandit
as 'Ace' Cooper posing as Tex
1933
4.8
The Cowboy Counsellor
as Dan Alton
1932
5.7
The Boiling Point
as Jimmy Duncan
1932
4.0
A Man's Land
as Tex Mason
1932
6.0
The Spirit of the West
as Johnny Ringo - Posing as Ben Bailey
1932
0.0
The Local Bad Man
as Jim Bonner
1932
5.7
The Gay Buckaroo
as Clint Hale
1931
0.0
The Hard Hombre
as William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
1931
2.6
Wild Horse
as Jim Wright
1931
6.5
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
1931
4.8
Clearing the Range
as Curt 'El Capitan' Fremont
1931
4.2
The Concentratin' Kid
as Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid
1930
0.0
Spurs
as Bob Merril
1930
0.0
Trigger Tricks
as Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
1930
0.0
Roaring Ranch
as Jim Dailey
1930
0.0
Trailing Trouble
as Ed King
1930
0.0
The Mounted Stranger
as Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid
1930
0.0
Courtin' Wildcats
as Clarence Butts
1929
0.0
The Long, Long Trail
as The Ramblin' Kid
1929
4.0
Points West
as Cole Lawson Jr.
1929
0.0
Riding for Fame
as Scratch 'Em Hank Scott
1929
0.0
The Winged Horseman
as Skyball Smith
1929
0.0
The Lariat Kid
as Tom Richards
1929
0.0
Smilin' Guns
as Jack Purvin
1929
0.0
Burning the Wind
as Richard Gordon Jr
1929
0.0
King of the Rodeo
as Chip Jr.
1929
0.0
The Danger Rider
as Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle
1928
0.0
Clearing the Trail
as Pete Watson
1928
0.0
🎬
Hollywood or Bust
1928
0.0
The Wild West Show
as Rodeo Bill
1928
0.0
The Flyin' Cowboy
as Bill Hammond
1928
0.0
A Trick of Hearts
as Benjamin Franklin Tully
1928
0.0
The Rawhide Kid
as Dennis O'Hara
1928
0.0
Galloping Fury
as Billy Halen
1927
0.0
Painted Ponies
as Bucky Simms
1927
0.0
Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
1927
0.0
A Hero on Horseback
as Billy Garford
1927
0.0
The Prairie King
as Andy Barden
1927
0.0
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Jimmie Roberts
1927
0.0
The Denver Dude
as Rodeo Randall
1927
0.0
The Silent Rider
as Jerry Alton
1927
0.0
The Buckaroo Kid
as Ed Harley
1926
5.5
The Texas Streak
as Chad Pennington
1926
0.0
The Flaming Frontier
as Bob Langdon
1926
6.0
The Man in the Saddle
as Jeff Morgan Jr.
1926
0.0
The Phantom Bullet
as 'Click' Farlane
1926
0.0
Chip of the Flying U
as Chip Bennett
1926
0.0
Arizona Sweepstakes
as Coot Cadigan
1926
0.0
The Calgary Stampede
as Dan Malloy
1925
5.2
Spook Ranch
as Bill Bangs
1925
0.0
Let 'er Buck
as Bob Carson
1925
0.0
The Saddle Hawk
as Ben Johnson
1925
0.0
Taming the West
as John Carleton
1925
0.0
The Hurricane Kid
as The Hurricane Kid
1925
0.0
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
as Bud Watkins
1924
0.0
🎬
Hello, 'Frisco
as Hoot Gibson
1924
5.0
The Sawdust Trail
as Clarence Elwood Butts
1924
0.0
Hit and Run
as 'Swat' Anderson
1924
0.0
Broadway or Bust
as Dave Hollis
1924
0.0
40-Horse Hawkins
as Luke Hawkins
1924
0.0
Ride for Your Life
as Bud Watkins
1924
0.0
Hook and Ladder
as Ace Cooper
1924
0.0
The Thrill Chaser
as Omar K. Jenkins
1923
5.0
The Ramblin' Kid
as The Ramblin' Kid
1923
0.0
Blinky
as Geoffrey Arbuthnot 'Blinky' Islip
1923
0.0
Out of Luck
as Sam Pertune
1923
0.0
Shootin' for Love
as Duke Travis
1923
0.0
Double Dealing
as Ben Slowbell
1923
0.0
Dead Game
as 'Katy' Didd
1923
0.0
Single Handed
as Hector MacKnight
1923
0.0
The Gentleman from America
as Dennis O'Shane
1923
0.0
Kindled Courage
as Andy Walker
1923
0.0
Ridin' Wild
as Cyril Henderson (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)
1922
0.0
The Lone Hand
as Laramie Lad
1922
0.0
The Galloping Kid
as 'Simplex' Cox
1922
0.0
The Loaded Door
as Bert Lyons
1922
0.0
Trimmed
as Dale Garland
1922
0.0
Step on It!
as Vic Collins
1922
0.0
The Bear Cat
as The Singin' Kid
1922
0.0
Headin' West
as Bill Perkins
1922
0.0
The Fire Eater
as Bob Corey
1921
0.0
Sure Fire
as Jeff Bransford
1921
5.0
Red Courage
as Pinto Peters
1921
0.0
Action
as Sandy Brouke
1921
4.0
🎬
Beating the Game
1921
0.0
🎬
The Man Who Woke Up
1921
0.0
🎬
The Movie Trail
1921
0.0
🎬
Bandits Beware
1921
0.0
The Wild Wild West
1921
0.0
🎬
Double Crossers
1921
0.0
Crossed Clues
1921
0.0
🎬
Out o' Luck
1921
0.0
Who Was the Man?
as The Texas Ranger
1921
0.0
The Cactus Kid
as Dick Harris
1921
0.0
🎬
The Fightin' Fury
1921
0.0
🎬
Kickaroo
1921
0.0
🎬
Sweet Revenge
1921
0.0
🎬
The Driftin' Kid
as The Driftin' Kid
1921
0.0
🎬
The Saddle King
1921
0.0
🎬
The Winning Track
1921
0.0
🎬
The Trail of the Hound
1920
0.0
The Man with a Punch
as The Stranger
1920
0.0
Fight It Out
as Sandy Adams
1920
0.0
🎬
The Brand Blotter
1920
0.0
🎬
Superstition
as Dave Bodie
1920
0.0
🎬
The Stranger
1920
0.0
🎬
Tipped Off
as Billy Steele
1920
0.0
🎬
The Two-Fisted Lover
as Scot McHale
1920
0.0
Double Danger
as Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)
1920
0.0
Cinders
as Bing Davidson
1920
0.0
🎬
'in Wrong' Wright
as 'In Wrong' Wright
1920
0.0
The Shootin' Fool
1920
0.0
One Law for All
1920
0.0
🎬
The Grinning Granger
1920
0.0
🎬
A Gamblin' Fool
1920
0.0
🎬
The Big Catch
as Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch
1920
0.0
The Champion Liar
1920
0.0
The Smilin' Kid
1920
0.0
The Shootin' Kid
1920
0.0
🎬
The Fightin' Terror
1920
0.0
The Broncho Kid
1920
0.0
Thieves' Clothes
1920
0.0
🎬
Masked
1920
0.0
🎬
Wolf Tracks
1920
0.0
The Texas Kid
1920
0.0
The Rattler's Hiss
1920
0.0
Held Up for the Makin's
1920
0.0
Runnin' Straight
1920
0.0
Hair Trigger Stuff
1920
0.0
The Sheriff's Oath
1920
0.0
Roarin' Dan
as Roarin' Dan
1920
0.0
West Is Best
1920
0.0
The Jay Bird
as Tom Jackson
1920
0.0
🎬
Winning a Home
1920
0.0
The Double Hold-Up
as The Broncho Kid
1919
0.0
The Lone Hand
as Jeffrey Halley
1919
0.0
The Trail of the Holdup Man
as Bob Watson
1919
0.0
The Tell-Tale Wire
as Steve Larmon
1919
0.0
The Face in the Watch
1919
0.0
🎬
The Crow
as Tim McKenzie - the Crow
1919
0.0
The Jack of Hearts
as The Prairie Dog
1919
0.0
The Four-Bit Man
1919
0.0
🎬
The Fighting Heart
1919
0.0
🎬
Kingdom Come
1919
0.0
🎬
Ace High
1919
0.0
The Gun Packer
as Gang Leader
1919
5.0
By Indian Post
as Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend
1919
5.6
Gun Law
as Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens
1919
5.0
The Rustlers
as The Deputy
1919
4.0
🎬
His Buddy
1919
0.0
🎬
The Black Horse Bandit
1919
0.0
The Fighting Brothers
as Lonnie Larkin
1919
4.0
Danger, Go Slow
1918
0.0
🎬
The Midnight Flyer
as Danny Morgan
1918
0.0
🎬
Play Straight or Fight
as Dick Rankin
1918
0.0
🎬
The Branded Man
as Sheriff
1918
0.0
The Woman in the Web
as Vassily - Ivan's Brother
1918
0.0
Headin' South
1918
0.0
A Marked Man
as Undetermined Role
1917
4.5
The Secret Man
as Chuck Fadden
1917
5.0
Straight Shooting
as Danny Morgan
1917
6.0
Cheyenne's Pal
as Cowboy
1917
4.5
The Soul Herder
as Chuck Rafferty
1917
4.5
🎬
The Wrong Man
as Chip's Pal
1917
0.0
The Golden Bullet
as 'Red' Johnson
1917
0.0
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Joe
1917
0.0
The Voice on the Wire
1917
6.0
The Hazards of Helen
as Messenger / Etzer
1917
0.0
The Mysterious Cipher
as Blanding
1916
0.0
The Capture of Red Stanley
as Stanley's Henchman
1916
0.0
🎬
The Wedding Guest
1916
0.0
The Governor's Special
as 2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
1916
0.0
🎬
The Passing of Hell's Crown
as The Cowboy
1916
0.0
The Night Riders
1916
0.0
🎬
Stampede in the Night
as Jack Harding
1916
0.0
A Knight of the Range
as Bob Graham
1916
5.0
🎬
The Ring of Destiny
as Jack
1915
0.0
🎬
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
1915
0.0
In Danger's Path
as Train Crew (uncredited)
1915
5.0
The Pay Train
as Orturo
1915
5.3
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
as Messenger on Motorcycle
1915
6.0
The Death Train
as Etzer - Doyle's Pal
1915
0.0
The Man from Texas
as Deputy (uncredited)
1915
5.0
Buckshot John
as Medicine Show Crowd Member (uncredited)
1915
0.0
🎬
The Man from the East
as Butler
1914
0.0
The Telltale Knife
1914
0.0
Shotgun Jones
as Tom Lattier - the Son
1914
0.0
🎬
Kid Pink and the Maharajah
1914
0.0
🎬
In the Secret Service
1913
0.0
🎬
Cowboy Sports and Pastimes
1913
0.0
🎬
A Four-Footed Hero
as Broncho Rider (uncredited)
1912
0.0
His Only Son
1912
0.0
The New Superintendent
1911
0.0
The Two Brothers
1910
0.0
🎬
Pride Of The Range
N/A
0.0