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**Born:** August 6, 1892 – **Died:** August 23, 1962 Hoot Gibson was a pioneering [cowboy](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-cowboy) [star](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-star-hollywood) of [silent](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-silent-films) and early talking Westerns. He captivated [audiences](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-audience) as one of the most popular children's matinée heroes of the 1920s. Hoot's career took him from a rags-to-riches-to-rags journey, a fate that often befell big stars who lived extravagantly and succumbed to [financial](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-finance) troubles. Despite the hardships, Hoot's contributions to the [entertainment industry](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-entertainment-industry) were significant. Known for his light-hearted and comedic performances, he became a beloved figure, especially among [children](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-children) and [women](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-woman). Hoot Gibson left a lasting impact on [western](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-western-film) films by portraying iconic [characters](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-character-film) and bringing excitement to generations of viewers. ## Early Life and Career Hoot Gibson was born on August 6, 1892, and grew up in Tekamah, Nebraska. He had a childhood surrounded by [horses](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-horse-animal) and received his first pony at the age of 2-1/2. When he was seven, his [family](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-family) moved to California. At the age of 13, Hoot ran away from [home](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-home) and joined a circus for some time. 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Year	Title	Role
1960	Ocean's Eleven	Roadblock Deputy (uncredited)
1959	The Horse Soldiers	Sgt. Brown
1955	I Married Joan (TV Series)	The Cowboy
1953	The Marshal's Daughter	Marshal Ben Dawson
1946	Flight to Nowhere	Sheriff Bradley
1944	Trigger Law	Hoot Gibson
1944	The Utah Kid	Marshal H.R. 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 Bonner aka The Morning Glory Kid
1936	The Last Outlaw	Chuck Wilson
1936	Feud of the West	'Whitey' Revel
1936	Lucky Terror	Lucky 'The Lucky Terror' Carson
1935	Swifty	Swifty
1935	Frontier Justice	Brent Halston
1935	Powdersmoke Range	Stony Brooke
1935	Rainbow's End	Neil Gibson Jr.
1935	Sunset Range	Reasonin' Bates
1933	The Fighting Parson	Steve Hartley
1933	The Dude Bandit	Tex Cooper aka Ace
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 Local Bad Man	Jim Bonner
1931	The Gay Buckaroo	Clint Hale
1931	The Hard Hombre	William Penn 'Peaceful' Patton
1931	Wild Horse	Jim Wright
1931	Clearing the Range	Curt Fremont - aka El Capitan
1930	The Concentratin' Kid	Bill Evans -Concentratin' Kid
1930	Spurs	Bob Merril
1930	Trigger Tricks	Texas Ranger Tim Brennan
1930	Roaring Ranch	Jim Dailey
1930	Trailing Trouble	Ed King
1930	The Mounted Stranger	Pete Ainslee
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
1928	King of the Rodeo	Chip Jr. - Montana Kid
1928	The Danger Rider	Hal 'Tucson Joe' Doyle
1928	Burning the Wind	Richard Gordon Jr
1928	Clearing the Trail	Pete Watson
1928	Hollywood or Bust (Short)	Unknown
1928	Riding for Fame	Scratch 'Em Hank Scott
1928	The Flyin' Cowboy	Bill Hammond
1928	A Trick of Hearts	Benjamin Franklin Tully
1928	The Wild West Show	Rodeo Bill
1928	The Rawhide Kid	Dennis O'Hara
1927	Life in Hollywood No. 3 (Short)	Unknown
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
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	Taming the West	John Carleton
1925	The Hurricane Kid	The Hurricane Kid
1924	The Ridin' Kid from Powder River	Bud Watkins
1924	The 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 (as Edward 'Hoot' Gibson)
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 Bear Cat	The Singin' Kid
1922	Headin' West	Bill Perkins
1921	The Winning Track (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Fire Eater	Bob Corey
1921	Sure Fire	Jeff Bransford
1921	Red Courage	Pinto Peters
1921	Action	Sandy Brouke
1921	Beating the Game (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Man Who Woke Up (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Movie Trail (Short)	Unknown
1921	Bandits Beware (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Wild Wild West (Short)	Unknown
1921	Double Crossers (Short)	Unknown
1921	Crossed Clues (Short)	Unknown
1921	Who Was the Man? (Short)	The Texas Ranger
1921	The Cactus Kid (Short)	Dick Harris
1921	Out o' Luck (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Fightin' Fury (Short)	Unknown
1921	Kickaroo (Short)	Unknown
1921	Sweet Revenge (Short)	Unknown
1921	The Driftin' Kid (Short)	The Driftin' Kid
1921	The Saddle King (Short)	Unknown
1920	Winning a Home (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Trail of the Hound (Short)	Unknown
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)	Unknown
1920	Superstition (Short)	Dave Bodie
1920	The Stranger (Short)	Unknown
1920	Tipped Off (Short)	Billy Steele
1920	The Two-Fisted Lover (Short)	Scot McHale
1920	Double Danger (Short)	Jim Marvin \| Jerry Marvin (Twin Brothers)
1920	Cinders (Short)	Bing Davidson
1920	'in Wrong' Wright (Short)	'In Wrong' Wright
1920	The Shootin' Fool (Short)	Unknown
1920	One Law for All (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Grinning Granger (Short)	Unknown
1920	A Gamblin' Fool (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Big Catch (Short)	Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch
1920	The Champion Liar (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Smilin' Kid (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Shootin' Kid (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Fightin' Terror (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Broncho Kid (Short)	Unknown
1920	Thieves' Clothes (Short)	Unknown
1920	Masked (Short)	Unknown
1920	Wolf Tracks (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Texas Kid (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Rattler's Hiss (Short)	Unknown
1920	Held Up for the Makin's (Short)	Unknown
1920	Runnin' Straight (Short)	Unknown
1920	Hair Trigger Stuff (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Sheriff's Oath (Short)	Unknown
1920	Roarin' Dan (Short)	Roarin' Dan
1920	West Is Best (Short)	Unknown
1920	The Jay Bird (Short)	Tom Jackson
1919	The Double Hold-Up (Short)	The Broncho Kid
1919	The Lone Hand (Short)	Jeffrey Halley
1919	The Trail of the Holdup Man (Short)	Bob Watson
1919	The Tell Tale Wire (Short)	Steve Larmon
1919	The Face in the Watch (Short)	Unknown
1919	The Crow (Short)	Tim McKenzie - the Crow
1919	The Jack of Hearts (Short)	The Prairie Dog
1919	The Four-Bit Man (Short)	Unknown
1919	The Fighting Heart (Short)	Unknown
1919	Kingdom Come (Short)	Unknown
1919	Ace High (Short)	Unknown
1919	The Gun Packer (Short)	Gang Leader
1919	Gun Law (Short)	Bart 'Smoke Gublen' Stevens
1919	Rustlers (Short)	The Deputy
1919	By Indian Post (Short)	Chub -Jode's Helpful Cowboy Friend
1919	His Buddy (Short)	Unknown
1919	The Black Horse Bandit (Short)	Unknown
1919	The Fighting Brothers (Short)	Lonnie Larkin
1918	Danger, Go Slow	(uncredited)
1918	The Branded Man (Short)	Sheriff
1918	The Midnight Flyer (Short)	Danny Morgan
1918	Play Straight or Fight (Short)	Dick Rankin
1918	The Woman in the Web	Vassily - Ivan's Brother
1918	Headin' South	Unknown
1917	A Marked Man	Undetermined Role
1917	The Secret Man	Chuck Fadden
1917	The Texas Sphinx (Short)	Bob Giles
1917	Straight Shooting	Sam Turner (Danny Morgan in credits)
1917	Cheyenne's Pal (Short)	Cowboy
1917	The Soul Herder (Short)	Chuck Rafferty
1917	The Wrong Man (Short)	Chip's Pal
1917	The Golden Bullet (Short)	'Red' Johnson (as Edward Gibson)
1917	A 44-Calibre Mystery (Short)	Joe
1917	The Voice on the Wire	(as Edward Gibson)
1916	The Mysterious Cipher (Short)	Blanding - the Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
1916	The Treasure Train (Short)	Byrd's 2nd Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
1916	The Capture of Red Stanley (Short)	Stanley's Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
1916	The Wedding Guest (Short)	(as Ed Gibson)
1916	The Governor's Special (Short)	2nd Nash Henchman (as Ed Gibson)
1916	The Passing of Hell's Crown (Short)	The Cowboy
1916	The Night Riders (Short)	Unknown
1916	Stampede in the Night (Short)	Jack Harding
1916	A Knight of the Range	Bob Graham
1915	Stingaree	Unknown
1915	The Ring of Destiny (Short)	Jack
1915	Judge Not; or the Woman of Mona Diggings	(uncredited)
1915	In Danger's Path (Short)	Train Crew (uncredited)
1915	The Pay Train (Short)	Orturo (as Edward Gibson)
1915	The Wild Engine (Short)	Messenger on Motorcycle
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 Member (uncredited)
1914	The Man from the East (Short)	Butler
1914	The Hazards of Helen	Messenger \| Etzer (as Hall Gibson, Edward Gibson)
1914	The Telltale Knife (Short)	Unknown
1914	Shotgun Jones (Short)	Tom Lattier - the Son
1914	Kid Pink and the Maharajah (Short)	(as Ed Gibson)
1913	In the Secret Service (Short)	Unknown
1913	Cowboy Sports and Pastimes (Short)	(as Ed Gibson)
1912	A Four-Footed Hero (Short)	Broncho Rider (uncredited)
1912	His Only Son (Short)	Unknown
1911	The New Superintendent (Short)	Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
1910	Pride of the Range (Short)	Unknown
1910	The Two Brothers (Short)	Unknown

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