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 S...
Known For
Movies
- Burning the Wind
1929
- The Fire Eater
1921
- Sure Fire
1921
- Spurs
1930
- The Denver Dude
1927
- 40-Horse Hawkins
1924
- Ride for Your Life
1924
- The Man from the East
1914
- The Telltale Knife
1914
- Ridin' Wild
1922
- Let 'er Buck
1925
- The Silent Rider
1927
- Galloping Fury
1927
- Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927
- The Horse Soldiers
1959
- His Only Son
1912
- Cavalcade of the West
1936
- The Flyin' Cowboy
1928
- Judge Not; or The Woman...
1915
- A Knight of the Range
1916
- The Passing of Hell's C...
1916
- The Wedding Guest
1916
- The New Superintendent
1911
- A Four-Footed Hero
1912
- Cowboy Sports and Pasti...
1913
- In the Secret Service
1913
- Kid Pink and the Mahara...
1914
- Shotgun Jones
1914
- The Hazards of Helen
1917
- Buckshot John
1915
- The Death Train
1915
- The Hazards of Helen Ep...
1915
- In Danger's Path
1915
- The Ring of Destiny
1915
- Stampede in the Night
1916
- The Night Riders
1916
- The Capture of Red Stan...
1916
- The Mysterious Cipher
1916
- The Voice on the Wire
1917
- A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
- The Golden Bullet
1917
- The Wrong Man
1917
- The Painted Stallion
1937
- Clearing the Range
1931
- Wild Horse
1931
- Frontier Justice
1936
- The Hard Hombre
1931
- West Is Best
1920
- Roarin' Dan
1920
- The Sheriff's Oath
1920
- Hair Trigger Stuff
1920
- Runnin' Straight
1920
- Held Up for the Makin's
1920
- The Texas Kid
1920
- Wolf Tracks
1920
- Masked
1920
- Thieves' Clothes
1920
- The Broncho Kid
1920
- The Shootin' Kid
1920
- The Smilin' Kid
1920
- The Champion Liar
1920
- The Big Catch
1920
- The Sawdust Trail
1924
- The Winged Horseman
1929
- Hit and Run
1924
- The Shootin' Fool
1920
- The Cowboy Counsellor
1932
- The Tell-Tale Wire
1919
- A Trick of Hearts
1928
- Painted Ponies
1927
- Riding for Fame
1929
- The Wild West Show
1928
- Courtin' Wildcats
1929
- The Danger Rider
1928
- Clearing the Trail
1928
- Play Straight or Fight
1918
- The Midnight Flyer
1918
- The Branded Man
1918
- Danger, Go Slow
1918
- The Black Horse Bandit
1919
- His Buddy
1919
- Ace High
1919
- Kingdom Come
1919
- The Fighting Heart
1919
- The Mounted Stranger
1930
- Trigger Tricks
1930
- The Four-Bit Man
1919
- The Jack of Hearts
1919
- The Crow
1919
- The Face in the Watch
1919
- The Trail of the Holdup...
1919
- The Lone Hand
1922
- The Lone Hand
1919
- The Double Hold-Up
1919
- The Jay Bird
1920
- Trimmed
1922
- The Fightin' Terror
1920
- A Gamblin' Fool
1920
- The Grinning Granger
1920
- One Law for All
1920
- 'in Wrong' Wright
1920
- Cinders
1920
- Double Danger
1920
- Marked Trails
1944
- Lucky Terror
1936
- The Two-Fisted Lover
1920
- Step on It!
1922
- The Loaded Door
1922
- The Galloping Kid
1922
- Kindled Courage
1923
- The Gentleman from Amer...
1923
- Single Handed
1923
- Dead Game
1923
- Double Dealing
1923
- Shootin' for Love
1923
- Out of Luck
1923
- Blinky
1923
- The Ramblin' Kid
1923
- A Man's Land
1932
- Tipped Off
1920
- Hook and Ladder
1924
- Broadway or Bust
1924
- The Ridin' Kid from Pow...
1924
- The Hurricane Kid
1925
- The Two Brothers
1910
- The Phantom Bullet
1926
- Hey! Hey! Cowboy
1927
- A Hero on Horseback
1927
- The Local Bad Man
1932
- The Stranger
1920
- Superstition
1920
- The Brand Blotter
1920
- Fight It Out
1920
- The Man With The Punch
1920
- The Trail of the Hound
1920
- Winning a Home
1920
- The Saddle King
1921
- The Driftin' Kid
1921
- Sweet Revenge
1921
- Kickaroo
1921
- The Fightin' Fury
1921
- Out o' Luck
1921
- The Cactus Kid
1921
- Who Was the Man?
1921
- Crossed Clues
1921
- Double Crossers
1921
- The Wild Wild West
1921
- Bandits Beware
1921
- The Movie Trail
1921
- The Man Who Woke Up
1921
- Hollywood or Bust
1928
- Smilin' Guns
1929
- The Lariat Kid
1929
- Points West
1929
- Trailing Trouble
1930
- The Concentratin' Kid
1930
- The Boiling Point
1932
- Beating the Game
1921
- The Winning Track
1921
- Headin' West
1922
- The Bear Cat
1922
- The Dude Bandit
1933
- By Indian Post
1919
- Sunset Range
1935
- Rainbow's End
1935
- The Calgary Stampede
1925
- The Rattler's Hiss
1920
- The Riding Avenger
1936
- The Fighting Parson
1933
- Meanwhile, Back at the ...
1976
- Wild Horse Stampede
1943
- The Woman in the Web
1918
- Flight to Nowhere
1946
- Outlaw Trail
1944
- The Governor's Special
1916
- The Law Rides Again
1943
- Blazing Guns
1943
- Death Valley Rangers
1943
- Westward Bound
1944
- Arizona Whirlwind
1944
- Straight Shooting
1917
- The Last Outlaw
1936
- Chip of the Flying U
1926
- The Pay Train
1915
- Ocean's Eleven
1960
- The Buckaroo Kid
1926
- The Saddle Hawk
1925
- The Flaming Frontier
1926
- Taming the West
1925
- The Spirit of the West
1932
- The Prairie King
1927
- Trigger Law
1944
- The Utah Kid
1944
- The Texas Streak
1926
- Swifty
1935
- Spook Ranch
1925
- The Marshal's Daughter
1953
- The Man from Texas
1915
- Powdersmoke Range
1935
- The Gay Buckaroo
1931
- Sonora Stagecoach
1944
- Wir schalten um auf Hol...
1931
- Feud of the West
1936
- The Soul Herder
1917
- Cheyenne's Pal
1917
- The Secret Man
1917
- A Marked Man
1917
- Action
1921
- The Fighting Brothers
1919
- The Rustlers
1919
- Gun Law
1919
- The Gun Packer
1919
- Headin' South
1918
- The Long, Long Trail
1929
- Arizona Sweepstakes
1926
- Roaring Ranch
1930
- Hello, 'Frisco
1924
- Red Courage
1921
- The Thrill Chaser
1923
- King of the Rodeo
1929
- The Rawhide Kid
1928
- The Man in the Saddle
1926
TV Shows
- I Married Joan
1952