This is a complete filmography of American actor Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962), including his performances between 1910 and 1960. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films.
Gibson's career began in 1910 with early silent film "shorts", and he continued as a movie star once "talkies" were introduced, his first sound film being The Long, Long Trail (1929).[1] Primarily starring in Western films, Gibson worked with many directors, including John Ford, who would direct many popular American Westerns and Civil War films, over his fifty years of film production, including The Horse Soldiers (1959), starring John Wayne, in which Gibson played a supporting role. As with many silent and early recordings, a number of Gibson's films are considered to be lost.
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Short | ||||
| Pride of the Range | Short | ||||
| 1911 | Francis Boggs | Short, Uncredited | |||
| 1912 | His Only Son | Short | |||
| 1913 | Cowboy Sports and Pastimes | Short | |||
| In the Secret Service | Short | ||||
| 1914 | Shotgun Jones | Tom Lattier - the Son | Short | ||
| Short | |||||
| Messenger / Etzer | A film series (or serial); he appeared in Episode 26, "The Wild Engine" (aired May 8, 1915).[2] | ||||
| Butler | Short | ||||
| 1915 | Buckshot John | Medicine Show Crowd | Uncredited | ||
| Deputy | Tom Mix | Short, Uncredited | |||
| Etzer, Doyle's pal | J.P. McGowan | Short | |||
| Orturo | J.P. McGowan | Short | |||
| Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings | Uncredited | ||||
| Jack | Short | ||||
| Stingaree | Serial | ||||
| 1916 | Bob Graham | Short | |||
| Stampede in the Night | Jack Harding | Jacques Jaccard | Short | ||
| Jacques Jaccard | Short | ||||
| The Cowboy | Jacques Jaccard | Short | |||
| Jacques Jaccard | Short | ||||
| 1917 | |||||
| Joe | Short | ||||
| "Red" Johnson | Fred Kelsey | Short | |||
| Chip's pal | Fred Kelsey | Short | |||
| Cheyenne's Pal | Cowboy | Short | |||
| Chuck Rafferty | John Ford | Short | |||
| Straight Shooting | Danny Morgan (credits) / Sam Turner (titles) | John Ford | |||
| Bob Giles | Fred Kelsey | Short | |||
| Chuck Fadden | John Ford | ||||
| John Ford | Short | ||||
| 1918 | Headin' South | ||||
| Vassily, Ivan's Brother | |||||
| Play Straight or Fight | Dick Rankin | Paul Hurst | Short | ||
| Danny Morgan | Short | ||||
| Sheriff | |||||
| Danger, Go Slow | Robert Z. Leonard | Uncredited | |||
| 1919 | Harry Harvey | Short | |||
| Lonnie Larkin | John Ford | Short | |||
| His Buddy | Short | ||||
| Short | |||||
| Ace High | George Holt | Short | |||
| The Deputy | John Ford | Short | |||
| Gun Law | Bart Stevens aka Smoke Gublen | John Ford | Short | ||
| Gang Leader | John Ford | Short | |||
| By Indian Post | Chub | John Ford | Short | ||
| Kingdom Come | George Holt | Short | |||
| Short | |||||
| B. Reeves Eason | Short | ||||
| The Prairie Dog | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| Tim McKenzie - the Crow | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| Short | |||||
| Steve Larmon | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| Bob Watson | George Holt | Short | |||
| Jeffrey Halley | George Holt | Short | |||
| The Broncho Kid | Short | ||||
| 1920 | Tom Jackson | Phil Rosen | Short | ||
| West Is Best | Phil Rosen | Short | |||
| Roarin' Dan | Roarin' Dan | Phil Rosen | Short | ||
| Phil Rosen | Short | ||||
| Hair Trigger Stuff | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| Runnin' Straight | Arthur J. Flaven | Short | |||
| Held Up for the Makin's | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| B. Reeves Eason | Short | ||||
| His Nose in the Book | B. Reeves Eason | Short | |||
| Wolf Tracks | Short | ||||
| Masked | Mack V. Wright | Short | |||
| Thieves' Clothes | Mack V. Wright | Short | |||
| Mack V. Wright | Short | ||||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| Billy Reeves - the Foreman of the Ranch | Short | ||||
| Leo D. Maloney | Short | ||||
| Leo D. Maloney | Short | ||||
| One Law for All | Leo D. Maloney | Short | |||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| 'In Wrong' Wright | 'In Wrong' Wright | Short | |||
| Cinders | Bing Davidson | Short | |||
| Double Danger | Jim Marvin / Jerry Marvin | Albert Russell | Short | ||
| Scot McHale | Edward Laemmle | Short | |||
| Tipped Off | Billy Steele | Albert Russell | Short | ||
| Short | |||||
| Superstition | Dave Bodie | Edward Laemmle | Short | ||
| Short | |||||
| Fight It Out | Sandy Adams | Albert Russell | Short | ||
| The stranger | Edward Laemmle | Short | |||
| Albert Russell | Short | ||||
| Winning a Home | Short | ||||
| 1921 | Edward Laemmle | Short | |||
| The Driftin' Kid | Albert Russell | Short | |||
| Sweet Revenge | Edward Laemmle | Short | |||
| Kickaroo | Albert Russell | Short | |||
| Hoot Gibson | Short | ||||
| Out o' Luck | Hoot Gibson | Short | |||
| The Cactus Kid | Short | ||||
| Who Was the Man? | The Texas Ranger | Lee Kohlmar | Short | ||
| Crossed Clues | Short | ||||
| Double Crossers | William James Craft | Short | |||
| Lee Kohlmar | Short | ||||
| Bandits Beware | Lee Kohlmar | Short | |||
| Charles Thompson | Short | ||||
| Lee Kohlmar | Short | ||||
| Beating the Game | Lee Kohlmar | Short | |||
| Action | Sandy Brouke | John Ford | |||
| Red Courage | Pinto Peters | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Sure Fire | Jeff Bransford | John Ford | |||
| Bob Corey | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Short | |||||
| 1922 | Headin' West | Bill Perkins | William James Craft | ||
| The Bearcat | The Singin' Kid | ||||
| Step on It! | Vic Collins | ||||
| Trimmed | Dale Garland | ||||
| Bert Lyons | Harry A. Pollard | ||||
| "Simplex" Cox | |||||
| Laramie Lad | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Ridin' Wild | Cyril Henderson | Nat Ross | |||
| 1923 | Kindled Courage | Andy Walker | |||
| Dennis O'Shane | Edward Sedgwick | ||||
| Single Handed | Hector MacKnight | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Dead Game | "Katy" Didd | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Double Dealing | Ben Slowbell | Henry Lehrman | |||
| Shootin' for Love | Duke Travis | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Out of Luck | Sam Pertune | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Blinky | Geoffrey Arbuthnot Islip (Blinky) | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| The Ramblin' Kid | Edward Sedgwick | ||||
| Omar K. Jenkins | Edward Sedgwick | ||||
| 1924 | Hook and Ladder | Ace Cooper | Edward Sedgwick | ||
| Ride for Your Life | Bud Watkins | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| 40-Horse Hawkins | Luke Hawkins | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Broadway or Bust | Dave Hollis | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Hit and Run | "Swat" Anderson | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| The Sawdust Trail | Clarence Elwood Butts | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Hello, 'Frisco | Himself | Slim Summerville | |||
| Bud Watkins | Edward Sedgwick | ||||
| 1925 | The Hurricane Kid | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| John Carleton | Arthur Rosson | ||||
| Ben Johnson | Edward Sedgwick | ||||
| Let 'er Buck | Bob Carson | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Spook Ranch | Bill Bangs | Edward Laemmle | |||
| Dan Malloy | |||||
| 1926 | The Arizona Sweepstakes | Coot Cadigan | Clifford Smith | ||
| Chip of the Flying U[3] | Chip Bennett | Lynn Reynolds | |||
| [4] | Bob Langdon | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| "Click" Farlane | Clifford Smith | ||||
| Jeff Morgan Jr. |
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| Hoot Gibson | |||||
| Chad Pennington / Tommy Hawk | Lynn Reynolds | ||||
| Ed Harley | Lynn Reynolds | ||||
| 1927 | Jerry Alton | Lynn Reynolds | |||
| Rodeo Randall | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Hey! Hey! Cowboy | Jimmie Roberts |
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| Andy Barden | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| The Hero on Horseback | Billy Garford | ||||
| Painted Ponies | Bucky Simms | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Galloping Fury | Billy Halen | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| 1928 | Dennis O'Hara | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Benjamin Franklin Tully | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Bill Hammond | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Rodeo Bill | Del Andrews | ||||
| Riding for Fame | Scratch 'Em Hank Scott | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Clearing the Trail | Pete Watson | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Burning the Wind | Richard Gordon Jr. |
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| Hal "Tucson Joe" Doyle | |||||
| 1929 | King of the Rodeo | Montana Kid | Henry MacRae | ||
| Smilin' Guns | Jack Purvin | Henry MacRae | |||
| Tom Richards | B. Reeves Eason | ||||
| Skyball Smith |
| A stuntwoman, Leta Belle Wichart, was killed doubling for Ruth Elder. Wichart fell 3,000 feet without her parachute opening. She was 22 or 23 years old and reputed to be one of the most experienced woman jumpers in the USA.[5] | |||
| Points West | Cole Lawson Jr. | Arthur Rosson | |||
| The Ramblin' Kid | Arthur Rosson | ||||
| Courtin' Wildcats | Clarence Butts | ||||
| 1930 | Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid | Arthur Rosson | |||
| Trailing Trouble | Ed King | Arthur Rosson | |||
| Roaring Ranch | Jim Dailey | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Trigger Tricks[6] | Texas Ranger Tim Brennan | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Spurs[7] | Bob Merril | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| [8] | Concentratin' Kid | Arthur Rosson | |||
| 1931 | Clearing the Range[9] | Curt "El Capitan" Fremont | |||
| Wild Horse | Jim Wright | ||||
| Hard Hombre[10] | William Penn "Peaceful" Patton | Otto Brower | |||
| Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Himself | Uncredited | |||
| 1932 | Local Bad Man | Jim Bonner | Otto Brower | ||
| [11] | Clint Hale | Phil Rosen | |||
| Spirit of the West | Johnny Ringo posing as Ben Bailey | Otto Brower | |||
| Tex Mason | Phil Rosen | ||||
| [12] | Jimmy Duncan | ||||
| Cowboy Counsellor | Dan Alton | George Melford | |||
| 1933 | [13] | "Ace" Cooper posing as Tex | George Melford | ||
| Steve Hartley | Harry L. Fraser | ||||
| 1935 | Sunset Range | "Reasonin'" Bates | |||
| Rainbow's End[14] | Neil Gibson Jr. | ||||
| Powdersmoke Range[15] | Stony Brooke | ||||
| Frontier Justice | Brent Halston | ||||
| Swifty[16] | Swifty | ||||
| 1936 | Lucky Terror | Lucky Carson aka The Lucky Terror | Alan James | ||
| Feud of the West | "Whitey" Revell | ||||
| [17] | Chuck Wilson | Christy Cabanne | |||
| Buck "The Morning Glory Kid" Bonner | Harry L. Fraser | ||||
| Cavalcade of the West | Clint Knox | Harry L. Fraser | |||
| 1937 | Walter Jamison |
| 12-episode movie serial; 212 minute running time. | ||
| 1938 | Walter Jamison |
| 67-minute-long feature version produced from editing the 1937 series footage together. | ||
| 1943 | Wild Horse Stampede | Marshal Hoot Gibson | Alan James | ||
| [18] | U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson | ||||
| Blazing Guns[19] | Marshal Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | |||
| Death Valley Rangers | Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | |||
| 1944 | Westward Bound[20] | Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | ||
| Arizona Whirlwind | Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | |||
| Outlaw Trail | Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | |||
| Sonora Stagecoach | Hoot Gibson | Robert Emmett Tansey | |||
| Marked Trails | Hoot Parkford | John P. McCarthy | |||
| [21] | Marshal Hoot Higgins | Vernon Keays | |||
| Trigger Law | Hoot Gibson | Vernon Keays | |||
| 1946 | Flight to Nowhere | Sheriff Bradley | |||
| 1953 | Marshal Ben Dawson | ||||
| 1959 | Sgt. Brown | John Ford | |||
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Roadblock Deputy | Uncredited, (final film role) |