21 Facts About Hoot Gibson

1.

Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer.

2.

Hoot Gibson's family moved to California when he was seven years old.

3.

Hoot Gibson's career was temporarily interrupted with service in the United States Army during World War I as a sergeant in the Tank Corps.

4.

For several years, Hoot Gibson had secondary film roles with stars such as Harry Carey.

5.

Some offers came from up-and-coming film director John Ford, with whom Hoot Gibson developed a lasting friendship and working relationship.

6.

Hoot Gibson successfully made the transition to sound films, and as a result, became a highly paid performer.

7.

Hoot Gibson appeared in his own comic books and was popular until singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers displaced him.

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8.

Hoot Gibson had his name painted on the nose for publicity.

9.

In 1933, Hoot Gibson injured himself when he crashed his plane while racing cowboy star Ken Maynard in the National Air Races.

10.

Hoot Gibson had squandered much of his income on high living and poor investments.

11.

Hoot Gibson appeared in an episode of Groucho's You Bet Your Life, filmed in December 1955.

12.

Hoot Gibson made the final game with his contestant, but did not win the big money, though he earned himself a share of the $440 prize money for the show.

13.

On September 6,1913, Hoot Gibson married Rose August Wenger, a rodeo performer.

14.

Under the name Helen Hoot Gibson, she became a major film star in her own right for a time, notably in the lead role of The Hazards of Helen.

15.

Census records for 1920 indicate they were living separately; Hoot Gibson listed himself as married; Helen listed herself as widowed.

16.

Hoot Gibson married vaudeville actress Helen Johnson on April 20,1922, in Riverside, California.

17.

The fact that Hoot Gibson was consecutively married to two women who used the name Helen Gibson in some fashion has led to a good deal of confusion.

18.

Hoot Gibson married film actress Sally Eilers on June 28,1930.

19.

Hoot Gibson married a final time to Dorothy Dunstan, a 22-year-old yodeler, on July 3,1942.

20.

Hoot Gibson died of cancer in 1962 in Woodland Hills, California at age 70, and was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

21.

In 1960, for his contribution to film, Hoot Gibson was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was honored with a star at 1765 Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section.