Hoot Gibson

Born: August 6, 1892, Tekamah, Nebraska
Died: August 23, 1962, (age 70) Los Angeles, California

Hoot Gibson was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, film director and producer.

1. Born in Tekamah, NE, August 6, 1892, what is Hoot’s birth name?

• Dick Stanley Gibson
• Edmund Richard Gibson
• William Stanley Gibson

2. How did he get his nickname, Hoot?

• Working for the Owl Drug Company.
• He liked to smoke Owl cigars.
• He rode a world champion bucking horse Owl.

3. During World War One, Hoot served in the Army. What rank did he reach?

• Corporal
• Sergeant
• Lieutenant

4. Won the title “World's All Around Champion Cowboy”. How old was he when he won the award.

• 20
• 30
• 40

5. From the 1920s through the 1940s, Hoot Gibson was a major film attraction, ranking second only to Tom Mix as a western film box office draw. Who was the top ranking Western star?

• John Wayne
• Gene Autry
• Tom Mix

6. In 1921, he got his big break when he was cast as Sandy in the movie, Action.  Who directed the film?

• Harry Carey
• King Vidor
• John Ford

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

• True or False?

8. Hoot was off the screen for nearly six years before returning. In 1941, he teamed up with Ken Maynard at Monogram for The Trail Blazers. Who was the other star in these trio Westerns?

• Rex Allen
• Bill Elliott
• Bob Steele

9. In 1959, John Ford brought Hoot back to the screen in a supporting role with John Wayne. What was the movie?

10. In the 1950s the out-of-work cowboy star was reduced to working as a Las Vegas casino greeter and performing in carnivals in order to handle the enormous debts that mounted after a series of cancer operations.

• True or False?

Where is Hoot Gibson buried?

Hoot Gibson Answers

1. Edmund Richard Gibson

2. Working for the Owl Drug Company

3. Sergeant

4. 20

5. Tom Mix

6. John Ford

7. True

8. Bob Steele

9. The Horse Soldiers

10. True