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The career of Edmund Richard “Hoot” Gibson (1892-1962), the cowboy film star, spanned the silent and sound era of motion pictures. Sometimes called the “Dean of Cowboy Stars,” Gibson helped to streamline and modernize early western movies. The Tekamah-born actor was also among the first of the movie stuntmen before developing into a ...
Apr 30, 2009 · So was the man I'd traveled to Chantilly, Virginia, to meet: Robert "Hoot" Gibson. Hoot (the nickname originated with cowboy movie star Edmund "Hoot" Gibson) knew many of these flying machines ...
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 ...
Hoot Gibson - early 1920s. (From Old Corral collection) SPURS (Universal, 1930) was a talkie and among Hoot's final batch of films for Universal. From rodeo champion to stuntman to movie cowboy star for nearly 20 years, Hoot Gibson was one of the most popular western stars on the silent screen, ranking second only to Tom Mix.
Hoot Gibson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Gibson appeared in such films as "Step on It!" (1922), "Trimmed" (1922) and "The Bear-Cat" (1922).
Oct 7, 2023 · A wonderful series of interviews with Hoot Gibson. He is a Topgun pilot, Astronaut, air racer, instructor, engineer and much more. This is the first part of ...
Aug 16, 2010 · ED10-0230-12. Former NASA Space Shuttle astronaut and noted air race pilot Robert “Hoot” Gibson was all smiles after getting some stick-and-rudder time in a NASA F/A-18 Hornet mission support aircraft during a pilot proficiency flight with NASA Dryden research pilot Jim Smolka. Although Gibson had been a carrier-qualified Navy fighter pilot ...
