Jack Hoxie Movies

Born John Hartford Hoxie in Kingfisher Creek in Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma), he was the son of a
veterinarian father, Bart "Doc" Hoxie, who was killed in a horse accident just weeks before Jack's birth, and a
half–Nez Perce mother (some reports list her as Cherokee), Matilda E. (née Quick) Hoxie. After his father's
death he and his mother moved to Northern Idaho where, at an early age, Jack became a working cowboy and
ranch hand. Matilda married a rancher and horse trader named Calvin Scott Stone. The family then relocated to
Boise, where Jack worked as a packer for a US Army fort in the area, continuing to hone his skill as a horseback
rider while competing in rodeos. In 1909 he met performer Dick Stanley and joined his Wild West show.
He performed as bronc rider in the show. As an aside, he had also learned roping at an early age too. It was during
this period that Jack met and married his first wife, Hazel Panting, who was a Western trick rider with the outfit.

Hoxie continued to tour with circuit rodeos until 1913, when he was approached to perform in the Western drama
film short The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine. Now billing himself as Hart Hoxie (a moniker he would use until 1919),
he would continue working through the 1910s in popular Western shorts, often in small but well-received roles.
In 1919, after appearing in approximately 35 films, he was cast in the starring role in the Paul Hurst-directed
Lightning Bryce serials as main character Sky Bryce. Hoxie began billing himself as Jack Hoxie and used this
name thereafter. It was during this time that he met and married his second wife, actress and frequent co-star
Marin Sais, after his divorce from Hazel Panting.

Jack Hoxie in his first starring role in 1919's Lightning Bryce with Ann Little.
Through the early 1920s Hoxie became an extremely popular western film star and worked for such film companies
as Pathé Exchange, Arrow, National Film Corp. and Sunset Pictures. In 1923 Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle
put Hoxie under contract and soon his career was on par with that of other Western stars of the era: Art Acord,
Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson. Hoxie appeared in such high-profile films as 1923's Where Is This West? with
newcomer Mary Philbin and 1924's Universal promotional film Hello, 'Frisco, alongside such popular actors of the
era as Jackie Coogan, Norman Kerry, Barbara La Marr, Antonio Moreno, Anna Q. Nilsson, Bebe Daniels and Rin Tin Tin.
The film was designed to showcase Universal's roster of its most popular actors. Hoxie, often atop his horses
Fender and Dynamite, would star alongside such actresses as Marceline Day, Alice Day, Helen Holmes, Lottie Pickford
and Fay Wray in westerns throughout the silent era.

During the 1930s Jack made a brief comeback in films after signing a contract with low-budget studio Majestic Pictures.
The films, however, did little to revive his acting career and he once again hit the rodeo circuit. His last film appearance
would be in 1933's Trouble Busters with Lane Chandler, who had appeared alongside Hoxie in a number of earlier films.

Here we have 4 Classic Jack Hoxie movies

Gun Law 1932
Three members of an outlaw gang - The Sonora Kid, Tony Andrews and their buddy, Blackjack - decide to get out of
Arizona and head to Texas, where the Andrews family owns a cattle ranch. When Tony is shot and killed by a sheriff's
posse, the two remaining friends vow to continue on to Texas to honor Tony's dying wish - to help his blind, ailing
mother manage the herd. After being greeted at the ranch by Mrs. Andrews, who mistakes the Sonora Kid for her long
lost son, Sonora and Blackjack don't have the heart to tell her the truth. They decide instead to stay and help out with
the round-up. However, Sonora's old rival, Nevada Smith, shows up at the ranch with his gang and threatens to blow
Sonora's cover if they aren't allowed to rustle the Andrews' herd. Starring Jack Hoxie, Betty Boyd, Mary Carr, Paul Fix;
Directed by Lewis D. Collins.

Gold 1932
Ruthless gang leader Kramer is making a killing during a gold rush, but not by the usual means. Kramer buys out miners'
claims after they've struck gold, then his gang kills the men and steals back the money. This murderous scam runs like
clockwork until the gang sets its sights on prospector, Jeff Sellers. The hard-drinking old man is partners with cowboy
Jack Tarrant. The Kramer gang draws a drunken Sellers into their deadly scheme and then gun him down, pinning the
death on Jack. Pursued by both the sheriff and the outlaw gang, Tarrant swears vengeance on his partner's killers.
Starring Jack Hoxie, Lafe McKee, Alice Day, Hooper Atchley; Directed by Otto Brower.

Outlaw Justice 1933
Saloon gambler Faro Black covets the Box Diamond Ranch and, as part of his plan to get his hands on it,
cheats at cards to win a sizable sum of money from its young co-owner Bob Taggart. With Taggart and his sister
June deep in debt and plagued by cattle rustlers, things look bleak. Help comes from an unlikely source:
Panamint Pete (Jack Hoxie, in his first talkie), a stranger who is wanted for murder. Stars Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver,
Charles King, Chris-Pin Martin, Tom London; directed by Armand Schaefer.

Trouble Busters 1933
Store owner Dan Allen denies Tex Blain credit, so Tex decides to teach the gout-ridden grump a lesson, dressing
up as a ghostly outlaw. During his prank he meets Dan's beautiful niece Mary Ann, a rancher, and he falls in love.
After the sheriff runs him out of town, Tex unknowingly joins a rival ranch, one at war with Mary Ann over land oil rights.
Starring Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler, Kaye Edwards; Directed by Lewis D. Collins.