Jack Hill (actor)
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Jack Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lawrence Young Hill September 12, 1887 |
| Died | November 22, 1963 (aged 76) Woodland Hills, California, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Glendale, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1922–1950 |
| Spouses | Reba Lucas Roberts
(m. 1929–1989)Ethel Violet Henrickson (née Frostrom)
(m. 1941)Freda Wilhelmina Johnson
(m. 1949) |
Jack Hill (born Lawrence Young Hill;[1][2] September 12, 1887[3][4] – November 22, 1963[5]) was an American film actor and stuntman, who appeared in scores of Laurel & Hardy comedies.
A native of Roanoke, Virginia,[3] Hill was on the middle child of three born to Dr. John Peter Hill and Arkansas Missouri Paxton.[6]
Hill had a prominent roles in early Our Gang shorts,[1] such as A Quiet Street, portraying the film's villain, "Red Mike,"[7] a thief who easily eludes capture by the film's Keystone-ish cops only to find he's gotten more than he bargained for when pitted against the Gang's relentless protector, Pete the Dog.[8][9]
By the final decade of his career, Hill had, by his own account, transitioned to working primarily as a stuntman and stunt double.[10]
Personal life and death
On October 3, 1929,[11] Hill married Reba Lucas Roberts;[1] they divorced on August 20, 1937.[11] On September 4, 1941, he wed Ethel Violet Henrickson (née Frostrom).[12] From 1949 until his death, Hill was married to Freda Wilhelmina Johnson.[13]
On Friday, November 22, 1963, Hill died at the Motion Picture Country Hospital. His remains are interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. [5]
Selected filmography
- A Quiet Street (1922, Short) - Red Mike (uncredited)
- Back Stage (1923, Short) - Audience member
- Dogs of War! (1923, Short) - Officer
- Stage Fright (1923, Short) - Audience member
- The Fighting Demon (1925) - Professor
- Good Cheer (1926, Short) - Pedestrian
- 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926, Short) - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- The Glorious Fourth (1927, Short) - Man with monocle
- Sugar Daddies (1927, Short) - Hotel Extra #1
- Putting Pants on Philip (1927, Short)
- The Battle of the Century (1927, Short) - Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
- Playin' Hookey (1928, Short) - Keystone-ish cop
- Leave 'Em Laughing (1928, Short) - Irate Motorist (uncredited)
- Speedy (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Their Purple Moment (1928, Short) - Doorman / Pink Pub Patron (uncredited)
- Should Married Men Go Home? (1928, Short) - Muddy Combatant (uncredited)
- Two Tars (1928, Short) - Motorist with Mattress
- Election Day (1929, Short) - Gangster
- Liberty (1929, Short) - Officer
- Wrong Again (1929, Short) - Man on Buckboard
- Movie Night (1929, Short) - Movie Patron (uncredited)
- Railroadin' (1929, Short) - Grocery Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Leaping Love (1929, Short) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Cat, Dog & Co. (1929, Short) - Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Blotto (1930, Short) - Man in Rainbow Club (uncredited)
- Le joueur de golf (1930) - (uncredited)
- La Vida nocturna (1930, Short) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Below Zero (1930, Short) - Busboy (uncredited)
- Une nuit extravagante (1930, Short)
- Pups Is Pups (1930, Short) - Man in Crowd (uncredited)
- Be Big! (1931, Short) - Railway Station Passerby (uncredited)
- The Stolen Jools (1931, Short) - Policeman
- Pardon Us (1931) - Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
- Shiver My Timbers (1931, Short) - Pirate
- Beau Hunks (1931, Short) - Riffian (uncredited)
- The Kick-Off! (1931, Short) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- On the Loose (1931, Short) - Fun House Worker (uncredited)
- Any Old Port! (1932, Short) - Spectator (uncredited)
- The Chimp (1932, Short) - Circus Audience Member (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) - New Recruit / Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Free Wheeling (1932, Short) - Police Officer
- A Lad an' a Lamp (1932, Short) - Audience Member / Officer
- The Devil's Brother (1933) - Brigand (uncredited)
- Busy Bodies (1933, Short) - Shop Worker (uncredited)
- Elmer Steps Out (1934, Short)
- Fishing for Trouble (1934, Short)
- Back to the Soil (1934, Short)
- Treasure Island (1934) - Pirate (uncredited)
- Babes in Toyland (1934) - Townsman (uncredited)
- The Chases of Pimple Street (1934, Short) - Chase's Double (uncredited)
- Tit for Tat (1935, Short) - Passerby (uncredited)
- The Fixer Uppers (1935, Short) - Policeman (uncredited)
- Southern Exposure (1935, Short) - Juryman (uncredited)
- Stolen Harmony (1935) - Cop (uncredited)
- Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Hotel Lobby Guest / Newly Drafted Soldier / Native Henchman (uncredited)
- Millions in the Air (1935) - Motor Cop (uncredited)
- Divot Diggers (1936, Short) - Golfer
- The Bohemian Girl (1936) - Soldier (uncredited)
- The Lucky Corner (1936, Short) - Crowd extra
- On the Wrong Trek (1936, Short) - Bit Part (uncredited)
- Our Relations (1936) - Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- General Spanky (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Way Out West (1937) - Finn's Employee (uncredited)
- Pick a Star (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Swiss Miss (1938) - Townsman (uncredited)
- Block-Heads (1938) - Soldier in Trenches (uncredited)
- Topper Takes a Trip (1938) - Policeman in Bank (uncredited)
- Mooching Through Georgia (1939, Short) - Union Officer (uncredited)
- Saps at Sea (1940) - Man Beneath Auto (uncredited)
- Land of the Lawless (1947) - Barfly (uncredited)
- Backfire (1950) - Cop at Shootout (uncredited) (final film role)
