JACK HOXIE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Jack Hoxie was born on January 11th, 1885 in Guthrie, Oklahoma with the birth name John Hartford Hoxie. Being raised on Indian land from a young age he became exposed to riding and roping and began entering rodeo contests. Soon he was touring the country performing in Wild West Shows and winning national championships.
After gaining quite a bit of exposure in the rodeo circuit he decided to relocate to Hollywood and see if he could break into the film industry finding work as a stunt man. With his good looks and his riding skills it did not take long for Hollywood producer Anthony J. Xydias to take notice of Hoxie and signed him to a contract with Sunset Productions.
Soon he was appearing in such films as, "Hills of Hate" (1921), "Devil Dog Dawson" (1921) starring with Helene Rosson, Evelyn Selbie and Wilbur McGaugh, "Barb Wire" (1922) with Jean Porter and Olah Norman and "Wolf Tracks" (1923) co-starring Andree Tourneur, Jim Welch and Albert J. Smith. With quite a bit of other film experience now on his resume, Universal Pictures began to take notice of his riding talents and he was cast in quite a number of Western films with Universal such as, "Hello 'Frisco" (1924) starring with Slim Summerville, James Rolph Jr., William Duncan and Bobby Dunn, "The Demon" with Lola Todd and William Welsh, "A Six Shootin' Romance" with Olive Hasbrouck, William A. Steele, "The Border Sheriff" with Olive Hasbrouck, Al J. Jennings and Gilbert Holmes and Buck Moulton, "Looking For Trouble" co-starring Marceline Day and J. Gordon Russell, "The Fighting Peacemaker" with Lola Todd and Ted Oliver, "The Last Frontier" co-starring William Boyd, "The Wild Horse Stampede" also starring Fay Wray and William Steele and "Red Hot Leather" with Ena Gregory and William Malan, (all 1926).
After adding a couple more roles to his resume when the silent film era came to an end he had a difficult time making the transition to sound films as he could barely read and did not have the acting talent to continue his success in the industry.
He chose to then leave the acting industry and starred in his own western-style circus. Hoxie then retired completely and lived the remainder of his life on a ranch in Oklahoma. He passed away on March 28th, 1965 in Elkhart, Kansas at the age of eighty after suffering from leukemia.
Jack Hoxie married a total of four times. First briefly to Hazel Panky and they had two daughters before this marriage came to an end. He then wed briefly to Dixie Starr. His third wife was Marin Sais from 1920 through 1925. His fourth and final marriage was in 1944 to Bonnie Avis Showalter in 1944 and they remained together until he passed away.
Filmography
1933 Trouble Busters
1933 Gun Law
1933 Via Pony Express
1932 Law and Lawless
1932 Outlaw Justice
1932 Gold
1929 Forbidden Trail
1927 Heroes of the Wild
1927 The Fighting Three
1927 Men of Daring
1927 Grinning Guns
1927 The Rambling Ranger
1927 The Western Whirlwind
1927 Rough and Ready
1926 Red Hot Leather
1926 The Wild Horse Stampede
1926 The Last Frontier
1926 The Fighting Peacemaker
1926 Looking for Trouble
1926 The Border Sheriff
1926 A Six Shootin' Romance
1926 The Demon
1925 Two-Fisted Jones
1925 Hidden Loot
1925 Bustin' Thru
1925 The White Outlaw
1925 The Red Rider
1925 Don Dare Devil
1925 Ridin' Thunder
1925 A Roaring Adventure
1925 Flying Hoofs
1925 The Sign of the Cactus
1924 Daring Chances
1924 The Western Wallop
1924 Fighting Fury
1924 The Back Trail
1924 Ridgeway of Montana
1924 The Galloping Ace
1924 The Phantom Horseman
1924 The Man from Wyoming
1923 The Red Warning
1923 Men in the Raw
1923 Where Is This West?
1923 Desert Rider
1923 Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
1923 Wolf Tracks
1923 Galloping Thru
1923 The Forbidden Trail
1922 Riders of the Law
1922 Back Fire
1922 The Crow's Nest
1922 Barb Wire
1922 The Marshal of Moneymint
1922 The Desert Bridegroom
1922 The Desert's Crucible
1922 Two-Fisted Jefferson
1921 Sparks of Flint
1921 The Double O
1921 Hills of Hate
1921 The Broken Spur
1921 Devil Dog Dawson
1921 Cupid's Brand
1921 Dead or Alive
1921 The Sheriff of Hope Eternal
1921 Cyclone Bliss
1920 Thunderbolt Jack
1920 A Man from Nowhere
1920 Death Valley Kid
1919 Lightning Bryce
1919 Told in the Hills
1919 The Valley of the Giants
1919 The Love Call
1919 Johnny Get Your Gun
1918 The Iron Test
1918 A Fight for Millions
1918 His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918 Nobody's Wife
1918 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
1918 The Wolf and His Mate
1917 Nan of Music Mountain
1917 Jack and Jill
1917 Whirlwind of Whiskers
1917 The Vanished Line Rider
1917 The Trapping of Two-Bit Tuttle
1917 The Tyrant of Chiracahua
1917 The Skeleton Canyon Raid
1916 Joan the Woman
1916 On the Brink of War
1916 The Stain of Chuckawalla
1916 Border Wolves
1916 The Fight for Paradise Valley
1916 The Witch of the Dark House
1916 The Son of Cain
1916 The Harvest of Gold
1916 The Ore Plunderers
1916 Tigers Unchained
1916 The Oil Field Plot
1916 The Girl from Frisco
1916 The Three Godfathers
1916 A Youth of Fortune
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Quarter Breed
1916 Buck Simmons, Puncher
1916 Blind Fury
1915 Fatherhood
1915 The Gopher
1915 The Scarlet Sin
1915 The Diamond from the Sky
1915 Captain Courtesy
1914 The Girl at the Throttle
1914 The Hazards of Helen
1914 The Car of Death
1914 Near Death's Door
1914 The Operator at Black Rock
1914 The Identification
1914 Kaintucky Bill
1914 The Conductor's Courtship
1913 The Big Horn Massacre
1913 The Battle at Fort Laramie
1913 The Invaders
1913 Brought to Bay
1913 The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine
