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.
Early life and career
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)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cambria Girl Weds Hollywood Movie F{sic}an ". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Cambria Girl Weds Hollywood Mi{sic}vie Man". The Daily News Leader. October 8, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVF-MM3 : 1 July 2024), Lawrence Young Hill, 1917-1918.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9R6-BM3 : 11 January 2021), Jack Hill, Nov 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Obituaries: Jack Y. Hill". Los Angeles Times. November 25, 1963. p. 45. ProQuest 168425322.
Services for Jack Y. Hill, free-lance motion picture actor, will be held today at 3 p.m. in Pierce Bros. Hollywood Chapel, followed by internment in the Chapel of the Pines. Born in Virginia, Mr. Hill had been a California resident for 46 years. He lived at 827 W. 42nd Pl. and died Friday in Motion Picture Country Hospital. Mr. Hill leaves his wife, Freda.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ4-21H : Tue Jul 30 15:11:17 UTC 2024), Entry for John P Hill and Arkansas M Hill, 1900.
- ↑ Braff, p. 406.
- ↑ Cale, Lillian (December 30, 1922). "Opinions on Current Short Subjects: 'A Quiet Street". Motion Picture News. Vol. XXVI, No. 27. p. 3388. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Pathe Dec. 31 Program Ready; Ten Subjects Listed for Release Include Two New Comedies". Motion Picture News. Vol. XXVI, No. 27. December 30, 1922. p. 3389. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CV-Y5S : Sun Mar 10 14:03:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Jack Y Hill, 1940.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRV-L88V : Fri Mar 15 02:54:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Neba Roberts Hill and Lawrence Young Hill, 20 Aug 1937.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZ7V-PVZM : Sat Mar 09 00:04:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Lawrence Young Hill and Violet F Henrickson, 4 Sep 1941.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K823-XW8 : Wed Jul 10 00:43:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Lawrence Young Hill and J P Hill, 24 Sep 1949.
Book sources
- Braff, Richard E. (2002). The Braff Silent Short Film Working Papers : Over 25,000 Films, 1903-1929, Alphabetized and Indexed. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786410310.
