Jack Hill (actor)

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.

Jack Hill
Born	Lawrence Young Hill (1887-09-12)September 12, 1887 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Died	November 22, 1963(1963-11-22) (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)​

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)