John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 â€" March 28, 1965) was an
American rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was
most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s.
Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and rarely strayed
from the genre.Born in Kingfisher Creek in Indian Territory (now the
state of Oklahoma), Hoxie 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 halfâ€"Nez Perce mother (some reports list her as
Cherokee), Matilda E. Hoxie (née Quick). 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 1905, aged 20, he married Pearl Gage. The marriage lasted
only a few months before the couple divorced.In 1909 he met performer
Dick Stanley and joined his Wild West show. He performed as bronco
rider in the show. 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. Although he rarely strayed from
the Western film genre, several notable exceptions include his role as
Perrone in the 1916 historical drama The Dumb Girl of Portici,
starring Anna Pavlova; a role in the 1916 epic drama film Joan the
Woman. starring Geraldine Farrar; and his role as Sandusky in the 1917
drama Nan of Music Mountain, starring Wallace Reid and Ann Little.
American rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was
most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s.
Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and rarely strayed
from the genre.Born in Kingfisher Creek in Indian Territory (now the
state of Oklahoma), Hoxie 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 halfâ€"Nez Perce mother (some reports list her as
Cherokee), Matilda E. Hoxie (née Quick). 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 1905, aged 20, he married Pearl Gage. The marriage lasted
only a few months before the couple divorced.In 1909 he met performer
Dick Stanley and joined his Wild West show. He performed as bronco
rider in the show. 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. Although he rarely strayed from
the Western film genre, several notable exceptions include his role as
Perrone in the 1916 historical drama The Dumb Girl of Portici,
starring Anna Pavlova; a role in the 1916 epic drama film Joan the
Woman. starring Geraldine Farrar; and his role as Sandusky in the 1917
drama Nan of Music Mountain, starring Wallace Reid and Ann Little.
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