Hugh Hooker

Hugh Hooker was born on September 8, 1919 in Texas, USA as Hugh Milford Hooker.

Between 1944 and 1955 he had minor charter actor roles in twenty westerns.

In 1951 Hooker starred in a failed television pilot which was eventually released theatrically as The Adventures of the Texas Kid (1954).

Hooker appeared in only one TV series with three small roles in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954) episodes. His two sons were also stuntmen from a young age. Buddy Joe Hooker began at the age of fourteen (Rin Tin Tin) and and Billy Hank Hooker began at the age of nine.

As a theatrical agent Hooker made national news in 1956 when he filed a $750,000 suit against the Rin Tin Tin series producer, Herbert B. Leonard; Rin Tin Tin IV owner, Lee Duncan; Screen Gems; the American Broadcasting Company; and Rin Tin Tin sponsor, National Biscuit Company. Hooker alleged that Duncan told him they had abandoned the Rin Tin Tin project, freezing him out as a producer. The 164 Rin Tin Tin episodes produced profits of $1,500,000.

As a movie producer, Hooker's film, The Littlest Hobo (1958), featured London, a German Shepherd, and Fleecie, a lamb.

Projected for production in 1959 were Littlest Fisherman, Littlest Giant, and Littlest Spy. Littlest Pirate, Littlest Clown, and Littlest Saint were projected to follow in 1960. None were ever produced.

He is known for his work as a stuntman on Scarface (1983), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), and Mannequin (1987). He worked as a stuntman in many B-westerns throughout his forty plus years as a stuntman.