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Jack Hill
Jack Hill
Born	Lawrence Young Hill; September 12, 1887; Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
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

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b "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).
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

Jack Hill at IMDb

Video

Our Gang Silent Films No. 5, A Quiet Street (1923) at Internet Archive

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[cgwhmf-1] "Cambria Girl Weds Hollywood Movie F{sic}an ". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[2] "Cambria Girl Weds Hollywood Mi{sic}vie Man". The Daily News Leader. October 8, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[uswwiidrc-3] "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.

[usssdi-4] "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).

[lat_obit-5] "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.

[usc1900-6] "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.

[7] Braff, p. 406.

[8] 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.

[9] "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.

[10] "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.

[vdr-11] "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.

[12] "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.

[13] "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.

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