Jack Hill (born Lawrence Young Hill;"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. September 12, 1887"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). – November 22, 1963) was an American film actor and stuntman, who appeared in scores of Laurel & Hardy comedies.
Early life and career A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Hill was on the middle child of three born to Dr. John Peter Hill and Arkansas Missouri Paxton."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.
Hill had a prominent roles in early Our Gang shorts, such as A Quiet Street, portraying the film's villain, "Red Mike,"Braff, p. 406. 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.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.
By the final decade of his career, Hill had, by his own account, transitioned to working primarily as a stuntman and stunt double."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.
Personal life and death On October 3, 1929,"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. Hill married Reba Lucas Roberts; they divorced on August 20, 1937. On September 4, 1941, he wed Ethel Violet Henrickson (née Frostrom)."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. From 1949 until his death, Hill was married to Freda Wilhelmina Johnson."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.
On Friday, November 22, 1963, Hill died at the Motion Picture Country Hospital. His remains are interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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
Book sources
External links
Video Our Gang Silent Films No. 5, A Quiet Street (1923) at Internet Archive