Jack Hill

born: 12 September 1887 Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America

died: 22 November 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 76)

American actor, stand-in and stunt double with distinctively big ears who was seen just about everywhere in the films of Hal Roach of the 1920s and 1930s.  He was frequently lurking around as an extra in the background, almost to the point where you almost expected to see him in every film!  He had blue eyes and brown hair, according to his war record.  He married several times. His parents were John P. Hill (b. January 30, 1860 in Smyth, Virginia; died 1925) - and Arkansas Missouri "Connie" Paxton (b. April 15, 1865 in Smyth, Virginia; died March 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, California). Jack registered for the first World War draft on June 5, 1917.  He lived at 1959 Estulla [?], Los Angeles, California; giving his birth date as September 12, 1887, in Roanoke, Virginia; is married, and works as a "mechanic (actor)" at Keystone Film Co. (at 1712 Alesandro, L.A.) In the 1940 Census, he is now 52 and is still in L.A. working as a stunt man at a motion picture studio and earning $1000. On April 27, 1942, Laurence Young Hill registered for the WWII draft. The 53-year old Hill lives at 812 - W. 4th Los Angeles, L.A., Calif. and was born Sept. 12, 1887 in Marion, VA.  He is employed by Central Casting Corp., Hollywood & Western, Hollywood, CA.  He is 6'0", weighs 180 pounds, has blue eyes, brown hair and a "ruddy" complexion; he also has a tattoo of a woman on his inner left forearm.  Also, the employer and person who would know his address seem to be mixed up on the card; if so, the contact (not the employer) is given as a "Josephine Hill," at the same address. Now: who is this? Girlfriend?  ANOTHER wife?  Relative?  Another sister? He died the same day that President J.F. Kennedy was assassinated.  I wonder if it was before - or after, and whether he knew about it?  His CA Death Index entry claims a birth year of 1891, though his entry in the Social Security Death Index retains the birth year 1887.

Real name: Lawrence Young Hill Height: 6'0"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; 1 film with Charley Chase.

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1922 Shiver And Shake Man who enters real estate office 1922 Hook, Line And Sinker Band member 1922 A Quiet Street Red Mike 1922 Fire The Fireman Fireman 1923 Watch Your Wife Pianist in orchestra 1923 A Tough Winter Landlord's henchman #1 1923 California Or Bust! Farmhand who swats Ed Brandenburg's rear/ Posse 1923 White Wings Applauding pedestrian 1923 Back Stage Audience extra   1923 Dogs Of War! Officer   1923 Gas And Air Chauffeur 1923 The Walkout Angry employee 1923 It's A Gift Automobile victim 1923 Stage Fright Audience member   1923 The Soilers Saloon pianist 1924 Powder And Smoke! Bandit 1924 Going To Congress Supporter in crowed 1924 Don't Park There! Motorist getting ticket 1924 Young Oldfield Robber 1924 Wide Open Spaces Gang member 1924 Our Congressman Newspaper man 1924 A Ten-Minute Egg Bystander at pool table 1924 Every Man For Himself Shoeshine customer 1925 The Bouncer Fight spectator 1925 Unfriendly Enemies Soldier in trenches 1925 Somewhere In Somewhere Soldier 1926 Good Cheer Pedestrian   1926 45 Minutes From Hollywood Hotel dress extra   1927 The Glorious Fourth Man with monocle   1927 Sugar Daddies Hotel guest 1927 Putting Pants On Philip ?   1927 The Battle Of The Century Ringside spectator 1928 Playin' Hookey Movie cop 1928 All For Nothing [?] [*image is from a still] 1928 Leave 'Em Laughing Angry motorist 1928 Dumb Daddies Delivery man with crate 1928 Limousine Love Pedestrian 1928 Their Purple Moment Doorman/Pink Pup patron 1928 Should Married Men Go Home? Muddy combatant   1928 Two Tars Motorist with mattress 1929 Going Ga-Ga Crowd extra 1929 Election Day Gangster 1929 Liberty Policeman 1929 Wrong Again Man on buckboard 1929 Movie Night Movie patron whose foot is trodden on 1929 Railroadin' Grocery truck driver 1929 Leaping Love Reporter 1929 Cat, Dog & Co. Pedestrian   1930 The Big Kick Sheriff 1930 La Estacion De Gasolina  Sheriff 1930 Blotto Phone booth gawker/ Nightclub waiter/ Man entering nightclub (in final scene) 1930 La Vida Nocturna  Phone booth gawker/Nightclub waiter/ Man entering nightclub/Waiter who gets clattered 1930 Une nuit extravagante  Phone booth gawker (?)   1930 Below Zero Waiter who throws Stan's coat on the floor 1930 Tiembla y Titubea  Waiter who throws Stan's coat on the floor 1930 Girl Shock Hospital orderly/Stunt for Charley Chase 1930 Huye-Faldas  Stunt for Charley Chase/Hospital orderly 1930 All Teed Up Chauffeur 1930 Le Joueur de Golf  Chauffeur [*image is from a still] 1930 Hog Wild Ollie's stunt double 1930 Pups Is Pups Pedestrian 1930 Bigger And Better Store extra 1930 High C's Soldier 1931 Be Big! Passerby at train station 1931 Los Calaveras  Passerby at train station 1931 Les Carottiers  Passerby at train station 1931 The Pip From Pittsburg Extra 1931 Rough Seas Doughboy on deck 1931 Air-Tight Pilot who is knocked over 1931 One Of The Smiths Smoker 1931 Pardon Us Insurgent convict 1931 The Panic Is On Pedestrian reading newspaper/ Laughing man in crowd 1931 Catch-As Catch-Can Usher 1931 Shiver My Timbers Pirate 1931 The Kick-Off! Hood 1931 Beau Hunks Riffian   1931 On The Loose Fun house worker   1932 Any Old Port! Spectator   1932 The Chimp Circus audience member   1932 Strange Innertube Cabbie 1932 First In War Revolutionary 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles New recruit 1932 Free Wheeling Officer sent skyward   1932 Hot Spot Bystander 1932 A Lad An' A Lamp Policeman 1933 Asleep In The Feet Dance hall patron 1933 Taxi Barons Cabbie 1933 The Devil's Brother Brigand   1933 Thundering Taxis Blocker cabbie 1933 Beauty And The Bus Pedestrian 1933 Sherman Said It Soldier 1933 Crook's Tour Wedding guest 1933 Busy Bodies Shop worker 1934 Babes In The Goods Spectator (in opening scene) 1934 Roamin' Vandals Man in audience 1934 I'll Take Vanilla Cop 1934 Opened By Mistake Stunt double 1934 Babes In Toyland Townsman 1934 The Chases Of Pimple Street Double for Charley Chase   1935 Tit For Tat Passerby 1935 The Fixer Uppers Policeman 1935 Southern Exposure Juryman #12 1935 Bonnie Scotland Hotel lobby extra/ Newly drafted soldier/ Native henchman 1935 Public Ghost #1 Bystander 1935 Top Flat Waterbomb victim 1936 Divot Diggers Golfer 1936 The Bohemian Girl Soldier 1936 The Lucky Corner Pedestrian 1936 At Sea Ashore Bystander 1936 On The Wrong Trek ?   1936 Neighborhood House Theatre patron 1936 Kelly The Second Angry man with pool cue in mouth 1936 Our Relations Pirate's Club patron   1936 Spooky Hooky Second clown 1936 General Spanky [?] 1937 Way Out West Finn's employee 1937 Nobody's Baby Man waiting for bus 1937 Pick A Star Actor in bar-room scene 1937 Topper Man in crowd 1938 Swiss Miss Swiss dress extra   1938 Block-Heads Soldier in trenches 1938 There Goes My Heart Man at ice rink 1939 Topper Takes A Trip Cop 1939 Zenobia Courtroom spectator 1940 Saps At Sea Pedestrian/Man under car ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1931 The Stolen Jools Policeman 1940 The Heckler Baseball spectator smoking cigar Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AJohn~%20%2Bsurname%3AHill~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AVirginia~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1859-1861 (John P. Hill) https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AArkansas~%20%2Bsurname%3APaxton~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AVirginia (Arkansas "Cannie" Paxton-Hill) https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AArkansas~%20%2Bsurname%3AHill~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AVirginia~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1864-1866 (Arkansas "Cannie" Paxton-Hill) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPNX-W96  - CADI https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/STQM-8B8 (Clara Hill) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXMW-4W8  - BillionGraves Index https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLW-HNK  - 1910 Census https://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po0085unit#page/n737/mode/1up  - 1910 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQQ-ZY8  - Derflinger marriage https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39R-2L3  - 1930 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR1H-KLZ  - 1940 Census (with Cammie) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27756-441-37?cc=2000219  - 1940 Census (with Cammie) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPFR-T4H  - SSDI https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AClara~%20%2Bsurname%3AHill~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AVirginia~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1883-1885 https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AClara~%20%2Bsurname%3ACarner~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AVirginia~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1883-1885 https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22John%20W%22~%20%2Bsurname%3ADerflinger~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1880-1882  - Derflinger https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22John%20Wesley%22~%20%2Bsurname%3ADerflinger~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1880-1882  - Derflinger John Paxton Hill http://records.ancestry.com/john_paxton_hill_records.ashx?pid=28862874 https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AJohn~%20%2Bsurname%3AHill~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1900-1901~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3AAlbyne  search https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7L-VCZ  1930 Census https://archive.org/stream/15thcensus2283unit#page/n267/mode/1up  1930 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPH-VCD J.P., Cannie and John in the 1910 Census (Apr 16, 1910) https://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po1646unit#page/n539/mode/1up J.P., Cannie and John in the 1910 Census (Apr 16, 1910) http://records.ancestry.com/lawrence_young_hill_records.ashx?pid=28771756 (Ancestry) Birth record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTW1-N29 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X56F-L1M 1900 Census (Jun 11, 1900) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ4-218 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11853-143172-81?cc=1325221 Evidence of marriage to Virginia Hocket (circa 1906 - if, per 1930 Census, he really did first marry at age 19) http://www.mytrees.com/newanc/Other/Born-1887/Hi/Hill-family/Lawrence-Hill-un000936-52162.html http://records.ancestry.com/virginia_hocket_records.ashx?pid=16752333 WWI Draft Registration Card (Jun 5, 1917) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVF-MM3 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-26181-25751-73?cc=1968530 Marriage to Leta Cavalleri (Sept 9, 1918) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DJ-G71 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29871-7209-41?cc=1804002 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8XY-G87 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29896-49777-8?cc=1804002 1920 Census (Jan 13-14, 1920) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQK-D1K https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu108unit#page/n236/mode/1up 1930 Census (Apr 8, 1930) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV7-SQ8 https://archive.org/stream/californiacensus00reel138#page/n270/mode/1up Marriage to Reba Roberts (Aug 12, 1930) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FZ-R4L https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29947-56725-68?cc=1804002 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJJ-8MK  - Reba in 1920 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VW-MYC Marriage to Doris Goodwin (Aug 5, 1938) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29943-30420-51?cc=1804002 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29943-30412-49?cc=1804002 https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ADoris~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1880-1900~%20%2Bfather_surname%3AMyers~%20%2Bmother_surname%3AGreen  Doris search https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPW1-N2N  - Doris in CADI? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CV-Y5S 1940 Census (Apr 5, 1940) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27798-3152-0?cc=2000219 1940 Census (Apr 5, 1940) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8F2-S9P Marriage to Violet Henrickson (Sept 4, 1941) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29904-606-33?cc=1804002 Marriage to Violet Henrickson (Sept 4, 1941) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29904-586-42?cc=1804002 Marriage to Violet Henrickson (Sept 4, 1941) https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AViolet~%20%2Bsurname%3AHenrickson~%20%2Bbirth_place%3ANebraska~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1900-1910  - Violet search https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AViolet~%20%2Bsurname%3AFrostrom~%20%2Bbirth_place%3ANebraska~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1900-1910  - Violet search https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4D7-1LY WWII Draft Registration Card (Apr 27, 1942) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16372-123328-70?cc=1861144 WWII Draft Registration Card (Apr 27, 1942) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16372-123326-76?cc=1861144 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K823-XW8 Marriage to Freda Johnson (Sept 24, 1949) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29958-43995-54?cc=1804002 Marriage to Freda Johnson (Sept 24, 1949) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29958-39403-53?cc=1804002 Marriage to Freda Johnson (Sept 24, 1949) https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AFreda~%20%2Bsurname%3AJohnson~%20%2Bbirth_place%3ACalifornia~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1900-1910  - Freda search https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT3-1VF  - possible death record for Freda https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTHH-FNB  - possible death record for Freda https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4H-S15  (California Death Index - Lawrence) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCB-V2Y  (California Death Index - Jack Y) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9R6-BM3 (Social Security Death Index) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPXT-7P3 (Social Security Death Index) Jesse Brisson (research and information; identification in Watch Your Wife, Young Oldfield, Don't Park There!, California Or Bust!, Gas And Air, Fire The Fireman, Dumb Daddies, The Soilers, There Goes My Heart, Shiver And Shake, Opened By Mistake, A Tough Winter, Going To Congress, Hog Wild, It's A Gift, Every Man For Himself, Top Flat, The Bouncer, All For Nothing, Our Congressman, Going Ga-Ga, Spooky Hooky, The Soilers) Brent Seguine (identification in All Teed Up) Richard Finegan (identification in Topper) This page was last updated on: 12 February 2025