Howard Hill

Howard Hill

Born: November 13, 1899
Died: February 4, 1975
in Wilsonville, Alabama, USA
Howard Hill was a skilled archer, as well as a director of short documentary films about archery. Because of his prowess with bow and arrow, he held the unofficial title "World's Greatest Archer".

Movies for Howard Hill...

Cruise of the Zaca
Title: Cruise of the Zaca
Character: Himself
Released: December 6, 1952
Type: Movie
Actor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the California Institute of Oceanography on an expedition to the South Seas aboard his schooner, The Zaca.
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Deep Sea Fishing
Title: Deep Sea Fishing
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A ten-minute short film that shows actor Errol Flynn and archer Howard Hill fishing for marlin and sail fish near Acapulco.
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Cavalcade of Archery
Title: Cavalcade of Archery
Character: Himself
Released: January 12, 1946
Type: Movie
This short tells the story of archery through the ages, mostly using Warner Brothers archive footage. Noted archer Howard Hill demonstrates his skills with various trick shots.
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The Man Killers
Title: The Man Killers
Character: Himself
Released: May 29, 1943
Type: Movie
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Wild Boar Hunt
Title: Wild Boar Hunt
Character: Himself
Released: January 21, 1940
Type: Movie
This short film showcases the skills of Howard Hill, known as the "World's Greatest Archer".
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Sword Fishing
Title: Sword Fishing
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Sword Fishing is a 1939 short documentary film about a group of fisherman, including Howard Hill, "the world's greatest archer," who go in search of marlin off the California coast. With fishing line attached to his arrow, Hill plans to spear the fish, which would then be brought aboard the boat by rod and reel. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel at the 12th Academy Awards.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Captain of Archers (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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The Singing Buckaroo
Title: The Singing Buckaroo
Character: Maneeto, Grant's Indian Friend
Released: January 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses to pay them. They then decide to double cross him and get the money for themselves. Gordon is trying to protect Barbara and he must not only take care of the two henchmen, but also Gifford and his phony Sheriff.
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The Last Wilderness
Title: The Last Wilderness
Character: Self
Released: May 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Archery expert Howard Hill and a cameraman go to Wyoming to film this wild-animal three-reel short. Besides the scenery, the scenes include a buffalo killed by an arrow shot by Hill (for food); a wildcat and a coyote in a battle, and a fight-to-the-death between a mother bear protecting her cubs against a killer male bear.
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Treason
Title: Treason
Character: The Husband
Released: September 29, 1918
Type: Movie
Engrossed in the perfection of a new high power explosive, the husband seems to neglect his wife. She is further piqued by the introduction into their home of a man whose presence is unexplained, but who is really a Secret Service operative guarding the invention. The Government has asked that the wife be kept in ignorance. In this frame of mind the wife lends a ready ear to Aachen, who suggests that the husband be taught a lesson by the abstraction of this all-absorbing formula. Through this means he gets the formula, but in the end the Government gathers him in, and the only permanent result is a needed lesson to the innocent little traitor.