
Howard Hill
Actor · 1899 – 1975 · 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".
Movies11
Movie7.5AdventureRomanceRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · 877 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryActor 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.
Cruise of the Zaca
1952 · 8 votes
Movie6.1DocumentaryA group of fishermen, including Howard Hill, "the world's greatest archer," go in search of marlin off the California coast. With a fishing line attached to his arrow, Hill plans to spear the fish, which would then be brought aboard the boat by rod and reel.
Sword Fishing
1939 · 12 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryThis short film showcases the skills of Howard Hill, known as the "World's Greatest Archer".
Wild Boar Hunt
1940 · 2 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Howard Hill (1899-1975) was perhaps the most famous bowman (archer) of the mid 20th century (1930-50s). This short film covers some amazing skilled shooting, presented before an audience of 'admiring' younger ladies!
- Movie6.8HistoryDocumentary
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.
Cavalcade of Archery
1946 · 4 votes
Movie4.8WesternBarbara 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.
The Singing Buckaroo
1937 · 2 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryActionTembo is a 1951 American documentary film which follows the travels of hunter Howard Hill through equatorial Africa.
Tembo
1952 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
The Man Killers
1943
Movie9.0DramaEngrossed 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.
Treason
1918 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ActionDocumentaryArchery 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.
The Last Wilderness
1935 · 1 votes