Curiosidades

In late 1958 Hooker began his own production company, Littlest Pictures, Inc. His first effort as a producer grossed $65.000 in the first five months of its Allied Artists release.

Father of Buddy Joe Hooker and Billy Hank Hooker

Projected for production in 1959 were Littlest Fisherman, Littlest Giant, and Littlest Spy. Littlest Pirate, Littlest Clown, and Littlest Saint were projected to follow in 1960. None were ever produced.

The 1958 The Littlest Hobo movie spawned two Canadian syndicated television series by the same name (1963-65 and 1979-85).

In 1951 Hooker starred in a failed television pilot which was eventually released theatrically as The Adventures of the Texas Kid (1954).

His son, Buddy Joe Hooker, was a child actor known as Buddy Hart and was the human star of The Littlest Hobo. That led to a recurring role as Chester, a schoolmate of Wally Cleaver, on the popular sitcom Leave It To Beaver. As Buddy Joe Hooker, he grew up to follow in his father's footsteps and become one of Hollywood's busiest stuntmen.

Original owner of White Cloud. The horse that would become Silver on the Lone Ranger television show. Clayton Moore personally picked this horse for the show.