John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s.

The family then relocated to Boise, where Hoxie worked as a packer for a US Army fort in the area, continuing to hone his skill as a horseback rider while competing in rodeos.

[5] Hoxie continued to tour with circuit rodeos until 1913, when he was approached to perform in the Western drama film short The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine.

In 1923, Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle put Hoxie under contract and soon his career was on par with those of other Western stars of the era: Art Acord, Harry Carey, and Hoot Gibson.

In 1926, Laemmle and Universal chose Jack to star as Buffalo Bill Cody in Metropolitan Pictures' The Last Frontier, co-starring William Boyd.

He made his last silent film, Forbidden Trail, in 1929, before pursuing further work in circuit rodeos, carnivals, and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show.

After a fire consumed the ranch, Hoxie returned to Wild West shows, often billed as the "Famous Western Screen Star".

Hoxie divorced Starr and married his fifth wife, Bonnie Avis Showalter, and the couple retired to a small ranch in Arkansas, then later moved to his mother Matilda's old homestead in Oklahoma.