Willard Tobe Hooper (1943 - 2017)

Born 25 Jan 1943 in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

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Died 26 Aug 2017 at age 74 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Tobe Hooper is Notable.

Tobe Hooper was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre

Tobe was born in 1943. His productions include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), the television mini-series of Salem's Lot (1979), The Funhouse (1981), and Poltergeist (1982), based on a story by Steven Spielberg. The British Film Institute cited him as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time. He died in 2017.

Sources

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDP9-QW4 : 1 January 2015), Willard Jobe Hooper, 25 Jan 1943; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KT72-55D : 23 May 2014), Wtobe Hooper, Residence, Sherman Oaks, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Tobe Hooper
• Wikidata: Item Q450728, en:Wikipedia