Artist in oil and tempera and teacher, born in Leeds, where he studied at the College of Art, 1929–33, then at Royal College of Art, 1933–6, teachers including Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious. Hoodless taught at Norwich School of Art, 1936–9, then at Laird School of Art in Birkenhead, 1939–76, from 1946 being principal. Hoodless was noted for his landscapes featuring dockyard debris and decay, and he cited Seurat, Edward Wadsworth, Tristram Hillier and Graham Sutherland as influences. Hoodless was a member of Liverpool Academy and Wirral Society of Arts. His exhibitions included RA, Leeds City Art Gallery, Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool and Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport. He also showed at two galleries which hold his work: Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.