Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1893
Died
April 14, 1964 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor. Early in his career, Hodgins was active in stock theater, including working in the Ralph Cloninger troupe of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Siegel Stock company of Seattle, Washington. He appeared in over 330 films and television shows between 1932 and 1963. He specialized in playing fast-talking con men—often in westerns, such as The Lone Ranger, Judge Roy Bean, The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Rawhide, Maverick, Lawman, The Rifleman, Cheyenne, Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke and Hopalong Cassidy. In the 1960-1961 season, he appeared in three episodes of Joanne Dru's ABC sitcom, Guestward, Ho! as the aging ranch wrangler known as "Lonesome." In one of those episodes, "Lonesome's Gal", he was cast opposite ZaSu Pitts. Thereafter, the two died within a year of each other. Hodgins' other television roles were as carnival barkers, medicine-show salesmen, and the like. He was known for shooing away obstreporous children from his stage, snapping at them, "Get away, son, ya bother me". Hodgins married Sue Hanley, who was described in a newspaper item as "a Seattle society girl."

Known For

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Filmography

1962
Saintly Sinners poster

Saintly Sinners

Movie · as Uncle Clete

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Movie · as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

1961
Mister Ed poster

Mister Ed

TV · 1 ep

1960
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

1960
Guestward, Ho! poster

Guestward, Ho!

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Westerner poster

The Westerner

TV · as Saul · 1 ep

1959
Mr. Lucky poster

Mr. Lucky

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Agee · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV

1959
Law of the Plainsman poster

Law of the Plainsman

TV · as Bartender · 1 ep

1959
Wichita Town poster

Wichita Town

TV · 2 eps

1958
The Missouri Traveler poster

The Missouri Traveler

Movie · as Old Sharecropper

1958
The Donna Reed Show poster

The Donna Reed Show

TV · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Stableman · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · 1 ep

1957
The D.I. poster

The D.I.

Movie · as Guard

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as Johnson, Ernest Plunkett · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Old Timer · 5 eps

1957
Sugarfoot poster

Sugarfoot

TV · as The Old Man · 1 ep

1957
Harbor Command poster

Harbor Command

TV · 1 ep

1956
The Young Guns poster

The Young Guns

Movie · as Rancho

1956
Friendly Persuasion poster

Friendly Persuasion

Movie · as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

1956
The Fastest Gun Alive poster

The Fastest Gun Alive

Movie · as Medicine Man (uncredited)

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Pat Duncan · 1 ep

1955
Guys and Dolls poster

Guys and Dolls

Movie · as Pitchman (uncredited)

1955
East of Eden poster

East of Eden

Movie · as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Uncle Oliver, Tubby, Dobie, Judge · 1 ep

1954
The Forty-Niners poster

The Forty-Niners

Movie · as Hotel Clerk

1954
Lassie poster

Lassie

TV · 1 ep

1953
Thunder Over the Plains poster

Thunder Over the Plains

Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1953
The Great Jesse James Raid poster

The Great Jesse James Raid

Movie · as 'Soapy' Smith

1953
City of Bad Men poster

City of Bad Men

Movie · as Cooch

1953
City Detective poster

City Detective

TV · 1 ep

1952
Boots Malone poster

Boots Malone

Movie · as Owner (uncredited)

1952
Hopalong Cassidy poster

Hopalong Cassidy

TV · 1 ep

1951
Westward the Women poster

Westward the Women

Movie · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

1951
Callaway Went Thataway poster

Callaway Went Thataway

Movie · as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

1951
Texas Carnival poster

Texas Carnival

Movie · as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · 1 ep

1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok poster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

TV · 3 eps

1951
Boston Blackie poster

Boston Blackie

TV · 2 eps

1950
The Savage Horde poster

The Savage Horde

Movie · as Buck Yallop

1950
Bunco Squad poster

Bunco Squad

Movie · as Professor Markett (uncredited)

1950
Where Danger Lives poster

Where Danger Lives

Movie · as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

1950
The Cisco Kid poster

The Cisco Kid

TV · as Gramps - the Organ Player, Idaho, Circle J Hand · 1 ep

1949
Shockproof poster

Shockproof

Movie · as Race Caller (Uncredited)

1949
Radio Riot poster

Radio Riot

Movie

1949
Sheriff of Wichita poster

Sheriff of Wichita

Movie · as Jess Jenkins

1949
Slightly French poster

Slightly French

Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1949
Henry, the Rainmaker poster

Henry, the Rainmaker

Movie · as Mr. Peabody

1949
Canadian Pacific poster

Canadian Pacific

Movie · as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

1949
The Great Dan Patch poster

The Great Dan Patch

Movie · as Driver (uncredited)

1949
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

TV · as Storekeeper · 1 ep

1948
Silent Conflict poster

Silent Conflict

Movie · as Doc Richards

1948
Whispering Smith poster

Whispering Smith

Movie

1948
Borrowed Trouble poster

Borrowed Trouble

Movie · as Sheriff

1948
If You Knew Susie poster

If You Knew Susie

Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1948
Hazard poster

Hazard

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

1948
The Main Street Kid poster

The Main Street Kid

Movie · as Judge Belin

1948
Old Los Angeles poster

Old Los Angeles

Movie · as Horatius P. Gassoway

1948
Oklahoma Badlands poster

Oklahoma Badlands

Movie · as Jonathan Walpole

1948
Let's Live Again poster

Let's Live Again

Movie · as Novelty Salesman

1947
The Return of Rin Tin Tin poster

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

Movie · as Joe - The Dog Handler

1947
Hollywood Barn Dance poster

Hollywood Barn Dance

Movie · as Francis D. Cartwright

1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown poster

Vigilantes of Boomtown

Movie · as Governor

1947
Key Witness poster

Key Witness

Movie · as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

1947
The Sea of Grass poster

The Sea of Grass

Movie · as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

1947
Unexpected Guest poster

Unexpected Guest

Movie · as Joshua Colter

1947
Oregon Trail Scouts poster

Oregon Trail Scouts

Movie · as The Judge

1947
The Marauders poster

The Marauders

Movie · as County Clerk Tom

1947
Fun on a Weekend poster

Fun on a Weekend

Movie · as Heckler (uncredited)

1947
Desire Me poster

Desire Me

Movie · as Festival Barker (uncredited)

1946
Accomplice poster

Accomplice

Movie · as Marshal Jeff Bailey

1946
Valley of the Zombies poster

Valley of the Zombies

Movie · as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives poster

The Best Years of Our Lives

Movie · as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

1946
Crime of the Century poster

Crime of the Century

Movie · as Eddie

1946
Fool's Gold poster

Fool's Gold

Movie · as Sandler

1946
Deadline at Dawn poster

Deadline at Dawn

Movie · as Barker (uncredited)

1946
Rustler's Round-up poster

Rustler's Round-up

Movie · as Sheriff Fin Elder

1946
That Brennan Girl poster

That Brennan Girl

Movie · as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

1946
The Last Crooked Mile poster

The Last Crooked Mile

Movie · as Carnival Barker

1946
Traffic in Crime poster

Traffic in Crime

Movie · as Bartender

1946
Gun Town poster

Gun Town

Movie · as Sheriff

1946
The Devil's Playground poster

The Devil's Playground

Movie · as Deputy Dan'l

1946
Down Missouri Way poster

Down Missouri Way

Movie · as Press Agent

1946
Gallant Journey poster

Gallant Journey

Movie · as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

1946
My Pal Trigger poster

My Pal Trigger

Movie · as Race Spectator (uncredited)

1945
Crime, Inc. poster

Crime, Inc.

Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1945
Oregon Trail poster

Oregon Trail

Movie · as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

1945
The Topeka Terror poster

The Topeka Terror

Movie · as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

1945
The Southerner poster

The Southerner

Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1945
Bedside Manner poster

Bedside Manner

Movie · as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

1945
Under Western Skies poster

Under Western Skies

Movie · as Mayor Dave Mayfield

1944
San Antonio Kid poster

San Antonio Kid

Movie · as Happy Jack

1944
Alaska poster

Alaska

Movie · as Tobin

1944
Sensations of 1945 poster

Sensations of 1945

Movie · as Police Detective (uncredited)

1944
It Happened Tomorrow poster

It Happened Tomorrow

Movie

1944
Firebrands of Arizona poster

Firebrands of Arizona

Movie · as Sheriff Hoag

1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws poster

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Movie · as Eddie Purcell

1944
Mystery of the Riverboat poster

Mystery of the Riverboat

Movie · as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day poster

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Movie · as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

1943
Calling Dr. Death poster

Calling Dr. Death

Movie

1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ poster

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Movie · as Jim Belman

1943
Riders of the Deadline poster

Riders of the Deadline

Movie · as Sourdough

1943
The Avenging Rider poster

The Avenging Rider

Movie · as Deputy Joe

1943
The Lone Star Trail poster

The Lone Star Trail

Movie · as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground poster

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Movie · as Judge Higgins

1943
Colt Comrades poster

Colt Comrades

Movie · as Wildcat Willie

1943
Border Patrol poster

Border Patrol

Movie · as Cook

1943
Idaho poster

Idaho

Movie · as Bartender

1943
Bar 20 poster

Bar 20

Movie · as Tom

1943
King of the Cowboys poster

King of the Cowboys

Movie · as Ike

1943
False Colors poster

False Colors

Movie · as Lawyer Jay Griffin

1943
Batman poster

Batman

Movie · as Joe

1943
Crazy House poster

Crazy House

Movie · as Barker

1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder poster

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Movie · as Coroner

1942
Scattergood Rides High poster

Scattergood Rides High

Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1942
Inside the Law poster

Inside the Law

Movie · as Police Chief

1942
The Pride of the Yankees poster

The Pride of the Yankees

Movie · as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

1942
Riding the Wind poster

Riding the Wind

Movie · as Bert MacLeod

1942
The Old Chisholm Trail poster

The Old Chisholm Trail

Movie · as Chief Hopping Crow

1942
Shut My Big Mouth poster

Shut My Big Mouth

Movie · as Stagecoach Guard

1942
USS VD: Ship of Shame poster

USS VD: Ship of Shame

Movie · as Show Barker (uncredited)

1942
Red River Robin Hood poster

Red River Robin Hood

Movie · as Deputy Pete

1942
Call of the Canyon poster

Call of the Canyon

Movie · as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

1942
Undercover Man poster

Undercover Man

Movie · as Sheriff Blackton

1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas poster

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Movie · as Judge Peabody

1942
Silver Queen poster

Silver Queen

Movie · as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1942
The Spoilers poster

The Spoilers

Movie · as Miner (uncredited)

1942
Fall In poster

Fall In

Movie · as Cigar Store Customer

1942
My Favorite Spy poster

My Favorite Spy

Movie · as 2nd Speaker in Park

1942
The Power of God poster

The Power of God

Movie · as Tom York

1942
The Bashful Bachelor poster

The Bashful Bachelor

Movie · as Joseph Abernathy

1941
Scattergood Baines poster

Scattergood Baines

Movie · as Jim Barton

1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings poster

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Movie · as Deputy

1941
Criminals Within poster

Criminals Within

Movie · as Wallace

1941
Sailors on Leave poster

Sailors on Leave

Movie · as Con Man (uncredited)

1941
Sierra Sue poster

Sierra Sue

Movie · as Brandywine

1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob poster

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Movie · as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

1941
Keep 'Em Flying poster

Keep 'Em Flying

Movie · as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

1941
Las Vegas Nights poster

Las Vegas Nights

Movie · as Barker at Fickle Fanny

1940
Santa Fe Marshal poster

Santa Fe Marshal

Movie · as Rufus Tate

1940
The Range Busters poster

The Range Busters

Movie · as Uncle Rolf

1940
Mexican Spitfire poster

Mexican Spitfire

Movie · as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West poster

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

Movie · as 'Doc' Sawyer

1940
Boss of Bullion City poster

Boss of Bullion City

Movie · as Mike Calhoun

1940
Bad Man from Red Butte poster

Bad Man from Red Butte

Movie · as Hiram T. Cochran

1940
Law and Order poster

Law and Order

Movie · as Sheriff Fin Elder

1940
Under Texas Skies poster

Under Texas Skies

Movie · as Town Barber

1940
Trail of the Vigilantes poster

Trail of the Vigilantes

Movie · as Medicine Man

1940
Boom Town poster

Boom Town

Movie · as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

1940
My Favorite Wife poster

My Favorite Wife

Movie · as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

1940
Men Against the Sky poster

Men Against the Sky

Movie · as Barker

1940
Florian poster

Florian

Movie · as Concession Owner

1939
Almost a Gentleman poster

Almost a Gentleman

Movie · as Sheriff Ira Willis

1939
Daredevils of the Red Circle poster

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Movie · as Hinkle--Barker

1939
The Long Shot poster

The Long Shot

Movie · as Collins

1939
Dodge City poster

Dodge City

Movie · as Spieler (uncredited)

1939
Thunder Afloat poster

Thunder Afloat

Movie · as Fisherman (uncredited)

1939
The Spellbinder poster

The Spellbinder

Movie · as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

1939
The Day the Bookies Wept poster

The Day the Bookies Wept

Movie · as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

1939
Fixer Dugan poster

Fixer Dugan

Movie · as Sideshow Barker

1939
Range War poster

Range War

Movie · as Deputy

1939
Panama Lady poster

Panama Lady

Movie · as Foreman

1939
Porky and Teabiscuit poster

Porky and Teabiscuit

Movie · as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Barefoot Boy poster

Barefoot Boy

Movie · as Sheriff

1938
Pride of the West poster

Pride of the West

Movie · as Tom Martin

1938
The Rangers' Round-Up poster

The Rangers' Round-Up

Movie · as Doc Aikman

1938
Call The Mesquiteers poster

Call The Mesquiteers

Movie · as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

1938
The Old Barn Dance poster

The Old Barn Dance

Movie · as Terwilliger

1938
The Purple Vigilantes poster

The Purple Vigilantes

Movie · as J. T. McAllister

1938
Partners of the Plains poster

Partners of the Plains

Movie · as Sheriff

1938
Under Western Stars poster

Under Western Stars

Movie · as Radio Announcer

1938
Frontier Town poster

Frontier Town

Movie · as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

1938
Next Time I Marry poster

Next Time I Marry

Movie · as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

1938
Tarnished Angel poster

Tarnished Angel

Movie · as Revivalist

1938
Lawless Valley poster

Lawless Valley

Movie · as Sheriff Heck Hampton

1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus poster

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Movie · as Circus Barker (uncredited)

1937
Smoke Tree Range poster

Smoke Tree Range

Movie · as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

1937
Law for Tombstone poster

Law for Tombstone

Movie · as Jack Dunn

1937
Roaring Six Guns poster

Roaring Six Guns

Movie · as Sundown

1937
All Over Town poster

All Over Town

Movie · as Barker

1937
A Lawman Is Born poster

A Lawman Is Born

Movie · as Sheriff Rock Lance

1937
Heroes of the Alamo poster

Heroes of the Alamo

Movie · as Stephen F. Austin

1937
Sky Racket poster

Sky Racket

Movie · as Henchman Spike Hodgins

1937
Range Defenders poster

Range Defenders

Movie · as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

1937
Mountain Justice poster

Mountain Justice

Movie · as Wheel of Life Barker

1937
Borderland poster

Borderland

Movie · as Major Stafford

1937
I Cover the War! poster

I Cover the War!

Movie · as Blake

1937
Headin' East poster

Headin' East

Movie · as Fred W. Calhoun

1937
Hills of Old Wyoming poster

Hills of Old Wyoming

Movie · as Thompson

1937
Texas Trail poster

Texas Trail

Movie · as Major Jordan

1937
Get Rich Quick Porky poster

Get Rich Quick Porky

Movie · as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Trail of Vengeance poster

Trail of Vengeance

Movie · as Buck Andrews

1937
Outlaws of the Prairie poster

Outlaws of the Prairie

Movie · as Neepah

1937
Porky's Garden poster

Porky's Garden

Movie · as Huckster (voice)

1937
Round-Up Time in Texas poster

Round-Up Time in Texas

Movie · as Barkey McCusky

1936
Aces and Eights poster

Aces and Eights

Movie · as Marshal

1936
King of Burlesque poster

King of Burlesque

Movie · as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

1936
The Village Smithy poster

The Village Smithy

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1936
Oh, Susanna poster

Oh, Susanna

Movie · as Professor Ezekial Daniels

1936
Guns and Guitars poster

Guns and Guitars

Movie · as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

1936
The Singing Cowboy poster

The Singing Cowboy

Movie · as Henry Blake

1936
Border Caballero poster

Border Caballero

Movie · as Doc Shaw

1936
Ticket to Paradise poster

Ticket to Paradise

Movie · as Cab Starter

1936
Crash Donovan poster

Crash Donovan

Movie · as Patrolman (uncredited)

1936
Ridin' On poster

Ridin' On

Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

1936
Ghost Town Gold poster

Ghost Town Gold

Movie · as Fight Referee (uncredited)

1936
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

Movie

1935
Paradise Canyon poster

Paradise Canyon

Movie · as Doc Carter

1935
The Cyclone Ranger poster

The Cyclone Ranger

Movie · as Pancho Gonzales

1935
Guns Along The Trail poster

Guns Along The Trail

Movie · as Dr. Carter

1935
The Perfect Gentleman poster

The Perfect Gentleman

Movie · as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

1935
The Texas Rambler poster

The Texas Rambler

Movie · as 'Flash' Carson

1935
Moonlight on the Prairie poster

Moonlight on the Prairie

Movie · as Doc Cody

1935
Little Big Shot poster

Little Big Shot

Movie · as Tour Barker

1935
Cowboy G-Man poster

Cowboy G-Man

Movie · as Doc Carter

1934
The Circus Clown poster

The Circus Clown

Movie · as Circus Barker

1934
Two Alone poster

Two Alone

Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1934
Whirlpool poster

Whirlpool

Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)