
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."
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Filmography

Saintly Sinners
Movie · as Uncle Clete

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Mister Ed
TV · 1 ep

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

Guestward, Ho!
TV · 1 ep

The Westerner
TV · as Saul · 1 ep

Mr. Lucky
TV · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Agee · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV

Law of the Plainsman
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep

Wichita Town
TV · 2 eps

The Missouri Traveler
Movie · as Old Sharecropper

The Donna Reed Show
TV · 1 ep

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Stableman · 1 ep

The Rifleman
TV · 1 ep

The D.I.
Movie · as Guard

Maverick
TV · as Johnson, Ernest Plunkett · 1 ep

Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Old Timer · 5 eps

Sugarfoot
TV · as The Old Man · 1 ep

Harbor Command
TV · 1 ep

The Young Guns
Movie · as Rancho

Friendly Persuasion
Movie · as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie · as Medicine Man (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Pat Duncan · 1 ep

Guys and Dolls
Movie · as Pitchman (uncredited)

East of Eden
Movie · as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

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

The Forty-Niners
Movie · as Hotel Clerk

Lassie
TV · 1 ep

Thunder Over the Plains
Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Great Jesse James Raid
Movie · as 'Soapy' Smith

City of Bad Men
Movie · as Cooch

City Detective
TV · 1 ep

Boots Malone
Movie · as Owner (uncredited)

Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep

Westward the Women
Movie · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Texas Carnival
Movie · as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

Dragnet
TV · 1 ep

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · 3 eps

Boston Blackie
TV · 2 eps

The Savage Horde
Movie · as Buck Yallop

Bunco Squad
Movie · as Professor Markett (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives
Movie · as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

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

Shockproof
Movie · as Race Caller (Uncredited)

Radio Riot
Movie

Sheriff of Wichita
Movie · as Jess Jenkins

Slightly French
Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Henry, the Rainmaker
Movie · as Mr. Peabody

Canadian Pacific
Movie · as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

The Great Dan Patch
Movie · as Driver (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger
TV · as Storekeeper · 1 ep

Silent Conflict
Movie · as Doc Richards

Whispering Smith
Movie

Borrowed Trouble
Movie · as Sheriff

If You Knew Susie
Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Hazard
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

The Main Street Kid
Movie · as Judge Belin

Old Los Angeles
Movie · as Horatius P. Gassoway

Oklahoma Badlands
Movie · as Jonathan Walpole

Let's Live Again
Movie · as Novelty Salesman

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Movie · as Joe - The Dog Handler

Hollywood Barn Dance
Movie · as Francis D. Cartwright

Vigilantes of Boomtown
Movie · as Governor

Key Witness
Movie · as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Unexpected Guest
Movie · as Joshua Colter

Oregon Trail Scouts
Movie · as The Judge

The Marauders
Movie · as County Clerk Tom

Fun on a Weekend
Movie · as Heckler (uncredited)

Desire Me
Movie · as Festival Barker (uncredited)

Accomplice
Movie · as Marshal Jeff Bailey

Valley of the Zombies
Movie · as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie · as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Crime of the Century
Movie · as Eddie

Fool's Gold
Movie · as Sandler

Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Barker (uncredited)

Rustler's Round-up
Movie · as Sheriff Fin Elder

That Brennan Girl
Movie · as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

The Last Crooked Mile
Movie · as Carnival Barker

Traffic in Crime
Movie · as Bartender

Gun Town
Movie · as Sheriff

The Devil's Playground
Movie · as Deputy Dan'l

Down Missouri Way
Movie · as Press Agent

Gallant Journey
Movie · as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

My Pal Trigger
Movie · as Race Spectator (uncredited)

Crime, Inc.
Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Oregon Trail
Movie · as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

The Topeka Terror
Movie · as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

The Southerner
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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

Under Western Skies
Movie · as Mayor Dave Mayfield

San Antonio Kid
Movie · as Happy Jack

Alaska
Movie · as Tobin

Sensations of 1945
Movie · as Police Detective (uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow
Movie

Firebrands of Arizona
Movie · as Sheriff Hoag

Hidden Valley Outlaws
Movie · as Eddie Purcell

Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie · as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Movie · as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Death
Movie

Hoppy Serves a Writ
Movie · as Jim Belman

Riders of the Deadline
Movie · as Sourdough

The Avenging Rider
Movie · as Deputy Joe

The Lone Star Trail
Movie · as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Movie · as Judge Higgins

Colt Comrades
Movie · as Wildcat Willie

Border Patrol
Movie · as Cook

Idaho
Movie · as Bartender

Bar 20
Movie · as Tom

King of the Cowboys
Movie · as Ike

False Colors
Movie · as Lawyer Jay Griffin

Batman
Movie · as Joe

Crazy House
Movie · as Barker

Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie · as Coroner

Scattergood Rides High
Movie · as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Inside the Law
Movie · as Police Chief

The Pride of the Yankees
Movie · as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

Riding the Wind
Movie · as Bert MacLeod

The Old Chisholm Trail
Movie · as Chief Hopping Crow

Shut My Big Mouth
Movie · as Stagecoach Guard

USS VD: Ship of Shame
Movie · as Show Barker (uncredited)

Red River Robin Hood
Movie · as Deputy Pete

Call of the Canyon
Movie · as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

Undercover Man
Movie · as Sheriff Blackton

Deep in the Heart of Texas
Movie · as Judge Peabody

Silver Queen
Movie · as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Spoilers
Movie · as Miner (uncredited)

Fall In
Movie · as Cigar Store Customer

My Favorite Spy
Movie · as 2nd Speaker in Park

The Power of God
Movie · as Tom York

The Bashful Bachelor
Movie · as Joseph Abernathy

Scattergood Baines
Movie · as Jim Barton

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie · as Deputy

Criminals Within
Movie · as Wallace

Sailors on Leave
Movie · as Con Man (uncredited)

Sierra Sue
Movie · as Brandywine

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie · as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying
Movie · as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Las Vegas Nights
Movie · as Barker at Fickle Fanny

Santa Fe Marshal
Movie · as Rufus Tate

The Range Busters
Movie · as Uncle Rolf

Mexican Spitfire
Movie · as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Movie · as 'Doc' Sawyer

Boss of Bullion City
Movie · as Mike Calhoun

Bad Man from Red Butte
Movie · as Hiram T. Cochran

Law and Order
Movie · as Sheriff Fin Elder

Under Texas Skies
Movie · as Town Barber

Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie · as Medicine Man

Boom Town
Movie · as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife
Movie · as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Men Against the Sky
Movie · as Barker

Florian
Movie · as Concession Owner

Almost a Gentleman
Movie · as Sheriff Ira Willis

Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie · as Hinkle--Barker

The Long Shot
Movie · as Collins

Dodge City
Movie · as Spieler (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat
Movie · as Fisherman (uncredited)

The Spellbinder
Movie · as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie · as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan
Movie · as Sideshow Barker

Range War
Movie · as Deputy

Panama Lady
Movie · as Foreman

Porky and Teabiscuit
Movie · as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

Barefoot Boy
Movie · as Sheriff

Pride of the West
Movie · as Tom Martin

The Rangers' Round-Up
Movie · as Doc Aikman

Call The Mesquiteers
Movie · as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

The Old Barn Dance
Movie · as Terwilliger

The Purple Vigilantes
Movie · as J. T. McAllister

Partners of the Plains
Movie · as Sheriff

Under Western Stars
Movie · as Radio Announcer

Frontier Town
Movie · as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Next Time I Marry
Movie · as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Tarnished Angel
Movie · as Revivalist

Lawless Valley
Movie · as Sheriff Heck Hampton

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Movie · as Circus Barker (uncredited)

Smoke Tree Range
Movie · as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Law for Tombstone
Movie · as Jack Dunn

Roaring Six Guns
Movie · as Sundown

All Over Town
Movie · as Barker

A Lawman Is Born
Movie · as Sheriff Rock Lance

Heroes of the Alamo
Movie · as Stephen F. Austin

Sky Racket
Movie · as Henchman Spike Hodgins

Range Defenders
Movie · as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

Mountain Justice
Movie · as Wheel of Life Barker

Borderland
Movie · as Major Stafford

I Cover the War!
Movie · as Blake

Headin' East
Movie · as Fred W. Calhoun

Hills of Old Wyoming
Movie · as Thompson

Texas Trail
Movie · as Major Jordan

Get Rich Quick Porky
Movie · as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

Trail of Vengeance
Movie · as Buck Andrews

Outlaws of the Prairie
Movie · as Neepah

Porky's Garden
Movie · as Huckster (voice)

Round-Up Time in Texas
Movie · as Barkey McCusky

Aces and Eights
Movie · as Marshal

King of Burlesque
Movie · as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

The Village Smithy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Oh, Susanna
Movie · as Professor Ezekial Daniels

Guns and Guitars
Movie · as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

The Singing Cowboy
Movie · as Henry Blake

Border Caballero
Movie · as Doc Shaw

Ticket to Paradise
Movie · as Cab Starter

Crash Donovan
Movie · as Patrolman (uncredited)

Ridin' On
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

Ghost Town Gold
Movie · as Fight Referee (uncredited)

The Walking Dead
Movie

Paradise Canyon
Movie · as Doc Carter

The Cyclone Ranger
Movie · as Pancho Gonzales

Guns Along The Trail
Movie · as Dr. Carter

The Perfect Gentleman
Movie · as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Texas Rambler
Movie · as 'Flash' Carson

Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie · as Doc Cody

Little Big Shot
Movie · as Tour Barker

Cowboy G-Man
Movie · as Doc Carter

The Circus Clown
Movie · as Circus Barker

Two Alone
Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Whirlpool
Movie · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

