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Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Acting1893Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Biography

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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."

Acting History

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Saintly Sinners
as Uncle Clete
Gunsmoke
TVas Dobie• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Agee• 1 eps
1960
Inherit the Wind
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
The Westerner
TVas Saul• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Pat Duncan• 1 eps
1959
Law of the Plainsman
TVas Bartender• 1 eps
1958
The Missouri Traveler
as Old Sharecropper
Maverick
TVas Ernest Plunkett• 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TVas Stableman• 1 eps
Sugarfoot
TVas The Old Man• 1 eps
1957
The D.I.
as Guard
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Old Timer• 5 eps
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
1955
Guys and Dolls
as Pitchman (uncredited)
East of Eden
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
1954
The Forty-Niners
as Hotel Clerk
1953
Thunder Over the Plains
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1952
1951
Texas Carnival
as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1950
Bunco Squad
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
as Buck Yallop
The Cisco Kid
TVas Gramps - the Organ Player / Idaho, Circle J Hand
1949
Shockproof
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita
as Jess Jenkins
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mr. Peabody
The Lone Ranger
TVas Storekeeper• 1 eps
1948
Silent Conflict
as Doc Richards
If You Knew Susie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Oklahoma Badlands
as Jonathan Walpole
Hazard
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid
as Judge Belin
Old Los Angeles
as Horatius P. Gassoway
Let's Live Again
as Novelty Salesman
1947
Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Desire Me
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (uncredited)
1946
The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
Fool's Gold
as Sandler
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Accomplice
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
Gun Town
as Sheriff
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
1945
Oregon Trail
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
The Southerner
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
The Topeka Terror
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Under Western Skies
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
Crime, Inc.
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1944
Alaska
as Tobin
The Mystery of the Riverboat
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
San Antonio Kid
as Happy Jack
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Eddie Purcell
Sensations of 1945
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Sheriff Hoag
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
Bar 20
as Tom
False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Batman
as Joe
Idaho
as Bartender
The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
Crazy House
as Barker
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
1942
Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete
Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
Inside the Law
as Police Chief
Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
The Power of God
as Tom York
1941
Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
1940
Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
My Favourite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Florian
as Concession Owner
Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
1939
Range War
as Deputy
Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Long Shot
as Collins
Panama Lady
as Foreman
Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
Porky and Teabiscuit
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
1938
Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
1937
Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
Borderland
as Major Stafford
A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
All Over Town
as Barker
Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
1936
Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
Ghost Town Gold
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
King of Burlesque
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
The Singing Cowboy
as Henry Blake
Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
Border Caballero
as Doc Shaw
Aces and Eights
as Marshal
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Ridin' On
as Henchman (uncredited)
1935
The Cyclone Ranger
as Pancho Gonzales
Little Big Shot
as Tour Barker
Paradise Canyon
as Doc Carter
The Perfect Gentleman
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Texas Rambler
as 'Flash' Carson
Cowboy G-Man
as Doc Carter
1934
Whirlpool
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Circus Clown
as Circus Barker
Two Alone
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/5/1893
Day of Death
4/14/1964
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA