Earle Hodgins
Acting • Born 1893-10-05 – Died 1964-04-14
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."
Filmography
221 credits
The Missouri Traveler
Movie • 1958
Old Sharecropper
Paradise Canyon
Movie • 1935
Doc Carter
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie • 1942
Coroner
Scattergood Baines
Movie • 1941
Jim Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie • 1941
Deputy
Scattergood Rides High
Movie • 1942
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
The Savage Horde
Movie • 1950
Buck Yallop
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Movie • 1943
Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Aces and Eights
Movie • 1936
Marshal
Law for Tombstone
Movie • 1937
Jack Dunn
Inside the Law
Movie • 1942
Police Chief
Accomplice
Movie • 1946
Marshal Jeff Bailey
Barefoot Boy
Movie • 1938
Sheriff
Westward the Women
Movie • 1951
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Silent Conflict
Movie • 1948
Doc Richards
Pride of the West
Movie • 1938
Tom Martin
Santa Fe Marshal
Movie • 1940
Rufus Tate
The Cyclone Ranger
Movie • 1935
Pancho Gonzales
The Rangers' Round-Up
Movie • 1938
Doc Aikman
Call The Mesquiteers
Movie • 1938
'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Thunder Over the Plains
Movie • 1953
Auctioneer (uncredited)
King of Burlesque
Movie • 1936
Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Valley of the Zombies
Movie • 1946
Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
The Village Smithy
Movie • 1936
Narrator (voice)
Crime, Inc.
Movie • 1945
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
Movie • 1936
Professor Ezekial Daniels
Guns Along The Trail
Movie • 1935
Dr. Carter
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Movie • 1947
Joe - The Dog Handler
The Range Busters
Movie • 1940
Uncle Rolf
Roaring Six Guns
Movie • 1937
Sundown
The Old Barn Dance
Movie • 1938
Terwilliger
Guns and Guitars
Movie • 1936
Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Singing Cowboy
Movie • 1936
Henry Blake
Hollywood Barn Dance
Movie • 1947
Francis D. Cartwright
Calling Dr. Death
Movie • 1943
Oregon Trail
Movie • 1945
Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
All Over Town
Movie • 1937
Barker
San Antonio Kid
Movie • 1944
Happy Jack
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie • 1946
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
The Topeka Terror
Movie • 1945
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Shockproof
Movie • 1949
Race Caller (Uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Alaska
Movie • 1944
Tobin
Border Caballero
Movie • 1936
Doc Shaw
Ticket to Paradise
Movie • 1936
Cab Starter
Radio Riot
Movie • 1949
Whispering Smith
Movie • 1948
The Young Guns
Movie • 1956
Rancho
Sensations of 1945
Movie • 1944
Police Detective (uncredited)
Criminals Within
Movie • 1941
Wallace
The Purple Vigilantes
Movie • 1938
J. T. McAllister
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
A Lawman Is Born
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Rock Lance
Heroes of the Alamo
Movie • 1937
Stephen F. Austin
Sky Racket
Movie • 1937
Henchman Spike Hodgins
Range Defenders
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Saintly Sinners
Movie • 1962
Uncle Clete
The D.I.
Movie • 1957
Guard
Almost a Gentleman
Movie • 1939
Sheriff Ira Willis
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Movie • 1947
Governor
Partners of the Plains
Movie • 1938
Sheriff
Under Western Stars
Movie • 1938
Radio Announcer
Frontier Town
Movie • 1938
Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Next Time I Marry
Movie • 1938
Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie • 1939
Hinkle--Barker
Guys and Dolls
Movie • 1955
Pitchman (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
Movie • 1946
Eddie
Key Witness
Movie • 1947
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
Movie • 1938
Revivalist
Fool's Gold
Movie • 1946
Sandler
The Long Shot
Movie • 1939
Collins
Mountain Justice
Movie • 1937
Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland
Movie • 1937
Major Stafford
I Cover the War!
Movie • 1937
Blake
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Spieler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Movie • 1939
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
Movie • 1939
First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
Movie • 1935
Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
Movie • 1944
Sheriff Hoag
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie • 1939
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Riding the Wind
Movie • 1942
Bert MacLeod
Fixer Dugan
Movie • 1939
Sideshow Barker
Sailors on Leave
Movie • 1941
Con Man (uncredited)
East of Eden
Movie • 1955
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Headin' East
Movie • 1937
Fred W. Calhoun
Hills of Old Wyoming
Movie • 1937
Thompson
The Texas Rambler
Movie • 1935
'Flash' Carson
The Southerner
Movie • 1945
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Barker (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1960
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Texas Trail
Movie • 1937
Major Jordan
Sierra Sue
Movie • 1941
Brandywine
Mexican Spitfire
Movie • 1940
H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
The Circus Clown
Movie • 1934
Circus Barker
The Great Jesse James Raid
Movie • 1953
'Soapy' Smith
Get Rich Quick Porky
Movie • 1937
Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
City of Bad Men
Movie • 1953
Cooch
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie • 1962
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie • 1935
Doc Cody
Lawless Valley
Movie • 1938
Sheriff Heck Hampton
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Movie • 1940
'Doc' Sawyer
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
Movie • 1937
Buck Andrews
Rustler's Round-up
Movie • 1946
Sheriff Fin Elder
Boss of Bullion City
Movie • 1940
Mike Calhoun
Bad Man from Red Butte
Movie • 1940
Hiram T. Cochran
Law and Order
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
Movie • 1940
Town Barber
Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie • 1940
Medicine Man
Range War
Movie • 1939
Deputy
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
Movie • 1956
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Movie • 1943
Jim Belman
Riders of the Deadline
Movie • 1943
Sourdough
Unexpected Guest
Movie • 1947
Joshua Colter
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie • 1956
Medicine Man (uncredited)
Outlaws of the Prairie
Movie • 1937
Neepah
Borrowed Trouble
Movie • 1948
Sheriff
That Brennan Girl
Movie • 1946
Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Movie • 1938
Circus Barker (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
Movie • 1948
Auctioneer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie • 1941
Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Hazard
Movie • 1948
Doctor (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
Movie • 1940
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
Movie • 1940
Barker
Florian
Movie • 1940
Concession Owner
The Old Chisholm Trail
Movie • 1942
Chief Hopping Crow
The Main Street Kid
Movie • 1948
Judge Belin
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Carnival Barker
Traffic in Crime
Movie • 1946
Bartender
Shut My Big Mouth
Movie • 1942
Stagecoach Guard
Two Alone
Movie • 1934
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
Movie • 1935
Tour Barker
Oregon Trail Scouts
Movie • 1947
The Judge
The Avenging Rider
Movie • 1943
Deputy Joe
The Lone Star Trail
Movie • 1943
Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
USS VD: Ship of Shame
Movie • 1942
Show Barker (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
Movie • 1942
Deputy Pete
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Movie • 1944
Eddie Purcell
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Movie • 1943
Judge Higgins
Colt Comrades
Movie • 1943
Wildcat Willie
Gun Town
Movie • 1946
Sheriff
The Marauders
Movie • 1947
County Clerk Tom
Old Los Angeles
Movie • 1948
Horatius P. Gassoway
Call of the Canyon
Movie • 1942
Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Oklahoma Badlands
Movie • 1948
Jonathan Walpole
Undercover Man
Movie • 1942
Sheriff Blackton
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Movie • 1942
Judge Peabody
Silver Queen
Movie • 1942
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Miner (uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita
Movie • 1949
Jess Jenkins
Border Patrol
Movie • 1943
Cook
King of the Cowboys
Movie • 1943
Ike
Idaho
Movie • 1943
Bartender
Bar 20
Movie • 1943
Tom
False Colors
Movie • 1943
Lawyer Jay Griffin
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie • 1944
Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
The Forty-Niners
Movie • 1954
Hotel Clerk
Fall In
Movie • 1942
Cigar Store Customer
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1942
2nd Speaker in Park
The Power of God
Movie • 1942
Tom York
Slightly French
Movie • 1949
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Porky's Garden
Movie • 1937
Huckster (voice)
Henry, the Rainmaker
Movie • 1949
Mr. Peabody
Panama Lady
Movie • 1939
Foreman
Batman
Movie • 1943
Joe
Crazy House
Movie • 1943
Barker
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Heckler (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
Movie • 1936
Patrolman (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
Movie • 1950
Professor Markett (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
Movie • 1950
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
Movie • 1941
Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
Movie • 1945
Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Ridin' On
Movie • 1936
Henchman (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
Movie • 1946
Deputy Dan'l
Down Missouri Way
Movie • 1946
Press Agent
Round-Up Time in Texas
Movie • 1937
Barkey McCusky
Under Western Skies
Movie • 1945
Mayor Dave Mayfield
The Bashful Bachelor
Movie • 1942
Joseph Abernathy
Let's Live Again
Movie • 1948
Novelty Salesman
Canadian Pacific
Movie • 1949
Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
Movie • 1946
Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
Movie • 1941
Barker at Fickle Fanny
Whirlpool
Movie • 1934
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Ghost Town Gold
Movie • 1936
Fight Referee (uncredited)
Cowboy G-Man
Movie • 1935
Doc Carter
Texas Carnival
Movie • 1951
Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Porky and Teabiscuit
Movie • 1939
Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Desire Me
Movie • 1947
Festival Barker (uncredited)
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Maverick
TV • 1957
Johnson
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Uncle Oliver
Lassie
TV • 1954
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Agee
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Old Timer
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Gramps - the Organ Player
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Idaho, Circle J Hand
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Storekeeper
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Stableman
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
The Old Man
Law of the Plainsman
TV • 1959
Bartender
Wichita Town
TV • 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Pat Duncan
City Detective
TV • 1953
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Maverick
TV • 1957
Ernest Plunkett
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Tubby
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Judge
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Dobie
The Westerner
TV • 1960
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