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