
Earle Hodgins
Known for Acting · 216 credits
- Born
- 1893-10-05
- Died
- 1964-04-14
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Earl Hodges · Earl Hodgin · Earl Hodgins · Earl Hudgins
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".
Known For
TV Shows (25)

Lassie
1954

Dragnet
1951

Maverick
1957
as Johnson / Ernest Plunkett

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Agee

The Rifleman
1958

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Old Timer

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Pat Duncan

Rawhide
1959

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stableman

The Lone Ranger
1949
as Storekeeper

Gunsmoke
1955
as Uncle Oliver / Tubby / Dobie / Judge

The Westerner
1960
as Saul

Mister Ed
1961

Sugarfoot
1957
as The Old Man
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Gramps - the Organ Player / Idaho, Circle J Hand

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951

Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Bartender

Mr. Lucky
1959

Boston Blackie
1951

City Detective
1953

Hopalong Cassidy
1952

Harbor Command
1957

Guestward, Ho!
1960

Wichita Town
1959
Movies (191)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High
1942
as Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

East of Eden
1955
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl
1946
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

Westward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Batman
1943
as Joe

Inherit the Wind
1960
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

Guys and Dolls
1955
as Pitchman (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Barker (uncredited)

The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)

Whirlpool
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Dodge City
1939
as Spieler (uncredited)

The Southerner
1945
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

Frontier Town
1938
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Desire Me
1947
as Festival Barker (uncredited)

Crazy House
1943
as Barker

Texas Carnival
1951
as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)

Borderland
1937
as Major Stafford

Shockproof
1949
as Race Caller (Uncredited)

Panama Lady
1939
as Foreman

Fall In
1942
as Cigar Store Customer

Texas Trail
1937
as Major Jordan

Canadian Pacific
1949
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow
1944

The Sea of Grass
1947
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Crime, Inc.
1945
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Oh, Susanna
1936
as Professor Ezekial Daniels

Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Medicine Man (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife
1940
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Boom Town
1940
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Florian
1940
as Concession Owner

Alaska
1944
as Tobin

My Favorite Spy
1942
as 2nd Speaker in Park

Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Hinkle--Barker

Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)

Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Sourdough

Little Big Shot
1935
as Tour Barker

Unexpected Guest
1947
as Joshua Colter

City of Bad Men
1953
as Cooch

Mountain Justice
1937
as Wheel of Life Barker

Calling Dr. Death
1943

The Marauders
1947
as County Clerk Tom

Whispering Smith
1948

Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

The Long Shot
1939
as Collins

Colt Comrades
1943
as Wildcat Willie

Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Next Time I Marry
1938
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Idaho
1943
as Bartender

The D.I.
1957
as Guard

The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Joseph Abernathy

Where Danger Lives
1950
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

Headin' East
1937
as Fred W. Calhoun

Pride of the West
1938
as Tom Martin

King of Burlesque
1936
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

Silver Queen
1942
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Rustler's Round-up
1946
as Sheriff Fin Elder

King of the Cowboys
1943
as Ike

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Circus Barker (uncredited)

Crash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)

The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Old Sharecropper

The Spellbinder
1939
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

Borrowed Trouble
1948
as Sheriff

Keep 'Em Flying
1941
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Paradise Canyon
1935
as Doc Carter

Oregon Trail
1945
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

Silent Conflict
1948
as Doc Richards

Oklahoma Badlands
1948
as Jonathan Walpole

Accomplice
1946
as Marshal Jeff Bailey

Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Jim Belman

Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Stagecoach Guard

Key Witness
1947
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

The Range Busters
1940
as Uncle Rolf

Saintly Sinners
1962
as Uncle Clete

The Savage Horde
1950
as Buck Yallop

Bunco Squad
1950
as Professor Markett (uncredited)

Range War
1939
as Deputy

Sheriff of Wichita
1949
as Jess Jenkins

The Forty-Niners
1954
as Hotel Clerk

USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
as Show Barker (uncredited)

Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Guns Along The Trail
1935
as Dr. Carter

The Power of God
1942
as Tom York

The Cyclone Ranger
1935
as Pancho Gonzales

Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Hiram T. Cochran

Partners of the Plains
1938
as Sheriff

False Colors
1943
as Lawyer Jay Griffin

The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Carnival Barker

Hazard
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan
1939
as Sideshow Barker

Red River Robin Hood
1942
as Deputy Pete

Border Patrol
1943
as Cook

The Young Guns
1956
as Rancho

Mexican Spitfire
1940
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

Las Vegas Nights
1941
as Barker at Fickle Fanny

Lawless Valley
1938
as Sheriff Heck Hampton

Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Coroner

Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Heckler (uncredited)

Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mr. Peabody

The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

If You Knew Susie
1948
as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Trail of Vengeance
1937
as Buck Andrews

Crime of the Century
1946
as Eddie

Men Against the Sky
1940
as Barker

Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Eddie Purcell

Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
as Barkey McCusky

Firebrands of Arizona
1944
as Sheriff Hoag

The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
as 'Doc' Sawyer

Sensations of 1945
1944
as Police Detective (uncredited)

Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Fight Referee (uncredited)

Range Defenders
1937
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Judge Peabody

The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Call of the Canyon
1942
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
About Earle Hodgins
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, Lawm… With 216 credits spanning from 1934 to 1962, Earle Hodgins has appeared in 191 films and 25 TV shows.
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- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
- Scattergood Rides High (1942) — as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
- East of Eden (1955) — as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) — as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
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