
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."

Old Sharecropper
The Missouri Traveler

Doc Carter
Paradise Canyon

Coroner
Scattergood Survives a Murder

Auctioneer (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High

Jim Barton
Scattergood Baines

Deputy
Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Smoke Tree Range

Buck Yallop
The Savage Horde

Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Marshal
Aces and Eights

Jack Dunn
Law for Tombstone

Police Chief
Inside the Law

Marshal Jeff Bailey
Accomplice

Sheriff
Barefoot Boy

Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Westward the Women

Doc Richards
Silent Conflict

Tom Martin
Pride of the West

Rufus Tate
Santa Fe Marshal

Pancho Gonzales
The Cyclone Ranger

Doc Aikman
The Rangers' Round-Up

'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Call The Mesquiteers

Auctioneer (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains

Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
King of Burlesque

Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Valley of the Zombies

Narrator (voice)
The Village Smithy

Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.

Professor Ezekial Daniels
Oh, Susanna

Dr. Carter
Guns Along The Trail

Joe - The Dog Handler
The Return of Rin Tin Tin

Uncle Rolf
The Range Busters

Sundown
Roaring Six Guns

Terwilliger
The Old Barn Dance

Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
Guns and Guitars

Henry Blake
The Singing Cowboy

Francis D. Cartwright
Hollywood Barn Dance

Calling Dr. Death

Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
Oregon Trail

Barker
All Over Town

Happy Jack
San Antonio Kid

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

Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
The Topeka Terror

Race Caller (Uncredited)
Shockproof

Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees

Tobin
Alaska

Doc Shaw
Border Caballero

Cab Starter
Ticket to Paradise

Radio Riot

Whispering Smith

Police Detective (uncredited)
Sensations of 1945

Rancho
The Young Guns

Wallace
Criminals Within

J. T. McAllister
The Purple Vigilantes

It Happened Tomorrow

Sheriff Rock Lance
A Lawman Is Born

Stephen F. Austin
Heroes of the Alamo

Henchman Spike Hodgins
Sky Racket

Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Range Defenders

Uncle Clete
Saintly Sinners

Guard
The D.I.

Sheriff Ira Willis
Almost a Gentleman

Governor
Vigilantes of Boomtown

Sheriff
Partners of the Plains

Radio Announcer
Under Western Stars

Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Frontier Town

Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry

Hinkle--Barker
Daredevils of the Red Circle

Pitchman (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls

Eddie
Crime of the Century

Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Key Witness

Revivalist
Tarnished Angel

Sandler
Fool's Gold

Collins
The Long Shot

Wheel of Life Barker
Mountain Justice

Major Stafford
Borderland

Blake
I Cover the War!

Spieler (uncredited)
Dodge City

Fisherman (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat

First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
The Spellbinder

Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman

Sheriff Hoag
Firebrands of Arizona

Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept

Bert MacLeod
Riding the Wind

Sideshow Barker
Fixer Dugan

Con Man (uncredited)
Sailors on Leave

Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
East of Eden

Fred W. Calhoun
Headin' East

Thompson
Hills of Old Wyoming

'Flash' Carson
The Texas Rambler

Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Southerner

Barker (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn

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

Major Jordan
Texas Trail

Brandywine
Sierra Sue

H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
Mexican Spitfire

Circus Barker
The Circus Clown

'Soapy' Smith
The Great Jesse James Raid

Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Get Rich Quick Porky

Cooch
City of Bad Men

Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Doc Cody
Moonlight on the Prairie

Sheriff Heck Hampton
Lawless Valley

'Doc' Sawyer
The Sagebrush Family Trails West

Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass

Buck Andrews
Trail of Vengeance

Sheriff Fin Elder
Rustler's Round-up

Mike Calhoun
Boss of Bullion City

Hiram T. Cochran
Bad Man from Red Butte

Sheriff Fin Elder
Law and Order

Town Barber
Under Texas Skies

Medicine Man
Trail of the Vigilantes

Deputy
Range War

Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Boom Town

Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion

Joshua Colter
Unexpected Guest

Jim Belman
Hoppy Serves a Writ

Sourdough
Riders of the Deadline

Medicine Man (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive

Neepah
Outlaws of the Prairie

Sheriff
Borrowed Trouble

Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl

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

Auctioneer (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie

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

Doctor (uncredited)
Hazard

Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife

Barker
Men Against the Sky

Concession Owner
Florian

Chief Hopping Crow
The Old Chisholm Trail

Judge Belin
The Main Street Kid

Carnival Barker
The Last Crooked Mile

Bartender
Traffic in Crime

Stagecoach Guard
Shut My Big Mouth

Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Two Alone

Tour Barker
Little Big Shot

The Judge
Oregon Trail Scouts

Deputy Joe
The Avenging Rider

Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
The Lone Star Trail

Show Barker (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame

Deputy Pete
Red River Robin Hood

Eddie Purcell
Hidden Valley Outlaws

Judge Higgins
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Wildcat Willie
Colt Comrades

Sheriff
Gun Town

County Clerk Tom
The Marauders

Horatius P. Gassoway
Old Los Angeles

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

Jonathan Walpole
Oklahoma Badlands

Sheriff Blackton
Undercover Man

Judge Peabody
Deep in the Heart of Texas

Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Silver Queen

Miner (uncredited)
The Spoilers

Jess Jenkins
Sheriff of Wichita

Cook
Border Patrol

Bartender
Idaho

Tom
Bar 20

Ike
King of the Cowboys

Lawyer Jay Griffin
False Colors

Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Mystery of the Riverboat

Hotel Clerk
The Forty-Niners

Cigar Store Customer
Fall In

2nd Speaker in Park
My Favorite Spy

Tom York
The Power of God

Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Slightly French

Huckster (voice)
Porky's Garden

Mr. Peabody
Henry, the Rainmaker

Foreman
Panama Lady

Joe
Batman

Barker
Crazy House

Heckler (Uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend

Patrolman (uncredited)
Crash Donovan

Professor Markett (uncredited)
Bunco Squad

Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives

Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying

Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Bedside Manner

Henchman (uncredited)
Ridin' On

Deputy Dan'l
The Devil's Playground

Press Agent
Down Missouri Way

Barkey McCusky
Round-Up Time in Texas

Mayor Dave Mayfield
Under Western Skies

Joseph Abernathy
The Bashful Bachelor

Novelty Salesman
Let's Live Again

Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific

Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Gallant Journey

Barker at Fickle Fanny
Las Vegas Nights

Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Whirlpool

Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Callaway Went Thataway

Fight Referee (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold

Doc Carter
Cowboy G-Man

Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Texas Carnival

Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Porky and Teabiscuit
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
190
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-10-05
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As
Earl Hodges