Earle Hodgins

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."

Known For

Old Sharecropper

The Missouri Traveler

Doc Carter

Paradise Canyon

Coroner

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Jim Barton

Scattergood Baines

Deputy

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Auctioneer (uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High

Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Smoke Tree Range

Buck Yallop

The Savage Horde

Reporter Earle (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)

Aces and Eights

Jack Dunn

Law for Tombstone

Police Chief

Inside the Law

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

Rancho

The Young Guns

Police Detective (uncredited)

Sensations of 1945

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

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

Jim Belman

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Sourdough

Riders of the Deadline

Joshua Colter

Unexpected Guest

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 (as Earl Hodgins)

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

Ike

King of the Cowboys

Bartender

Idaho

Tom

Bar 20

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

185

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-10-05

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Earl Hodges