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
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
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