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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 5, 1893
Place of Birth:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Earle Hodgins
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners | Uncle Clete |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Clute Dumfries (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveler | Old Sharecropper |
| 1957 | The D.I. | Guard |
| 1956 | The Young Guns | Rancho |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive | Medicine Man (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Pitchman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Forty-Niners | Hotel Clerk |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid | 'Soapy' Smith |
| 1953 | City of Bad Men | Cooch |
| 1951 | Westward the Women | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde | Buck Yallop |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | Professor Markett (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives | Postville Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Shockproof | Race Caller (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | Radio Riot | |
| 1949 | Sheriff of Wichita | Jess Jenkins |
| 1949 | Slightly French | Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Henry, the Rainmaker | Mr. Peabody |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific | Sandy McNair (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Silent Conflict | Doc Richards |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | |
| 1948 | Borrowed Trouble | Sheriff |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hazard | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Main Street Kid | Judge Belin |
| 1948 | Old Los Angeles | Horatius P. Gassoway |
| 1948 | Oklahoma Badlands | Jonathan Walpole |
| 1948 | Let's Live Again | Novelty Salesman |
| 1947 | The Return of Rin Tin Tin | Joe - The Dog Handler |
| 1947 | Hollywood Barn Dance | Francis D. Cartwright |
| 1947 | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Governor |
| 1947 | Key Witness | Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Unexpected Guest | Joshua Colter |
| 1947 | Oregon Trail Scouts | The Judge |
| 1947 | The Marauders | County Clerk Tom |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend | Heckler (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Accomplice | Jeff Bailey |
| 1946 | Valley of the Zombies | Fred Mays (Fred Murks) |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Crime of the Century | Eddie |
| 1946 | Fool's Gold | Sandler |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Barker (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Rustler's Round-up | Sheriff Fin Elder |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl | Street Car Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Carnival Barker |
| 1946 | Traffic in Crime | Bartender |
| 1946 | Gun Town | Sheriff |
| 1946 | The Devil's Playground | Deputy Dan'l |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Press Agent |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | Mahoney's Barker (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Crime, Inc. | Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Oregon Trail | Judge J. Frothingham Smythe |
| 1945 | The Topeka Terror | Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale |
| 1945 | The Southerner | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Her Favorite Patient | Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Under Western Skies | Mayor Dave Mayfield |
| 1944 | San Antonio Kid | Happy Jack |
| 1944 | Alaska | Tobin |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | |
| 1944 | Firebrands of Arizona | Sheriff Hoag |
| 1944 | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Eddie Purcell |
| 1944 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Jean Duval [Ch. 5] |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Reporter Earle (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Calling Dr. Death | |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Jim Belman |
| 1943 | Riders of the Deadline | Sourdough |
| 1943 | The Avenging Rider | Deputy Joe |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Mayor Cyrus Jenkins |
| 1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Judge Higgins |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades | Wildcat Willie |
| 1943 | Border Patrol | Cook |
| 1943 | Idaho | Bartender |
| 1943 | Bar 20 | Tom |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Ike |
| 1943 | False Colors | Lawyer Jay Griffin |
| 1943 | Batman | Joe |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Barker |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Coroner |
| 1942 | Scattergood Rides High | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Inside the Law | Police Chief |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Bottle Game Operator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Riding the Wind | Bert MacLeod |
| 1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Chief Hopping Crow |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Stagecoach Guard |
| 1942 | USS VD: Ship of Shame | Show Barker (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Red River Robin Hood | Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1942 | Call of the Canyon | Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Undercover Man | Sheriff Blackton |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Judge Peabody |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Fall In | Cigar Store Customer |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | 2nd Speaker in Park |
| 1942 | The Power of God | Tom York |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor | Joseph Abernathy |
| 1941 | Scattergood Baines | Jim Barton |
| 1941 | Scattergood Pulls the Strings | Deputy |
| 1941 | Criminals Within | Wallace |
| 1941 | Sailors on Leave | Con Man (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sierra Sue | Brandywine |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Keep 'Em Flying | Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Las Vegas Nights | Barker at Fickle Fanny |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Marshal | Rufus Tate |
| 1940 | The Range Busters | Uncle Rolf |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire | H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer |
| 1940 | The Sagebrush Family Trails West | 'Doc' Sawyer |
| 1940 | Boss of Bullion City | Mike Calhoun |
| 1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte | Hiram T. Cochran |
| 1940 | Law and Order | Sheriff Fin Elder |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies | Town Barber |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Medicine Man |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Rodeo Barker (uncredited) |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife | Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky | Barker |
| 1940 | Florian | Concession Owner |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman | Sheriff Ira Willis |
| 1939 | Daredevils of the Red Circle | Hinkle--Barker |
| 1939 | The Long Shot | Collins |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Spieler (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Spellbinder | First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Horse Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan | Sideshow Barker |
| 1939 | Range War | Deputy |
| 1939 | Panama Lady | Foreman |
| 1938 | Barefoot Boy | Sheriff |
| 1938 | Pride of the West | Tom Martin |
| 1938 | The Rangers' Round-Up | Doc Aikman |
| 1938 | Call The Mesquiteers | 'Doctor' Algernon Irving |
| 1938 | The Old Barn Dance | Terwilliger |
| 1938 | The Purple Vigilantes | J. T. McAllister |
| 1938 | Partners of the Plains | Sheriff |
| 1938 | Under Western Stars | Radio Announcer |
| 1938 | Frontier Town | Frontier City Rodeo Announcer |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Hitchhiking Preacher |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel | Revivalist |
| 1938 | Lawless Valley | Sheriff Heck Hampton |
| 1938 | Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Circus Barker (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Smoke Tree Range | Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1937 | Law for Tombstone | Jack Dunn |
| 1937 | Roaring Six Guns | Sundown |
| 1937 | All Over Town | Barker |
| 1937 | A Lawman Is Born | Sheriff Rock Lance |
| 1937 | Heroes of the Alamo | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1937 | Sky Racket | Henchman Spike Hodgins |
| 1937 | Range Defenders | Sheriff Honest Dan Gray |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Wheel of Life Barker |
| 1937 | Borderland | Major Stafford |
| 1937 | I Cover the War! | Blake |
| 1937 | Headin' East | Fred W. Calhoun |
| 1937 | Hills of Old Wyoming | Thompson |
| 1937 | Texas Trail | Major Jordan |
| 1937 | Get Rich Quick Porky | Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Trail of Vengeance | Buck Andrews |
| 1937 | Outlaws of the Prairie | Neepah |
| 1937 | Porky's Garden | Huckster (voice) |
| 1937 | Round-Up Time in Texas | Barkey McCusky |
| 1936 | Aces and Eights | Marshal (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1936 | King of Burlesque | Burlesque Barker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Village Smithy | Narrator (voice) |
| 1936 | Oh, Susanna | Professor Ezekial Daniels |
| 1936 | Guns and Guitars | Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1936 | The Singing Cowboy | Henry Blake |
| 1936 | Border Caballero | Doc Shaw |
| 1936 | Ticket to Paradise | Cab Starter |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Ridin' On | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon | Doc Carter |
| 1935 | The Cyclone Ranger | Pancho Gonzales |
| 1935 | Guns Along The Trail | Dr. Carter |
| 1935 | The Perfect Gentleman | Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Texas Rambler | 'Flash' Carson |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie | Doc Cody |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Tour Barker |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown | Circus Barker |
| 1934 | Two Alone | Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Mister Ed | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Saul |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Agee |
| 1959 | Rawhide | |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Bartender |
| 1959 | Wichita Town | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Stableman |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Johnson |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Old Timer |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | The Old Man |
| 1957 | Harbor Command | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Ernest Plunkett |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Pat Duncan |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Uncle Oliver |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tubby |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judge |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dobie |
| 1954 | Lassie | |
| 1953 | City Detective | |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Gramps - the Organ Player |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Idaho, Circle J Hand |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Storekeeper |