About

Known credits:
182
Birthday:
1893-10-05
Place of birth:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Website:
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Earle Hodgins

Overview

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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

Acting
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Actor Clute Dumfries (uncredited) 72
Good
1962 Saintly Sinners Actor Uncle Clete 58
Average
1960 Inherit the Wind Actor Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited) 66
Fair
1958 The Missouri Traveler Actor Old Sharecropper 59
Average
1957 The D.I. Actor Guard 59
Average
1956 Friendly Persuasion Actor Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited) 60
Fair
1956 The Young Guns Actor Rancho 59
Average
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive Actor Medicine Man (uncredited) 59
Average
1955 Guys and Dolls Actor Pitchman (uncredited) 61
Fair
1955 East of Eden Actor Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited) 69
Fair
1954 The Forty-Niners Actor Hotel Clerk 58
Average
1953 Thunder Over the Plains Actor Auctioneer (uncredited) 58
Average
1953 City of Bad Men Actor Cooch 59
Average
1953 The Great Jesse James Raid Actor 'Soapy' Smith 58
Average
1951 Westward the Women Actor Pioneer Woman (uncredited) 60
Fair
1950 Where Danger Lives Actor Postville Cowboy (uncredited) 59
Average
1950 Bunco Squad Actor Professor Markett (uncredited) 59
Average
1950 The Savage Horde Actor Buck Yallop 59
Average
1949 Canadian Pacific Actor Sandy McNair (uncredited) 58
Average
1949 Henry, the Rainmaker Actor Mr. Peabody N/A
N/A
1949 Radio Riot Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Slightly French Actor Carnival Barker (uncredited) 59
Average
1949 Shockproof Actor Race Caller (Uncredited) 59
Average
1949 Sheriff of Wichita Actor Jess Jenkins N/A
N/A
1948 Whispering Smith Actor 59
Average
1948 Borrowed Trouble Actor Sheriff 59
Average
1948 Hazard Actor Doctor (uncredited) 59
Average
1948 Old Los Angeles Actor Horatius P. Gassoway 58
Average
1948 Silent Conflict Actor Doc Richards N/A
N/A
1948 Let's Live Again Actor Novelty Salesman 58
Average
1948 Oklahoma Badlands Actor Jonathan Walpole 58
Average
1948 If You Knew Susie Actor Auctioneer (uncredited) 59
Average
1948 The Main Street Kid Actor Judge Belin N/A
N/A
1947 The Return of Rin Tin Tin Actor Joe - The Dog Handler 58
Average
1947 Key Witness Actor Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited) 58
Average
1947 The Marauders Actor County Clerk Tom N/A
N/A
1947 Hollywood Barn Dance Actor Francis D. Cartwright 58
Average
1947 Fun on a Weekend Actor Heckler (Uncredited) 59
Average
1947 Oregon Trail Scouts Actor The Judge N/A
N/A
1947 The Sea of Grass Actor Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited) 59
Average
1947 Unexpected Guest Actor Joshua Colter N/A
N/A
1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown Actor Governor 58
Average
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Actor Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited) 69
Fair
1946 That Brennan Girl Actor Street Car Conductor (uncredited) 58
Average
1946 The Devil's Playground Actor Deputy Dan'l 58
Average
1946 Fool's Gold Actor Sandler N/A
N/A
1946 Accomplice Actor Jeff Bailey 58
Average
1946 Down Missouri Way Actor Press Agent N/A
N/A
1946 The Last Crooked Mile Actor Carnival Barker 58
Average
1946 Rustler's Round-up Actor Sheriff Fin Elder N/A
N/A
1946 Traffic in Crime Actor Bartender 59
Average
1946 Valley of the Zombies Actor Fred Mays (Fred Murks) 58
Average
1946 Deadline at Dawn Actor Barker (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 Crime of the Century Actor Eddie 59
Average
1946 Gun Town Actor Sheriff N/A
N/A
1945 Oregon Trail Actor Judge J. Frothingham Smythe N/A
N/A
1945 Her Favorite Patient Actor Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 The Southerner Actor Wedding Guest (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 Crime, Inc. Actor Carnival Barker (uncredited) 58
Average
1945 The Topeka Terror Actor Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale 59
Average
1945 Under Western Skies Actor Mayor Dave Mayfield 59
Average
1944 Firebrands of Arizona Actor Sheriff Hoag 59
Average
1944 Alaska Actor Tobin 59
Average
1944 Mystery of the Riverboat Actor Jean Duval [Ch. 5] 59
Average
1944 San Antonio Kid Actor Happy Jack N/A
N/A
1944 Sensations of 1945 Actor Police Detective (uncredited) 59
Average
1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws Actor Eddie Purcell N/A
N/A
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Actor 59
Average
1943 Calling Dr. Death Actor 59
Average
1943 Riders of the Deadline Actor Sourdough 58
Average
1943 False Colors Actor Lawyer Jay Griffin 58
Average
1943 Crazy House Actor Barker 59
Average
1943 Bar 20 Actor Tom 58
Average
1943 The Lone Star Trail Actor Mayor Cyrus Jenkins 59
Average
1943 Batman Actor Joe 60
Fair
1943 Colt Comrades Actor Wildcat Willie 59
Average
1943 The Avenging Rider Actor Deputy Joe N/A
N/A
1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day Actor Reporter Earle (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 King of the Cowboys Actor Ike 59
Average
1943 Border Patrol Actor Cook 59
Average
1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ Actor Jim Belman 59
Average
1943 Idaho Actor Bartender 59
Average
1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground Actor Judge Higgins N/A
N/A
1942 The Old Chisholm Trail Actor Chief Hopping Crow 59
Average
1942 Fall In Actor Cigar Store Customer 59
Average
1942 Silver Queen Actor Desk Clerk (uncredited) 58
Average
1942 Red River Robin Hood Actor Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins) 59
Average
1942 Undercover Man Actor Sheriff Blackton 59
Average
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder Actor Coroner 58
Average
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas Actor Judge Peabody 59
Average
1942 Call of the Canyon Actor Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited) 59
Average
1942 The Pride of the Yankees Actor Bottle Game Operator (uncredited) 61
Fair
1942 My Favorite Spy Actor 2nd Speaker in Park 59
Average
1942 The Spoilers Actor Miner (uncredited) 59
Average
1942 Inside the Law Actor Police Chief 59
Average
1942 Scattergood Rides High Actor Auctioneer (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1942 The Bashful Bachelor Actor Joseph Abernathy 58
Average
1942 Riding the Wind Actor Bert MacLeod N/A
N/A
1942 Shut My Big Mouth Actor Stagecoach Guard 59
Average
1942 The Power of God Actor Tom York N/A
N/A
1942 USS VD: Ship of Shame Actor Show Barker (uncredited) 58
Average
1941 Keep 'Em Flying Actor Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited) 59
Average
1941 Sierra Sue Actor Brandywine N/A
N/A
1941 Sailors on Leave Actor Con Man (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1941 Criminals Within Actor Wallace 59
Average
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings Actor Deputy N/A
N/A
1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob Actor Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited) 58
Average
1941 Scattergood Baines Actor Jim Barton 58
Average
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes Actor Medicine Man N/A
N/A
1940 Law and Order Actor Sheriff Fin Elder N/A
N/A
1940 Under Texas Skies Actor Town Barber 58
Average
1940 Men Against the Sky Actor Barker 58
Average
1940 Boom Town Actor Rodeo Barker (uncredited) 60
Fair
1940 The Range Busters Actor Uncle Rolf 58
Average
1940 Florian Actor Concession Owner 58
Average
1940 Bad Man from Red Butte Actor Hiram T. Cochran 58
Average
1940 My Favorite Wife Actor Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited) 61
Fair
1940 Boss of Bullion City Actor Mike Calhoun 58
Average
1940 Santa Fe Marshal Actor Rufus Tate 59
Average
1940 The Sagebrush Family Trails West Actor 'Doc' Sawyer N/A
N/A
1940 Mexican Spitfire Actor H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer 58
Average
1939 Thunder Afloat Actor Fisherman (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 The Day the Bookies Wept Actor Horse Auctioneer (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 Range War Actor Deputy N/A
N/A
1939 The Spellbinder Actor First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited) 59
Average
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle Actor Hinkle--Barker 59
Average
1939 Panama Lady Actor Foreman 59
Average
1939 Fixer Dugan Actor Sideshow Barker 59
Average
1939 Dodge City Actor Spieler (uncredited) 60
Fair
1939 Almost a Gentleman Actor Sheriff Ira Willis 59
Average
1939 The Long Shot Actor Collins 59
Average
1938 Next Time I Marry Actor Hitchhiking Preacher 59
Average
1938 Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus Actor Circus Barker (uncredited) 58
Average
1938 Lawless Valley Actor Sheriff Heck Hampton 58
Average
1938 Tarnished Angel Actor Revivalist 59
Average
1938 Barefoot Boy Actor Sheriff 59
Average
1938 Pride of the West Actor Tom Martin N/A
N/A
1938 Under Western Stars Actor Radio Announcer 58
Average
1938 Call The Mesquiteers Actor 'Doctor' Algernon Irving 58
Average
1938 Frontier Town Actor Frontier City Rodeo Announcer 59
Average
1938 The Rangers' Round-Up Actor Doc Aikman 58
Average
1938 The Old Barn Dance Actor Terwilliger 58
Average
1938 The Purple Vigilantes Actor J. T. McAllister 58
Average
1938 Partners of the Plains Actor Sheriff N/A
N/A
1937 Headin' East Actor Fred W. Calhoun N/A
N/A
1937 Outlaws of the Prairie Actor Neepah 58
Average
1937 Texas Trail Actor Major Jordan 59
Average
1937 Law for Tombstone Actor Jack Dunn N/A
N/A
1937 Sky Racket Actor Henchman Spike Hodgins 58
Average
1937 Porky's Garden Actor Huckster (voice) 59
Average
1937 Roaring Six Guns Actor Sundown 59
Average
1937 Get Rich Quick Porky Actor Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited) 59
Average
1937 All Over Town Actor Barker 59
Average
1937 Heroes of the Alamo Actor Stephen F. Austin 59
Average
1937 I Cover the War! Actor Blake 58
Average
1937 Range Defenders Actor Sheriff Honest Dan Gray 58
Average
1937 A Lawman Is Born Actor Sheriff Rock Lance 58
Average
1937 Smoke Tree Range Actor Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins) N/A
N/A
1937 Mountain Justice Actor Wheel of Life Barker 59
Average
1937 Hills of Old Wyoming Actor Thompson N/A
N/A
1937 Trail of Vengeance Actor Buck Andrews N/A
N/A
1937 Round-Up Time in Texas Actor Barkey McCusky 59
Average
1937 Borderland Actor Major Stafford N/A
N/A
1936 The Village Smithy Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1936 Oh, Susanna Actor Professor Ezekial Daniels 59
Average
1936 Crash Donovan Actor Patrolman (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1936 Ticket to Paradise Actor Cab Starter 59
Average
1936 Guns and Guitars Actor Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins) 58
Average
1936 Aces and Eights Actor Marshal (as Earl Hodgins) 59
Average
1936 The Singing Cowboy Actor Henry Blake 58
Average
1936 Border Caballero Actor Doc Shaw 59
Average
1936 Ridin' On Actor Henchman (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1936 King of Burlesque Actor Burlesque Barker (uncredited) 58
Average
1935 The Perfect Gentleman Actor Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited) 58
Average
1935 Moonlight on the Prairie Actor Doc Cody 59
Average
1935 Guns Along The Trail Actor Dr. Carter N/A
N/A
1935 Little Big Shot Actor Tour Barker 59
Average
1935 Paradise Canyon Actor Doc Carter 58
Average
1935 The Texas Rambler Actor 'Flash' Carson N/A
N/A
1935 The Cyclone Ranger Actor Pancho Gonzales N/A
N/A
1934 The Circus Clown Actor Circus Barker 59
Average
1934 Two Alone Actor Carnival Barker (uncredited) 59
Average