Earle Hodgins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-10-05
Day of Death
1964-04-14 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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
Acting
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
(1962)
Saintly Sinners
as Uncle Clete
(1960)
Inherit the Wind
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
(1958)
The Missouri Traveler
as Old Sharecropper
(1957)
The D.I.
as Guard
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
(1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
(1956)
The Young Guns
as Rancho
(1955)
East of Eden
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
(1955)
Guys and Dolls
as Pitchman (uncredited)
(1954)
The Forty-Niners
as Hotel Clerk
(1953)
Thunder Over the Plains
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1953)
City of Bad Men
as Cooch
(1953)
The Great Jesse James Raid
as 'Soapy' Smith
(1951)
Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
(1950)
Where Danger Lives
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
(1950)
Bunco Squad
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
(1950)
The Savage Horde
as Buck Yallop
(1949)
Canadian Pacific
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
(1949)
Shockproof
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
(1949)
Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
(1949)
Sheriff of Wichita
as Jess Jenkins
(1949)
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mr. Peabody
(1949)
(1948)
Hazard
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1948)
(1948)
Silent Conflict
as Doc Richards
(1948)
Borrowed Trouble
as Sheriff
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1948)
Old Los Angeles
as Horatius P. Gassoway
(1948)
Let's Live Again
as Novelty Salesman
(1948)
The Main Street Kid
as Judge Belin
(1948)
Oklahoma Badlands
as Jonathan Walpole
(1947)
The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
(1947)
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
(1947)
Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
(1947)
The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
(1947)
Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
(1947)
Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (Uncredited)
(1947)
Oregon Trail Scouts
as The Judge
(1947)
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Governor
(1947)
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
(1946)
Crime of the Century
as Eddie
(1946)
That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
(1946)
Accomplice
as Jeff Bailey
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
(1946)
Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
(1946)
Fool's Gold
as Sandler
(1946)
Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
(1946)
Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
(1946)
The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
(1946)
Gun Town
as Sheriff
(1946)
Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
(1945)
The Southerner
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1945)
Crime, Inc.
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
(1945)
Her Favorite Patient
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
(1945)
Under Western Skies
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
(1945)
Oregon Trail
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
(1945)
The Topeka Terror
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
(1944)
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
(1944)
Alaska
as Tobin
(1944)
San Antonio Kid
as Happy Jack
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Eddie Purcell
(1944)
Sensations of 1945
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1944)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Sheriff Hoag
(1943)
Batman
as Joe
(1943)
Idaho
as Bartender
(1943)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
(1943)
False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
(1943)
Bar 20
as Tom
(1943)
Border Patrol
as Cook
(1943)
(1943)
Crazy House
as Barker
(1943)
Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
(1943)
Riders of the Deadline
as Sourdough
(1943)
The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
as Ike
(1943)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
(1943)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Judge Higgins
(1943)
The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
(1942)
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
(1942)
Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1942)
Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
(1942)
Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
(1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Coroner
(1942)
Inside the Law
as Police Chief
(1942)
Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
(1942)
Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
(1942)
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Judge Peabody
(1942)
Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)
(1942)
The Power of God
as Tom York
(1942)
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
(1942)
Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
(1942)
The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
(1942)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
(1942)
Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1941)
Criminals Within
as Wallace
(1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
(1941)
Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
(1941)
Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
(1941)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Deputy
(1941)
Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
(1941)
Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
(1940)
My Favorite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
(1940)
Florian
as Concession Owner
(1940)
Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Medicine Man
(1940)
Men Against the Sky
as Barker
(1940)
The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
(1940)
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as 'Doc' Sawyer
(1940)
Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
(1940)
Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
(1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
(1939)
Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
(1939)
Range War
as Deputy
(1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Hinkle--Barker
(1939)
Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
(1939)
The Long Shot
as Collins
(1939)
The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
(1939)
Panama Lady
as Foreman
(1939)
Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
(1939)
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1938)
Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher
(1938)
Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
(1938)
Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
(1938)
Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
(1938)
The Rangers' Round-Up
as Doc Aikman
(1938)
Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
(1938)
The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
(1938)
Partners of the Plains
as Sheriff
(1938)
The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
(1938)
Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
(1938)
Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
(1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
(1938)
Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
(1937)
I Cover the War!
as Blake
(1937)
Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
(1937)
Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
(1937)
Borderland
as Major Stafford
(1937)
Roaring Six Guns
as Sundown
(1937)
Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
(1937)
Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
(1937)
All Over Town
as Barker
(1937)
A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
(1937)
Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
(1937)
Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
(1937)
Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
(1937)
Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
(1937)
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Thompson
(1937)
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Neepah
(1937)
Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
(1937)
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
(1937)
Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
(1936)
King of Burlesque
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
(1936)
Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
(1936)
Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
(1936)
The Singing Cowboy
as Henry Blake
(1936)
Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
(1936)
Border Caballero
as Doc Shaw
(1936)
Aces and Eights
as Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)
(1936)
Ridin' On
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1936)
The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
(1935)
Guns Along The Trail
as Dr. Carter
(1935)
Paradise Canyon
as Doc Carter
(1935)
The Perfect Gentleman
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Tour Barker
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Doc Cody
(1935)
The Texas Rambler
as 'Flash' Carson
(1935)
The Cyclone Ranger
as Pancho Gonzales
(1934)
Two Alone
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
(1934)
The Circus Clown
as Circus Barker