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