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