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