Earle Hodgins

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

Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 1893-10-05

Died: 1964-04-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Two Alone	Carnival Barker (uncredited)	70
2	1934	The Circus Clown	Circus Barker	60
3	1935	The Cyclone Ranger	Pancho Gonzales	0
4	1935	The Texas Rambler	'Flash' Carson	0
5	1935	Paradise Canyon	Doc Carter	48
6	1935	Little Big Shot	Tour Barker	60
7	1935	Guns Along The Trail	Dr. Carter	30
8	1935	Moonlight on the Prairie	Doc Cody	55
9	1935	The Perfect Gentleman	Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)	45
10	1936	King of Burlesque	Burlesque Barker (uncredited)	59
11	1936	Ridin' On	Henchman (uncredited)	0
12	1936	Border Caballero	Doc Shaw	60
13	1936	The Singing Cowboy	Henry Blake	33
14	1936	Aces and Eights	Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)	48
15	1936	Guns and Guitars	Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)	42
16	1936	Ticket to Paradise	Cab Starter	60
17	1936	Crash Donovan	Patrolman (uncredited)	0
18	1936	Oh, Susanna	Professor Ezekial Daniels	58
19	1936	The Village Smithy	Narrator (voice)	62
20	1937	Borderland	Major Stafford	0
21	1937	Round-Up Time in Texas	Barkey McCusky	77
22	1937	Trail of Vengeance	Buck Andrews	0
23	1937	Hills of Old Wyoming	Thompson	0
24	1937	Mountain Justice	Wheel of Life Barker	55
25	1937	Smoke Tree Range	Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)	0
26	1937	A Lawman Is Born	Sheriff Rock Lance	30
27	1937	Range Defenders	Sheriff Honest Dan Gray	25
28	1937	I Cover the War!	Blake	49
29	1937	Heroes of the Alamo	Stephen F. Austin	35
30	1937	All Over Town	Barker	62
31	1937	Get Rich Quick Porky	Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)	61
32	1937	Roaring Six Guns	Sundown	60
33	1937	Porky's Garden	Huckster (voice)	59
34	1937	Sky Racket	Henchman Spike Hodgins	28
35	1937	Law for Tombstone	Jack Dunn	0
36	1937	Texas Trail	Major Jordan	55
37	1937	Outlaws of the Prairie	Neepah	10
38	1937	Headin' East	Fred W. Calhoun	0
39	1938	Partners of the Plains	Sheriff	0
40	1938	The Purple Vigilantes	J. T. McAllister	30
41	1938	The Old Barn Dance	Terwilliger	40
42	1938	The Rangers' Round-Up	Doc Aikman	60
43	1938	Frontier Town	Frontier City Rodeo Announcer	50
44	1938	Call The Mesquiteers	'Doctor' Algernon Irving	40
45	1938	Under Western Stars	Radio Announcer	56
46	1938	Pride of the West	Tom Martin	0
47	1938	Barefoot Boy	Sheriff	48
48	1938	Tarnished Angel	Revivalist	53
49	1938	Lawless Valley	Sheriff Heck Hampton	50
50	1938	Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus	Circus Barker (uncredited)	48
51	1938	Next Time I Marry	Hitchhiking Preacher	68
52	1939	The Long Shot	Collins	58
53	1939	Almost a Gentleman	Sheriff Ira Willis	60
54	1939	Dodge City	Spieler (uncredited)	69
55	1939	Fixer Dugan	Sideshow Barker	65
56	1939	Panama Lady	Foreman	56
57	1939	Daredevils of the Red Circle	Hinkle--Barker	40
58	1939	The Spellbinder	First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)	60
59	1939	Range War	Deputy	0
60	1939	The Day the Bookies Wept	Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)	50
61	1939	Thunder Afloat	Fisherman (uncredited)	59
62	1940	Mexican Spitfire	H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer	46
63	1940	The Sagebrush Family Trails West	'Doc' Sawyer	0
64	1940	Santa Fe Marshal	Rufus Tate	60
65	1940	Boss of Bullion City	Mike Calhoun	50
66	1940	My Favorite Wife	Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)	70
67	1940	Bad Man from Red Butte	Hiram T. Cochran	54
68	1940	Florian	Concession Owner	10
69	1940	The Range Busters	Uncle Rolf	52
70	1940	Boom Town	Rodeo Barker (uncredited)	69
71	1940	Men Against the Sky	Barker	44
72	1940	Under Texas Skies	Town Barber	50
73	1940	Law and Order	Sheriff Fin Elder	0
74	1940	Trail of the Vigilantes	Medicine Man	0
75	1941	Scattergood Baines	Jim Barton	60
76	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)	47
77	1941	Las Vegas Nights	Barker at Fickle Fanny	55
78	1941	Scattergood Pulls the Strings	Deputy	0
79	1941	Criminals Within	Wallace	60
80	1941	Sailors on Leave	Con Man (uncredited)	0
81	1941	Sierra Sue	Brandywine	0
82	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)	59
83	1942	USS VD: Ship of Shame	Show Barker (uncredited)	44
84	1942	The Power of God	Tom York	0
85	1942	Shut My Big Mouth	Stagecoach Guard	85
86	1942	Riding the Wind	Bert MacLeod	0
87	1942	The Bashful Bachelor	Joseph Abernathy	45
88	1942	Scattergood Rides High	Auctioneer (uncredited)	0
89	1942	Inside the Law	Police Chief	50
90	1942	The Spoilers	Miner (uncredited)	62
91	1942	My Favorite Spy	2nd Speaker in Park	52
92	1942	The Pride of the Yankees	Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)	74
93	1942	Call of the Canyon	Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)	70
94	1942	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Judge Peabody	50
95	1942	Scattergood Survives a Murder	Coroner	45
96	1942	Undercover Man	Sheriff Blackton	60
97	1942	Red River Robin Hood	Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)	60
98	1942	Silver Queen	Desk Clerk (uncredited)	57
99	1942	Fall In	Cigar Store Customer	60
100	1942	The Old Chisholm Trail	Chief Hopping Crow	70
101	1943	Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground	Judge Higgins	0
102	1943	Idaho	Bartender	57
103	1943	Hoppy Serves a Writ	Jim Belman	65
104	1943	Border Patrol	Cook	60
105	1943	King of the Cowboys	Ike	55
106	1943	Gildersleeve's Bad Day	Reporter Earle (uncredited)	64
107	1943	The Avenging Rider	Deputy Joe	0
108	1943	Colt Comrades	Wildcat Willie	56
109	1943	Batman	Joe	64
110	1943	The Lone Star Trail	Mayor Cyrus Jenkins	50
111	1943	Bar 20	Tom	38
112	1943	Crazy House	Barker	50
113	1943	False Colors	Lawyer Jay Griffin	40
114	1943	Riders of the Deadline	Sourdough	37
115	1943	Calling Dr. Death		65
116	1944	It Happened Tomorrow		67
117	1944	Hidden Valley Outlaws	Eddie Purcell	0
118	1944	Sensations of 1945	Police Detective (uncredited)	62
119	1944	San Antonio Kid	Happy Jack	0
120	1944	Mystery of the Riverboat	Jean Duval [Ch. 5]	60
121	1944	Alaska	Tobin	50
122	1944	Firebrands of Arizona	Sheriff Hoag	60
123	1945	Under Western Skies	Mayor Dave Mayfield	58
124	1945	The Topeka Terror	Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale	40
125	1945	Crime, Inc.	Carnival Barker (uncredited)	42
126	1945	The Southerner	Wedding Guest (uncredited)	65
127	1945	Her Favorite Patient	Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)	57
128	1945	Oregon Trail	Judge J. Frothingham Smythe	0
129	1946	Gun Town	Sheriff	0
130	1946	Crime of the Century	Eddie	50
131	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Barker (uncredited)	63
132	1946	Valley of the Zombies	Fred Mays (Fred Murks)	52
133	1946	Traffic in Crime	Bartender	60
134	1946	Rustler's Round-up	Sheriff Fin Elder	0
135	1946	The Last Crooked Mile	Carnival Barker	51
136	1946	Down Missouri Way	Press Agent	0
137	1946	Gallant Journey	Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)	61
138	1946	Accomplice	Jeff Bailey	53
139	1946	Fool's Gold	Sandler	0
140	1946	The Devil's Playground	Deputy Dan'l	70
141	1946	That Brennan Girl	Street Car Conductor (uncredited)	53
142	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)	78
143	1947	Vigilantes of Boomtown	Governor	25
144	1947	Unexpected Guest	Joshua Colter	0
145	1947	The Sea of Grass	Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)	63
146	1947	Oregon Trail Scouts	The Judge	0
147	1947	Fun on a Weekend	Heckler (Uncredited)	70
148	1947	Hollywood Barn Dance	Francis D. Cartwright	35
149	1947	The Marauders	County Clerk Tom	0
150	1947	Key Witness	Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)	46
151	1947	The Return of Rin Tin Tin	Joe - The Dog Handler	52
152	1948	The Main Street Kid	Judge Belin	0
153	1948	If You Knew Susie	Auctioneer (uncredited)	75
154	1948	Oklahoma Badlands	Jonathan Walpole	30
155	1948	Let's Live Again	Novelty Salesman	50
156	1948	Silent Conflict	Doc Richards	0
157	1948	Old Los Angeles	Horatius P. Gassoway	55
158	1948	Hazard	Doctor (uncredited)	80
159	1948	Borrowed Trouble	Sheriff	72
160	1948	Whispering Smith		65
161	1949	Sheriff of Wichita	Jess Jenkins	0
162	1949	Shockproof	Race Caller (Uncredited)	64
163	1949	Slightly French	Carnival Barker (uncredited)	72
164	1949	Radio Riot		0
165	1949	Henry, the Rainmaker	Mr. Peabody	0
166	1949	Canadian Pacific	Sandy McNair (uncredited)	52
167	1950	The Savage Horde	Buck Yallop	58
168	1950	Bunco Squad	Professor Markett (uncredited)	59
169	1950	Where Danger Lives	Postville Cowboy (uncredited)	64
170	1951	Westward the Women	Pioneer Woman (uncredited)	70
171	1953	The Great Jesse James Raid	'Soapy' Smith	47
172	1953	City of Bad Men	Cooch	58
173	1953	Thunder Over the Plains	Auctioneer (uncredited)	54
174	1954	The Forty-Niners	Hotel Clerk	52
175	1955	East of Eden	Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)	76
176	1955	Guys and Dolls	Pitchman (uncredited)	66
177	1956	The Fastest Gun Alive	Medicine Man (uncredited)	69
178	1956	The Young Guns	Rancho	68
179	1956	Friendly Persuasion	Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)	66
180	1957	The D.I.	Guard	71
181	1958	The Missouri Traveler	Old Sharecropper	64
182	1960	Inherit the Wind	Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)	77
183	1962	Saintly Sinners	Uncle Clete	30
184	1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Clute Dumfries (uncredited)	78

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Storekeeper	67
2	1950	The Cisco Kid	Gramps - the Organ Player	59
3	1950	The Cisco Kid	Idaho, Circle J Hand	59
4	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
5	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
6	1951	Dragnet		64
7	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		52
8	1953	City Detective		70
9	1954	Lassie		61
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Uncle Oliver	66
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Tubby	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Dobie	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Judge	66
14	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Pat Duncan	55
15	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Old Timer	74
16	1957	Sugarfoot	The Old Man	48
17	1957	Maverick	Johnson	68
18	1957	Maverick	Ernest Plunkett	68
19	1957	Harbor Command		40
20	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Stableman	69
21	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
22	1958	The Rifleman		70
23	1959	Rawhide		72
24	1959	Wichita Town		42
25	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Bartender	60
26	1959	The Twilight Zone	Agee	84
27	1959	Mr. Lucky		64
28	1960	Guestward, Ho!		40
29	1960	The Westerner	Saul	68
30	1961	Mister Ed		68

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