Earle Hodgins
Known for Acting · 216 credits
- Born
- 1893-10-05
- Died
- 1964-04-14
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Earl Hodges · Earl Hodgin · Earl Hodgins · Earl Hudgins
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".
Known For
TV Shows (25)
Lassie
1954
Dragnet
1951
Maverick
1957
as Johnson / Ernest Plunkett
The Rifleman
1958
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Agee
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Old Timer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Pat Duncan
Rawhide
1959
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stableman
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Storekeeper
Gunsmoke
1955
as Uncle Oliver / Tubby / Dobie / Judge
Sugarfoot
1957
as The Old Man
Mister Ed
1961
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Gramps - the Organ Player / Idaho, Circle J Hand
The Westerner
1960
as Saul
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Bartender
Mr. Lucky
1959
Boston Blackie
1951
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
City Detective
1953
Wichita Town
1959
Harbor Command
1957
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Movies (191)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High
1942
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
1946
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Pitchman (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Barker (uncredited)
Whirlpool
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Borderland
1937
as Major Stafford
Batman
1943
as Joe
Westward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
The Southerner
1945
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Frontier Town
1938
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Texas Carnival
1951
as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Spieler (uncredited)
Crazy House
1943
as Barker
Panama Lady
1939
as Foreman
Shockproof
1949
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Desire Me
1947
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Fall In
1942
as Cigar Store Customer
Texas Trail
1937
as Major Jordan
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
1936
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
1940
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Boom Town
1940
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Florian
1940
as Concession Owner
Alaska
1944
as Tobin
Little Big Shot
1935
as Tour Barker
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
1942
as 2nd Speaker in Park
City of Bad Men
1953
as Cooch
Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Sourdough
Next Time I Marry
1938
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Joshua Colter
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Hinkle--Barker
Calling Dr. Death
1943
King of Burlesque
1936
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Idaho
1943
as Bartender
Mountain Justice
1937
as Wheel of Life Barker
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
The Marauders
1947
as County Clerk Tom
Where Danger Lives
1950
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Ike
Colt Comrades
1943
as Wildcat Willie
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Accomplice
1946
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Headin' East
1937
as Fred W. Calhoun
Borrowed Trouble
1948
as Sheriff
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Old Sharecropper
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Guns Along The Trail
1935
as Dr. Carter
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
Oregon Trail
1945
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
The Long Shot
1939
as Collins
The Spellbinder
1939
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
as Jess Jenkins
Silver Queen
1942
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Rustler's Round-up
1946
as Sheriff Fin Elder
The Savage Horde
1950
as Buck Yallop
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Stagecoach Guard
Paradise Canyon
1935
as Doc Carter
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Uncle Clete
Range War
1939
as Deputy
Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Carnival Barker
The Young Guns
1956
as Rancho
The Power of God
1942
as Tom York
The Range Busters
1940
as Uncle Rolf
Silent Conflict
1948
as Doc Richards
The D.I.
1957
as Guard
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
as Jonathan Walpole
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947
as The Judge
Pride of the West
1938
as Tom Martin
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
False Colors
1943
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Press Agent
Key Witness
1947
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Singing Cowboy
1936
as Henry Blake
Hazard
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mr. Peabody
Call of the Canyon
1942
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Jim Belman
Fixer Dugan
1939
as Sideshow Barker
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
as Barkey McCusky
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
I Cover the War!
1937
as Blake
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Coroner
All Over Town
1937
as Barker
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Joseph Abernathy
Sailors on Leave
1941
as Con Man (uncredited)
Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Crime of the Century
1946
as Eddie
Slightly French
1949
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
as Show Barker (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
1937
as Buck Andrews
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Horatius P. Gassoway
Bedside Manner
1945
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Doc Cody
The Old Barn Dance
1938
as Terwilliger
Ticket to Paradise
1936
as Cab Starter
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
as Sheriff Hoag
The Purple Vigilantes
1938
as J. T. McAllister
Sierra Sue
1941
as Brandywine
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Heckler (uncredited)
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Hiram T. Cochran
About 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, Lawm… With 216 credits spanning from 1934 to 1962, Earle Hodgins has appeared in 191 films and 25 TV shows.
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- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
- Scattergood Rides High (1942) — as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
- East of Eden (1955) — as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) — as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
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