Earle Hodgins
Known for Acting · 217 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)
The Rifleman
1958
Lassie
1954
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Agee
Maverick
1957
as Johnson / Ernest Plunkett
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Storekeeper
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Old Timer
Dragnet
1951
Gunsmoke
1955
as Uncle Oliver / Tubby / Dobie / Judge
Rawhide
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Pat Duncan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stableman
Mister Ed
1961
Sugarfoot
1957
as The Old Man
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Gramps - the Organ Player / Idaho, Circle J Hand
City Detective
1953
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Bartender
Mr. Lucky
1959
Harbor Command
1957
Boston Blackie
1951
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Guestward, Ho!
1960
The Westerner
1960
as Saul
Wichita Town
1959
Movies (192)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Pitchman (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Spieler (uncredited)
Batman
1943
as Joe
Desire Me
1947
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Gun Town
1946
as Sheriff
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Westward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Alaska
1944
as Tobin
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
1940
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Border Caballero
1936
as Doc Shaw
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
1938
as Revivalist
City of Bad Men
1953
as Cooch
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Stagecoach Guard
Porky's Garden
1937
as Huckster (voice)
The Walking Dead
1936
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Horatius P. Gassoway
Aces and Eights
1936
as Marshal
Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Ike
Boom Town
1940
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
Shockproof
1949
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Rustler's Round-up
1946
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Where Danger Lives
1950
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
1950
as Buck Yallop
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Southerner
1945
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The D.I.
1957
as Guard
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Little Big Shot
1935
as Tour Barker
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
as Jess Jenkins
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
Bar 20
1943
as Tom
Scattergood Rides High
1942
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Guns Along The Trail
1935
as Dr. Carter
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Joseph Abernathy
The Range Busters
1940
as Uncle Rolf
King of Burlesque
1936
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Slightly French
1949
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
1936
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Silver Queen
1942
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Old Barn Dance
1938
as Terwilliger
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Old Sharecropper
My Favorite Spy
1942
as 2nd Speaker in Park
Mountain Justice
1937
as Wheel of Life Barker
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Carnival Barker
False Colors
1943
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Men Against the Sky
1940
as Barker
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Hazard
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Thompson
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Coroner
Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Sourdough
Crazy House
1943
as Barker
Panama Lady
1939
as Foreman
Key Witness
1947
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Inside the Law
1942
as Police Chief
Call The Mesquiteers
1938
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Jim Belman
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Francis D. Cartwright
Paradise Canyon
1935
as Doc Carter
Boss of Bullion City
1940
as Mike Calhoun
Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Sheriff
Pride of the West
1938
as Tom Martin
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Get Rich Quick Porky
1937
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Roaring Six Guns
1937
as Sundown
Guns and Guitars
1936
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
Sensations of 1945
1944
as Police Detective (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Headin' East
1937
as Fred W. Calhoun
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
Range War
1939
as Deputy
Under Western Skies
1945
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
The Young Guns
1956
as Rancho
The Marauders
1947
as County Clerk Tom
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Medicine Man
Under Western Stars
1938
as Radio Announcer
Border Patrol
1943
as Cook
Colt Comrades
1943
as Wildcat Willie
That Brennan Girl
1946
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
1942
as Deputy Pete
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Eddie Purcell
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Circus Clown
1934
as Circus Barker
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Undercover Man
1942
as Sheriff Blackton
Borderland
1937
as Major Stafford
The Avenging Rider
1943
as Deputy Joe
Next Time I Marry
1938
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Hinkle--Barker
Two Alone
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
as Barkey McCusky
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Heckler (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Joshua Colter
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as 'Soapy' Smith
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Chief Hopping Crow
Bunco Squad
1950
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Deputy Dan'l
Crash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Cowboy G-Man
1935
as Doc Carter
Under Texas Skies
1940
as Town Barber
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 217 credits spanning from 1934 to 1962, Earle Hodgins has appeared in 192 films and 25 TV shows.
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- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
- East of Eden (1955) — as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
- Inherit the Wind (1960) — as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
- Guys and Dolls (1955) — as Pitchman (uncredited)
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