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Earle Hodgins
Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

ActingBorn October 5, 1893Died April 14, 1964 (age 70)Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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."

Filmography

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Movie
1962
Saintly Sinners

as Uncle Clete

Movie
1961TV
1960TV
1960
Inherit the Wind

as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

Movie
1959TV
1959TV
1959TV
1959TV
1958TV
1958
The Missouri Traveler

as Old Sharecropper

Movie
1957
Maverick

as Johnson

TV
1957
Maverick

as Ernest Plunkett

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as The Old Man

TV
1957TV
1957
The D.I.

as Guard

Movie
1956
Friendly Persuasion

as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1956Movie
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Guys and Dolls

as Pitchman (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Gunsmoke

as Uncle Oliver

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Tubby

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Dobie

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Judge

TV
1955
East of Eden

as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

Movie
1954TV
1954
The Forty-Niners

as Hotel Clerk

Movie
1953
Thunder Over the Plains

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie
1953Movie
1953Movie
1951
Westward the Women

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1951TV
1951
Callaway Went Thataway

as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Movie
1951
Texas Carnival

as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Where Danger Lives

as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Cisco Kid

as Gramps - the Organ Player

TV
1950
The Cisco Kid

as Idaho, Circle J Hand

TV
1950
Bunco Squad

as Professor Markett (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Savage Horde

as Buck Yallop

Movie
1949
The Lone Ranger

as Storekeeper

TV
1949
Canadian Pacific

as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Henry, the Rainmaker

as Mr. Peabody

Movie
1949Movie
1949
Slightly French

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Shockproof

as Race Caller (Uncredited)

Movie
1949
Sheriff of Wichita

as Jess Jenkins

Movie
1948Movie
1948
Hazard

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Old Los Angeles

as Horatius P. Gassoway

Movie
1948
Silent Conflict

as Doc Richards

Movie
1948
Let's Live Again

as Novelty Salesman

Movie
1948
Oklahoma Badlands

as Jonathan Walpole

Movie
1948
If You Knew Susie

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie
1948
The Main Street Kid

as Judge Belin

Movie
1947
The Return of Rin Tin Tin

as Joe - The Dog Handler

Movie
1947
Desire Me

as Festival Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Key Witness

as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Marauders

as County Clerk Tom

Movie
1947
Hollywood Barn Dance

as Francis D. Cartwright

Movie
1947
Fun on a Weekend

as Heckler (uncredited)

Movie
1947Movie
1947
The Sea of Grass

as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Unexpected Guest

as Joshua Colter

Movie
1947Movie
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Movie
1946
That Brennan Girl

as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Devil's Playground

as Deputy Dan'l

Movie
1946
Fool's Gold

as Sandler

Movie
1946
Accomplice

as Marshal Jeff Bailey

Movie
1946
Gallant Journey

as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Down Missouri Way

as Press Agent

Movie
1946
The Last Crooked Mile

as Carnival Barker

Movie
1946
Rustler's Round-up

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Movie
1946
Traffic in Crime

as Bartender

Movie
1946
Valley of the Zombies

as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Movie
1946
Deadline at Dawn

as Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Gun Town

as Sheriff

Movie
1945
Oregon Trail

as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

Movie
1945
Bedside Manner

as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

Movie
1945
The Southerner

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Crime, Inc.

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1945
The Topeka Terror

as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

Movie
1945
Under Western Skies

as Mayor Dave Mayfield

Movie
1944
Firebrands of Arizona

as Sheriff Hoag

Movie
1944
Alaska

as Tobin

Movie
1944
Mystery of the Riverboat

as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

Movie
1944
San Antonio Kid

as Happy Jack

Movie
1944
Sensations of 1945

as Police Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Eddie Purcell

Movie
1943Movie
1943
False Colors

as Lawyer Jay Griffin

Movie
1943
Crazy House

as Barker

Movie
1943
Bar 20

as Tom

Movie
1943
The Lone Star Trail

as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Movie
1943
Batman

as Joe

Movie
1943
Colt Comrades

as Wildcat Willie

Movie
1943
The Avenging Rider

as Deputy Joe

Movie
1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ

as Jim Belman

Movie
1943
Idaho

as Bartender

Movie
1942
The Old Chisholm Trail

as Chief Hopping Crow

Movie
1942
Fall In

as Cigar Store Customer

Movie
1942
Silver Queen

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Red River Robin Hood

as Deputy Pete

Movie
1942
Undercover Man

as Sheriff Blackton

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Call of the Canyon

as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

Movie
1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1942
My Favorite Spy

as 2nd Speaker in Park

Movie
1942
The Spoilers

as Miner (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Scattergood Rides High

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Inside the Law

as Police Chief

Movie
1942
The Bashful Bachelor

as Joseph Abernathy

Movie
1942
Riding the Wind

as Bert MacLeod

Movie
1942
Shut My Big Mouth

as Stagecoach Guard

Movie
1942
The Power of God

as Tom York

Movie
1942
USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Show Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Keep 'Em Flying

as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Sierra Sue

as Brandywine

Movie
1941
Sailors on Leave

as Con Man (uncredited)

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Las Vegas Nights

as Barker at Fickle Fanny

Movie
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Scattergood Baines

as Jim Barton

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Law and Order

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Movie
1940
Under Texas Skies

as Town Barber

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Boom Town

as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Range Busters

as Uncle Rolf

Movie
1940
Florian

as Concession Owner

Movie
1940
Bad Man from Red Butte

as Hiram T. Cochran

Movie
1940
My Favorite Wife

as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Boss of Bullion City

as Mike Calhoun

Movie
1940
Santa Fe Marshal

as Rufus Tate

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Mexican Spitfire

as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

Movie
1939
Thunder Afloat

as Fisherman (uncredited)

Movie
1939
The Day the Bookies Wept

as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Range War

as Deputy

Movie
1939
The Spellbinder

as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Panama Lady

as Foreman

Movie
1939
Porky and Teabiscuit

as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Fixer Dugan

as Sideshow Barker

Movie
1939
Dodge City

as Spieler (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Almost a Gentleman

as Sheriff Ira Willis

Movie
1939
The Long Shot

as Collins

Movie
1938
Next Time I Marry

as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

as Circus Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Lawless Valley

as Sheriff Heck Hampton

Movie
1938
Tarnished Angel

as Revivalist

Movie
1938
Barefoot Boy

as Sheriff

Movie
1938
Pride of the West

as Tom Martin

Movie
1938
Under Western Stars

as Radio Announcer

Movie
1938
Call The Mesquiteers

as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

Movie
1938
Frontier Town

as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Movie
1938Movie
1938
The Old Barn Dance

as Terwilliger

Movie
1938
The Purple Vigilantes

as J. T. McAllister

Movie
1938Movie
1937
Headin' East

as Fred W. Calhoun

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Texas Trail

as Major Jordan

Movie
1937
Law for Tombstone

as Jack Dunn

Movie
1937
Sky Racket

as Henchman Spike Hodgins

Movie
1937
Porky's Garden

as Huckster (voice)

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Get Rich Quick Porky

as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1937
All Over Town

as Barker

Movie
1937
Heroes of the Alamo

as Stephen F. Austin

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Range Defenders

as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

Movie
1937
A Lawman Is Born

as Sheriff Rock Lance

Movie
1937
Smoke Tree Range

as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Movie
1937
Mountain Justice

as Wheel of Life Barker

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Trail of Vengeance

as Buck Andrews

Movie
1937
Round-Up Time in Texas

as Barkey McCusky

Movie
1937
Borderland

as Major Stafford

Movie
1936
The Village Smithy

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1936
Ghost Town Gold

as Fight Referee (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Oh, Susanna

as Professor Ezekial Daniels

Movie
1936
Crash Donovan

as Patrolman (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Ticket to Paradise

as Cab Starter

Movie
1936
Guns and Guitars

as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

Movie
1936
Aces and Eights

as Marshal

Movie
1936
The Singing Cowboy

as Henry Blake

Movie
1936
Border Caballero

as Doc Shaw

Movie
1936
Ridin' On

as Henchman (uncredited)

Movie
1936
King of Burlesque

as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Perfect Gentleman

as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935Movie
1935
Little Big Shot

as Tour Barker

Movie
1935
Cowboy G-Man

as Doc Carter

Movie
1935
Paradise Canyon

as Doc Carter

Movie
1935
The Texas Rambler

as 'Flash' Carson

Movie
1935
The Cyclone Ranger

as Pancho Gonzales

Movie
1934
The Circus Clown

as Circus Barker

Movie
1934
Whirlpool

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Two Alone

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 5, 1893
Day of DeathApril 14, 1964
Place of BirthSalt Lake City, Utah, USA
Popularity0.3
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