Earle Hodgins
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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."
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Movies (195)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Saintly Sinners
1962 · Uncle Clete
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958 · Old Sharecropper
The D.I.
1957 · Guard
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Young Guns
1956 · Rancho
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Medicine Man (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Pitchman (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955 · Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Forty-Niners
1954 · Hotel Clerk
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · Auctioneer (uncredited)
City of Bad Men
1953 · Cooch
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953 · 'Soapy' Smith
Boots Malone
1952 · Owner (uncredited)
Westward the Women
1951 · Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Texas Carnival
1951 · Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
1950 · Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
1950 · Professor Markett (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
1950 · Buck Yallop
The Great Dan Patch
1949 · Driver (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific
1949 · Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949 · Mr. Peabody
Radio Riot
1949
Slightly French
1949 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949 · Race Caller (Uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita
1949 · Jess Jenkins
Whispering Smith
1948
Borrowed Trouble
1948 · Sheriff
Hazard
1948 · Doctor (uncredited)
Old Los Angeles
1948 · Horatius P. Gassoway
Silent Conflict
1948 · Doc Richards
Let's Live Again
1948 · Novelty Salesman
Oklahoma Badlands
1948 · Jonathan Walpole
If You Knew Susie
1948 · Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid
1948 · Judge Belin
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947 · Joe - The Dog Handler
Desire Me
1947 · Festival Barker (uncredited)
Key Witness
1947 · Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Marauders
1947 · County Clerk Tom
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947 · Francis D. Cartwright
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · Heckler (uncredited)
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947 · The Judge
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
1947 · Joshua Colter
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947 · Governor
That Brennan Girl
1946 · Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
1946 · Deputy Dan'l
Fool's Gold
1946 · Sandler
Accomplice
1946 · Marshal Jeff Bailey
Gallant Journey
1946 · Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
1946 · Press Agent
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 · Carnival Barker
Rustler's Round-up
1946 · Sheriff Fin Elder
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Race Spectator (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
1946 · Bartender
Valley of the Zombies
1946 · Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Barker (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
1946 · Eddie
Gun Town
1946 · Sheriff
Oregon Trail
1945 · Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
Bedside Manner
1945 · Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
The Southerner
1945 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
1945 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Topeka Terror
1945 · Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Under Western Skies
1945 · Mayor Dave Mayfield
Firebrands of Arizona
1944 · Sheriff Hoag
Alaska
1944 · Tobin
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944 · Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
San Antonio Kid
1944 · Happy Jack
Sensations of 1945
1944 · Police Detective (uncredited)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944 · Eddie Purcell
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Riders of the Deadline
1943 · Sourdough
False Colors
1943 · Lawyer Jay Griffin
Crazy House
1943 · Barker
Bar 20
1943 · Tom
The Lone Star Trail
1943 · Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Batman
1943 · Joe
Colt Comrades
1943 · Wildcat Willie
The Avenging Rider
1943 · Deputy Joe
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943 · Reporter Earle (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
1943 · Ike
Border Patrol
1943 · Cook
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943 · Jim Belman
Idaho
1943 · Bartender
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Judge Higgins
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942 · Chief Hopping Crow
Fall In
1942 · Cigar Store Customer
Silver Queen
1942 · Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
1942 · Deputy Pete
Undercover Man
1942 · Sheriff Blackton
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 · Coroner
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · Judge Peabody
Call of the Canyon
1942 · Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
1942 · 2nd Speaker in Park
The Spoilers
1942 · Miner (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High
1942 · Auctioneer (uncredited)
Inside the Law
1942 · Police Chief
The Bashful Bachelor
1942 · Joseph Abernathy
Riding the Wind
1942 · Bert MacLeod
Shut My Big Mouth
1942 · Stagecoach Guard
The Power of God
1942 · Tom York
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942 · Show Barker (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
1941 · Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
1941 · Brandywine
Sailors on Leave
1941 · Con Man (uncredited)
Criminals Within
1941 · Wallace
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Deputy
Las Vegas Nights
1941 · Barker at Fickle Fanny
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
1941 · Jim Barton
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940 · Medicine Man
Law and Order
1940 · Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
1940 · Town Barber
Men Against the Sky
1940 · Barker
Boom Town
1940 · Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
The Range Busters
1940 · Uncle Rolf
Florian
1940 · Concession Owner
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940 · Hiram T. Cochran
My Favorite Wife
1940 · Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Boss of Bullion City
1940 · Mike Calhoun
Santa Fe Marshal
1940 · Rufus Tate
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940 · 'Doc' Sawyer
Mexican Spitfire
1940 · H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
Thunder Afloat
1939 · Fisherman (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939 · Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Range War
1939 · Deputy
The Spellbinder
1939 · First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939 · Hinkle--Barker
Panama Lady
1939 · Foreman
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939 · Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Fixer Dugan
1939 · Sideshow Barker
Dodge City
1939 · Spieler (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
1939 · Sheriff Ira Willis
The Long Shot
1939 · Collins
Next Time I Marry
1938 · Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938 · Circus Barker (uncredited)
Lawless Valley
1938 · Sheriff Heck Hampton
Tarnished Angel
1938 · Revivalist
Barefoot Boy
1938 · Sheriff
Pride of the West
1938 · Tom Martin
Under Western Stars
1938 · Radio Announcer
Call The Mesquiteers
1938 · 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Frontier Town
1938 · Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938 · Doc Aikman
The Old Barn Dance
1938 · Terwilliger
The Purple Vigilantes
1938 · J. T. McAllister
Partners of the Plains
1938 · Sheriff
Headin' East
1937 · Fred W. Calhoun
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937 · Neepah
Texas Trail
1937 · Major Jordan
Law for Tombstone
1937 · Jack Dunn
Sky Racket
1937 · Henchman Spike Hodgins
Porky's Garden
1937 · Huckster (voice)
Roaring Six Guns
1937 · Sundown
Get Rich Quick Porky
1937 · Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
All Over Town
1937 · Barker
Heroes of the Alamo
1937 · Stephen F. Austin
I Cover the War!
1937 · Blake
Range Defenders
1937 · Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
A Lawman Is Born
1937 · Sheriff Rock Lance
Smoke Tree Range
1937 · Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Mountain Justice
1937 · Wheel of Life Barker
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 · Thompson
Trail of Vengeance
1937 · Buck Andrews
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937 · Barkey McCusky
Borderland
1937 · Major Stafford
The Village Smithy
1936 · Narrator (voice)
Ghost Town Gold
1936 · Fight Referee (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
1936 · Professor Ezekial Daniels
Crash Donovan
1936 · Patrolman (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise
1936 · Cab Starter
Guns and Guitars
1936 · Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
Aces and Eights
1936 · Marshal
The Singing Cowboy
1936 · Henry Blake
Border Caballero
1936 · Doc Shaw
Ridin' On
1936 · Henchman (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936
King of Burlesque
1936 · Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
1935 · Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 · Doc Cody
Guns Along The Trail
1935 · Dr. Carter
Little Big Shot
1935 · Tour Barker
Cowboy G-Man
1935 · Doc Carter
Paradise Canyon
1935 · Doc Carter
The Texas Rambler
1935 · 'Flash' Carson
The Cyclone Ranger
1935 · Pancho Gonzales
The Circus Clown
1934 · Circus Barker
Whirlpool
1934 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Two Alone
1934 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TV shows (25)
Mister Ed
1961
The Westerner
1960 · Saul
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Agee
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Bartender
Wichita Town
1959
Rawhide
1959
The Rifleman
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Stableman
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957 · Johnson, Ernest Plunkett
Sugarfoot
1957 · The Old Man
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Old Timer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Pat Duncan
Gunsmoke
1955 · Uncle Oliver, Tubby, Dobie, Judge
Lassie
1954
City Detective
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Dragnet
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Gramps - the Organ Player, Idaho, Circle J Hand
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Storekeeper