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