
Acting · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · Born October 5, 1893
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."
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
MovieSaintly Sinners
1962
as Uncle Clete
TVMister Ed
1961
TVThe Westerner
1960
as Saul
TVGuestward, Ho!
1960
MovieInherit the Wind
1960
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
TVMr. Lucky
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Agee
TVLaw of the Plainsman
1959
as Bartender
TVWichita Town
1959
TVRawhide
1959
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stableman
MovieThe Missouri Traveler
1958
as Old Sharecropper
TVHarbor Command
1957
TVMaverick
1957
as Johnson
TVSugarfoot
1957
as The Old Man
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Old Timer
MovieThe D.I.
1957
as Guard
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1956
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Pat Duncan
MovieThe Young Guns
1956
as Rancho
MovieThe Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
MovieGuys and Dolls
1955
as Pitchman (uncredited)
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Uncle Oliver
MovieEast of Eden
1955
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
TVLassie
1954
MovieThe Forty-Niners
1954
as Hotel Clerk
MovieThunder Over the Plains
1953
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
MovieCity of Bad Men
1953
as Cooch
TVCity Detective
1953
MovieThe Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as 'Soapy' Smith
TVHopalong Cassidy
1952
MovieWestward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
TVDragnet
1951
MovieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
MovieTexas Carnival
1951
as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
TVBoston Blackie
1951
TVThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
MovieWhere Danger Lives
1950
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Gramps - the Organ Player
MovieBunco Squad
1950
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
MovieThe Savage Horde
1950
as Buck Yallop
TVThe Lone Ranger
1949
as Storekeeper
MovieCanadian Pacific
1949
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
MovieHenry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mr. Peabody
MovieRadio Riot
1949
MovieSlightly French
1949
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
MovieShockproof
1949
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
MovieSheriff of Wichita
1949
as Jess Jenkins
MovieWhispering Smith
1948
MovieBorrowed Trouble
1948
as Sheriff
MovieHazard
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieOld Los Angeles
1948
as Horatius P. Gassoway
MovieSilent Conflict
1948
as Doc Richards
MovieLet's Live Again
1948
as Novelty Salesman
MovieOklahoma Badlands
1948
as Jonathan Walpole
MovieIf You Knew Susie
1948
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
MovieThe Main Street Kid
1948
as Judge Belin
MovieThe Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
as Joe - The Dog Handler
MovieDesire Me
1947
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
MovieKey Witness
1947
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
MovieThe Marauders
1947
as County Clerk Tom
MovieHollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Francis D. Cartwright
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Heckler (uncredited)
MovieOregon Trail Scouts
1947
as The Judge
MovieThe Sea of Grass
1947
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
MovieUnexpected Guest
1947
as Joshua Colter
MovieVigilantes of Boomtown
1947
as Governor
MovieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
MovieThat Brennan Girl
1946
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil's Playground
1946
as Deputy Dan'l
MovieFool's Gold
1946
as Sandler
MovieAccomplice
1946
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
MovieGallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
MovieDown Missouri Way
1946
as Press Agent
MovieThe Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Carnival Barker
MovieRustler's Round-up
1946
as Sheriff Fin Elder
MovieTraffic in Crime
1946
as Bartender
MovieValley of the Zombies
1946
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
MovieDeadline at Dawn
1946
as Barker (uncredited)
MovieCrime of the Century
1946
as Eddie
MovieGun Town
1946
as Sheriff
MovieOregon Trail
1945
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
MovieBedside Manner
1945
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
MovieThe Southerner
1945
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
MovieCrime, Inc.
1945
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
MovieThe Topeka Terror
1945
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
MovieUnder Western Skies
1945
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
MovieFirebrands of Arizona
1944
as Sheriff Hoag
MovieAlaska
1944
as Tobin
MovieMystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
MovieSan Antonio Kid
1944
as Happy Jack
MovieSensations of 1945
1944
as Police Detective (uncredited)
MovieHidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Eddie Purcell
MovieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
MovieCalling Dr. Death
1943
MovieRiders of the Deadline
1943
as Sourdough
MovieFalse Colors
1943
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
MovieCrazy House
1943
as Barker
MovieBar 20
1943
as Tom
MovieThe Lone Star Trail
1943
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
MovieBatman
1943
as Joe
MovieColt Comrades
1943
as Wildcat Willie
MovieThe Avenging Rider
1943
as Deputy Joe
MovieGildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
MovieKing of the Cowboys
1943
as Ike
MovieBorder Patrol
1943
as Cook
MovieHoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Jim Belman
MovieIdaho
1943
as Bartender
MovieTenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Judge Higgins
MovieThe Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Chief Hopping Crow
MovieFall In
1942
as Cigar Store Customer
MovieSilver Queen
1942
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
MovieRed River Robin Hood
1942
as Deputy Pete
MovieUndercover Man
1942
as Sheriff Blackton
MovieScattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Coroner
MovieDeep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Judge Peabody
MovieCall of the Canyon
1942
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
MovieThe Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
MovieMy Favorite Spy
1942
as 2nd Speaker in Park
MovieThe Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
MovieScattergood Rides High
1942
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
MovieInside the Law
1942
as Police Chief
MovieThe Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Joseph Abernathy
MovieRiding the Wind
1942
as Bert MacLeod
MovieShut My Big Mouth
1942
as Stagecoach Guard
MovieThe Power of God
1942
as Tom York
MovieUSS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
as Show Barker (uncredited)
MovieKeep 'Em Flying
1941
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
MovieSierra Sue
1941
as Brandywine
MovieSailors on Leave
1941
as Con Man (uncredited)
MovieCriminals Within
1941
as Wallace
MovieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Deputy
MovieLas Vegas Nights
1941
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
MovieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
MovieScattergood Baines
1941
as Jim Barton
MovieTrail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Medicine Man
MovieLaw and Order
1940
as Sheriff Fin Elder
MovieUnder Texas Skies
1940
as Town Barber
MovieMen Against the Sky
1940
as Barker
MovieBoom Town
1940
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
MovieThe Range Busters
1940
as Uncle Rolf
MovieFlorian
1940
as Concession Owner
MovieBad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Hiram T. Cochran
MovieMy Favorite Wife
1940
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
MovieBoss of Bullion City
1940
as Mike Calhoun
MovieSanta Fe Marshal
1940
as Rufus Tate
MovieThe Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
as 'Doc' Sawyer
MovieMexican Spitfire
1940
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
MovieThunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
MovieThe Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
MovieRange War
1939
as Deputy
MovieThe Spellbinder
1939
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
MovieDaredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Hinkle--Barker
MoviePanama Lady
1939
as Foreman
MoviePorky and Teabiscuit
1939
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieFixer Dugan
1939
as Sideshow Barker
MovieDodge City
1939
as Spieler (uncredited)
MovieAlmost a Gentleman
1939
as Sheriff Ira Willis
MovieThe Long Shot
1939
as Collins
MovieNext Time I Marry
1938
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
MoviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
MovieLawless Valley
1938
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
MovieTarnished Angel
1938
as Revivalist
MovieBarefoot Boy
1938
as Sheriff
MoviePride of the West
1938
as Tom Martin
MovieUnder Western Stars
1938
as Radio Announcer
MovieCall The Mesquiteers
1938
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
MovieFrontier Town
1938
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
MovieThe Rangers' Round-Up
1938
as Doc Aikman
MovieThe Old Barn Dance
1938
as Terwilliger
MovieThe Purple Vigilantes
1938
as J. T. McAllister
MoviePartners of the Plains
1938
as Sheriff
MovieHeadin' East
1937
as Fred W. Calhoun
MovieOutlaws of the Prairie
1937
as Neepah
MovieTexas Trail
1937
as Major Jordan
MovieLaw for Tombstone
1937
as Jack Dunn
MovieSky Racket
1937
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
MoviePorky's Garden
1937
as Huckster (voice)
MovieRoaring Six Guns
1937
as Sundown
MovieGet Rich Quick Porky
1937
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
MovieAll Over Town
1937
as Barker
MovieHeroes of the Alamo
1937
as Stephen F. Austin
MovieI Cover the War!
1937
as Blake
MovieRange Defenders
1937
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
MovieA Lawman Is Born
1937
as Sheriff Rock Lance
MovieSmoke Tree Range
1937
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
MovieMountain Justice
1937
as Wheel of Life Barker
MovieHills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Thompson
MovieTrail of Vengeance
1937
as Buck Andrews
MovieRound-Up Time in Texas
1937
as Barkey McCusky
MovieBorderland
1937
as Major Stafford
MovieThe Village Smithy
1936
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGhost Town Gold
1936
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
MovieOh, Susanna
1936
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
MovieCrash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
MovieTicket to Paradise
1936
as Cab Starter
MovieGuns and Guitars
1936
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
MovieAces and Eights
1936
as Marshal
MovieThe Singing Cowboy
1936
as Henry Blake
MovieBorder Caballero
1936
as Doc Shaw
MovieRidin' On
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieThe Walking Dead
1936
MovieKing of Burlesque
1936
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
MovieThe Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
MovieMoonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Doc Cody
MovieGuns Along The Trail
1935
as Dr. Carter
MovieLittle Big Shot
1935
as Tour Barker
MovieCowboy G-Man
1935
as Doc Carter
MovieParadise Canyon
1935
as Doc Carter
MovieThe Texas Rambler
1935
as 'Flash' Carson
MovieThe Cyclone Ranger
1935
as Pancho Gonzales
MovieThe Circus Clown
1934
as Circus Barker
MovieWhirlpool
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
MovieTwo Alone
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)