Acting
Earle Hodgins
EN, NL, FR cinema · 192 credits
Born
5 October 1893
Died
14 April 1964 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also known as Earl Hodges · Earl Hodgin · Earl Hodgins · Earl Hudgins
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."
Known for
Filmography
Saintly Sinners
as Uncle Clete
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
as Old Sharecropper
The D.I.
as Guard
The Young Guns
as Rancho
Friendly Persuasion
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
as Pitchman (uncredited)
East of Eden
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Forty-Niners
as Hotel Clerk
Thunder Over the Plains
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Great Jesse James Raid
as 'Soapy' Smith
City of Bad Men
as Cooch
Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Texas Carnival
as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
as Buck Yallop
Bunco Squad
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Shockproof
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita
as Jess Jenkins
Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mr. Peabody
Canadian Pacific
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Silent Conflict
as Doc Richards
Borrowed Trouble
as Sheriff
If You Knew Susie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Hazard
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid
as Judge Belin
Old Los Angeles
as Horatius P. Gassoway
Oklahoma Badlands
as Jonathan Walpole
Let's Live Again
as Novelty Salesman
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Governor
Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
Oregon Trail Scouts
as The Judge
The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (uncredited)
Desire Me
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Accomplice
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
as Eddie
Fool's Gold
as Sandler
Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
Gun Town
as Sheriff
The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Oregon Trail
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
The Topeka Terror
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
The Southerner
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Under Western Skies
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
San Antonio Kid
as Happy Jack
Alaska
as Tobin
Sensations of 1945
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Sheriff Hoag
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Eddie Purcell
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
Riders of the Deadline
as Sourdough
The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Judge Higgins
Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
Border Patrol
as Cook
Idaho
as Bartender
Bar 20
as Tom
False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Batman
as Joe
Crazy House
as Barker
Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Inside the Law
as Police Chief
The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete
Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Judge Peabody
Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
The Power of God
as Tom York
The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
Criminals Within
as Wallace
Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as 'Doc' Sawyer
Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Medicine Man
Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
as Barker
Florian
as Concession Owner
Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Hinkle--Barker
The Long Shot
as Collins
Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
Range War
as Deputy
Panama Lady
as Foreman
Porky and Teabiscuit
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
The Rangers' Round-Up
as Doc Aikman
Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
Partners of the Plains
as Sheriff
Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
Roaring Six Guns
as Sundown
All Over Town
as Barker
A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland
as Major Stafford
I Cover the War!
as Blake
Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Thompson
Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Neepah
Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
Aces and Eights
as Marshal
King of Burlesque
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Singing Cowboy
as Henry Blake
Border Caballero
as Doc Shaw
Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Ridin' On
as Henchman (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
Paradise Canyon
as Doc Carter
The Cyclone Ranger
as Pancho Gonzales
Guns Along The Trail
as Dr. Carter
The Perfect Gentleman
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Texas Rambler
as 'Flash' Carson
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Doc Cody
Little Big Shot
as Tour Barker
Cowboy G-Man
as Doc Carter
The Circus Clown
as Circus Barker
Two Alone
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Whirlpool
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)