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Earle Hodgins

Born 1893-10-05

Died 1964-04-14

📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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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."

Filmography 219

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Saintly Sinners

Inherit the Wind

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

The Twilight Zone

Law of the Plainsman

The Donna Reed Show

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Missouri Traveler

as Old Sharecropper

as Ernest Plunkett

Have Gun, Will Travel

Friendly Persuasion

as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Fastest Gun Alive

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

as Pitchman (uncredited)

as Uncle Oliver

as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

The Forty-Niners

Thunder Over the Plains

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

City of Bad Men

The Great Jesse James Raid

as 'Soapy' Smith

Hopalong Cassidy

Westward the Women

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Callaway Went Thataway

as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Where Danger Lives

as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

as Professor Markett (uncredited)

The Savage Horde

The Lone Ranger

Canadian Pacific

as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

Henry, the Rainmaker

Slightly French

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

as Race Caller (Uncredited)

Sheriff of Wichita

as Jess Jenkins

Whispering Smith

Borrowed Trouble

as Doctor (uncredited)

Old Los Angeles

as Horatius P. Gassoway

Silent Conflict

as Doc Richards

Let's Live Again

as Novelty Salesman

Oklahoma Badlands

as Jonathan Walpole

If You Knew Susie

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Main Street Kid

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

as Joe - The Dog Handler

as Festival Barker (uncredited)

as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

as County Clerk Tom

Hollywood Barn Dance

as Francis D. Cartwright

Fun on a Weekend

as Heckler (uncredited)

Oregon Trail Scouts

The Sea of Grass

as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Unexpected Guest

as Joshua Colter

Vigilantes of Boomtown

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl

as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

The Devil's Playground

as Deputy Dan'l

as Marshal Jeff Bailey

Gallant Journey

as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

Down Missouri Way

The Last Crooked Mile

as Carnival Barker

Rustler's Round-up

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Traffic in Crime

Valley of the Zombies

as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Deadline at Dawn

as Barker (uncredited)

Crime of the Century

as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

The Topeka Terror

as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

Under Western Skies

as Mayor Dave Mayfield

Firebrands of Arizona

as Sheriff Hoag

Mystery of the Riverboat

as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

San Antonio Kid

Sensations of 1945

as Police Detective (uncredited)

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Eddie Purcell

It Happened Tomorrow

Calling Dr. Death

Riders of the Deadline

as Lawyer Jay Griffin

The Lone Star Trail

as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

as Wildcat Willie

The Avenging Rider

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

King of the Cowboys

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

as Judge Higgins

The Old Chisholm Trail

as Chief Hopping Crow

as Cigar Store Customer

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Red River Robin Hood

as Sheriff Blackton

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Deep in the Heart of Texas

as Judge Peabody

Call of the Canyon

as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy

as 2nd Speaker in Park

as Miner (uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

as Police Chief

The Bashful Bachelor

as Joseph Abernathy

Riding the Wind

as Bert MacLeod

Shut My Big Mouth

as Stagecoach Guard

The Power of God

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Show Barker (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying

as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Sailors on Leave

as Con Man (uncredited)

Criminals Within

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Las Vegas Nights

as Barker at Fickle Fanny

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Scattergood Baines

Trail of the Vigilantes

as Medicine Man

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Under Texas Skies

Men Against the Sky

as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

The Range Busters

as Concession Owner

Bad Man from Red Butte

as Hiram T. Cochran

My Favorite Wife

as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Boss of Bullion City

as Mike Calhoun

Santa Fe Marshal

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

as 'Doc' Sawyer

Mexican Spitfire

as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

as Fisherman (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Spellbinder

as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

Daredevils of the Red Circle

as Hinkle--Barker

Porky and Teabiscuit

as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

as Sideshow Barker

as Spieler (uncredited)

Almost a Gentleman

as Sheriff Ira Willis

Next Time I Marry

as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

as Circus Barker (uncredited)

as Sheriff Heck Hampton

Tarnished Angel

Pride of the West

Under Western Stars

as Radio Announcer

Call The Mesquiteers

as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

The Rangers' Round-Up

The Old Barn Dance

The Purple Vigilantes

as J. T. McAllister

Partners of the Plains

as Fred W. Calhoun

Outlaws of the Prairie

as Major Jordan

Law for Tombstone

as Henchman Spike Hodgins

as Huckster (voice)

Roaring Six Guns

Get Rich Quick Porky

as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

Heroes of the Alamo

as Stephen F. Austin

I Cover the War!

Range Defenders

as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

A Lawman Is Born

as Sheriff Rock Lance

Smoke Tree Range

as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Mountain Justice

as Wheel of Life Barker

Hills of Old Wyoming

Trail of Vengeance

as Buck Andrews

Round-Up Time in Texas

as Barkey McCusky

as Major Stafford

The Village Smithy

as Narrator (voice)

Ghost Town Gold

as Fight Referee (uncredited)

as Professor Ezekial Daniels

as Patrolman (uncredited)

Ticket to Paradise

Guns and Guitars

as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

Aces and Eights

The Singing Cowboy

Border Caballero

as Henchman (uncredited)

King of Burlesque

as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

The Perfect Gentleman

as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

Moonlight on the Prairie

Guns Along The Trail

Little Big Shot

Paradise Canyon

The Texas Rambler

as 'Flash' Carson

The Cyclone Ranger

as Pancho Gonzales

The Circus Clown

as Circus Barker

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)