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