Earle Hodgins

Biography

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

Dragnet

The Rifleman

Maverick

Maverick

Lassie

The Twilight Zone

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Donna Reed Show

All Movies (191)

• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962 · as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
• Saintly Sinners1962 · as Uncle Clete
• Inherit the Wind1960 · as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
• The Missouri Traveler1958 · as Old Sharecropper
• The D.I.1957 · as Guard
• Friendly Persuasion1956 · as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
• The Young Guns1956 · as Rancho
• The Fastest Gun Alive1956 · as Medicine Man (uncredited)
• Guys and Dolls1955 · as Pitchman (uncredited)
• East of Eden1955 · as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
• The Forty-Niners1954 · as Hotel Clerk
• Thunder Over the Plains1953 · as Auctioneer (uncredited)
• City of Bad Men1953 · as Cooch
• The Great Jesse James Raid1953 · as 'Soapy' Smith
• Westward the Women1951 · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
• Callaway Went Thataway1951 · as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
• Texas Carnival1951 · as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
• Where Danger Lives1950 · as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
• Bunco Squad1950 · as Professor Markett (uncredited)
• The Savage Horde1950 · as Buck Yallop
• Canadian Pacific1949 · as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
• Henry, the Rainmaker1949 · as Mr. Peabody
• Radio Riot1949
• Slightly French1949 · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
• Shockproof1949 · as Race Caller (Uncredited)
• Sheriff of Wichita1949 · as Jess Jenkins
• Whispering Smith1948
• Borrowed Trouble1948 · as Sheriff
• Hazard1948 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Old Los Angeles1948 · as Horatius P. Gassoway
• Silent Conflict1948 · as Doc Richards
• Let's Live Again1948 · as Novelty Salesman
• Oklahoma Badlands1948 · as Jonathan Walpole
• If You Knew Susie1948 · as Auctioneer (uncredited)
• The Main Street Kid1948 · as Judge Belin
• The Return of Rin Tin Tin1947 · as Joe - The Dog Handler
• Desire Me1947 · as Festival Barker (uncredited)
• Key Witness1947 · as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
• The Marauders1947 · as County Clerk Tom
• Hollywood Barn Dance1947 · as Francis D. Cartwright
• Fun on a Weekend1947 · as Heckler (uncredited)
• Oregon Trail Scouts1947 · as The Judge
• The Sea of Grass1947 · as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
• Unexpected Guest1947 · as Joshua Colter
• Vigilantes of Boomtown1947 · as Governor
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
• That Brennan Girl1946 · as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
• The Devil's Playground1946 · as Deputy Dan'l
• Fool's Gold1946 · as Sandler
• Accomplice1946 · as Marshal Jeff Bailey
• Gallant Journey1946 · as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
• Down Missouri Way1946 · as Press Agent
• The Last Crooked Mile1946 · as Carnival Barker
• Rustler's Round-up1946 · as Sheriff Fin Elder
• Traffic in Crime1946 · as Bartender
• Valley of the Zombies1946 · as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
• Deadline at Dawn1946 · as Barker (uncredited)
• Crime of the Century1946 · as Eddie
• Gun Town1946 · as Sheriff
• Oregon Trail1945 · as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
• Bedside Manner1945 · as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
• The Southerner1945 · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Crime, Inc.1945 · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
• The Topeka Terror1945 · as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
• Under Western Skies1945 · as Mayor Dave Mayfield
• Firebrands of Arizona1944 · as Sheriff Hoag
• Alaska1944 · as Tobin
• Mystery of the Riverboat1944 · as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
• San Antonio Kid1944 · as Happy Jack
• Sensations of 19451944 · as Police Detective (uncredited)
• Hidden Valley Outlaws1944 · as Eddie Purcell
• It Happened Tomorrow1944
• Calling Dr. Death1943
• Riders of the Deadline1943 · as Sourdough
• False Colors1943 · as Lawyer Jay Griffin
• Crazy House1943 · as Barker
• Bar 201943 · as Tom
• The Lone Star Trail1943 · as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
• Batman1943 · as Joe
• Colt Comrades1943 · as Wildcat Willie
• The Avenging Rider1943 · as Deputy Joe
• Gildersleeve's Bad Day1943 · as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
• King of the Cowboys1943 · as Ike
• Border Patrol1943 · as Cook
• Hoppy Serves a Writ1943 · as Jim Belman
• Idaho1943 · as Bartender
• Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground1943 · as Judge Higgins
• The Old Chisholm Trail1942 · as Chief Hopping Crow
• Fall In1942 · as Cigar Store Customer
• Silver Queen1942 · as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Red River Robin Hood1942 · as Deputy Pete
• Undercover Man1942 · as Sheriff Blackton
• Scattergood Survives a Murder1942 · as Coroner
• Deep in the Heart of Texas1942 · as Judge Peabody
• Call of the Canyon1942 · as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
• The Pride of the Yankees1942 · as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
• My Favorite Spy1942 · as 2nd Speaker in Park
• The Spoilers1942 · as Miner (uncredited)
• Scattergood Rides High1942 · as Auctioneer (uncredited)
• Inside the Law1942 · as Police Chief
• The Bashful Bachelor1942 · as Joseph Abernathy
• Riding the Wind1942 · as Bert MacLeod
• Shut My Big Mouth1942 · as Stagecoach Guard
• The Power of God1942 · as Tom York
• USS VD: Ship of Shame1942 · as Show Barker (uncredited)
• Keep 'Em Flying1941 · as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
• Sierra Sue1941 · as Brandywine
• Sailors on Leave1941 · as Con Man (uncredited)
• Criminals Within1941 · as Wallace
• Scattergood Pulls the Strings1941 · as Deputy
• Las Vegas Nights1941 · as Barker at Fickle Fanny
• A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941 · as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
• Scattergood Baines1941 · as Jim Barton
• Trail of the Vigilantes1940 · as Medicine Man
• Law and Order1940 · as Sheriff Fin Elder
• Under Texas Skies1940 · as Town Barber
• Men Against the Sky1940 · as Barker
• Boom Town1940 · as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
• The Range Busters1940 · as Uncle Rolf
• Florian1940 · as Concession Owner
• Bad Man from Red Butte1940 · as Hiram T. Cochran
• My Favorite Wife1940 · as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
• Boss of Bullion City1940 · as Mike Calhoun
• Santa Fe Marshal1940 · as Rufus Tate
• The Sagebrush Family Trails West1940 · as 'Doc' Sawyer
• Mexican Spitfire1940 · as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
• Thunder Afloat1939 · as Fisherman (uncredited)
• The Day the Bookies Wept1939 · as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
• Range War1939 · as Deputy
• The Spellbinder1939 · as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
• Daredevils of the Red Circle1939 · as Hinkle--Barker
• Panama Lady1939 · as Foreman
• Porky and Teabiscuit1939 · as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
• Fixer Dugan1939 · as Sideshow Barker
• Dodge City1939 · as Spieler (uncredited)
• Almost a Gentleman1939 · as Sheriff Ira Willis
• The Long Shot1939 · as Collins
• Next Time I Marry1938 · as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
• Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus1938 · as Circus Barker (uncredited)
• Lawless Valley1938 · as Sheriff Heck Hampton
• Tarnished Angel1938 · as Revivalist
• Barefoot Boy1938 · as Sheriff
• Pride of the West1938 · as Tom Martin
• Under Western Stars1938 · as Radio Announcer
• Call The Mesquiteers1938 · as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
• Frontier Town1938 · as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
• The Rangers' Round-Up1938 · as Doc Aikman
• The Old Barn Dance1938 · as Terwilliger
• The Purple Vigilantes1938 · as J. T. McAllister
• Partners of the Plains1938 · as Sheriff
• Headin' East1937 · as Fred W. Calhoun
• Outlaws of the Prairie1937 · as Neepah
• Texas Trail1937 · as Major Jordan
• Law for Tombstone1937 · as Jack Dunn
• Sky Racket1937 · as Henchman Spike Hodgins
• Porky's Garden1937 · as Huckster (voice)
• Roaring Six Guns1937 · as Sundown
• Get Rich Quick Porky1937 · as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
• All Over Town1937 · as Barker
• Heroes of the Alamo1937 · as Stephen F. Austin
• I Cover the War!1937 · as Blake
• Range Defenders1937 · as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
• A Lawman Is Born1937 · as Sheriff Rock Lance
• Smoke Tree Range1937 · as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
• Mountain Justice1937 · as Wheel of Life Barker
• Hills of Old Wyoming1937 · as Thompson
• Trail of Vengeance1937 · as Buck Andrews
• Round-Up Time in Texas1937 · as Barkey McCusky
• Borderland1937 · as Major Stafford
• The Village Smithy1936 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ghost Town Gold1936 · as Fight Referee (uncredited)
• Oh, Susanna1936 · as Professor Ezekial Daniels
• Crash Donovan1936 · as Patrolman (uncredited)
• Ticket to Paradise1936 · as Cab Starter
• Guns and Guitars1936 · as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
• Aces and Eights1936 · as Marshal
• The Singing Cowboy1936 · as Henry Blake
• Border Caballero1936 · as Doc Shaw
• Ridin' On1936 · as Henchman (uncredited)
• King of Burlesque1936 · as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
• The Perfect Gentleman1935 · as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
• Moonlight on the Prairie1935 · as Doc Cody
• Guns Along The Trail1935 · as Dr. Carter
• Little Big Shot1935 · as Tour Barker
• Cowboy G-Man1935 · as Doc Carter
• Paradise Canyon1935 · as Doc Carter
• The Texas Rambler1935 · as 'Flash' Carson
• The Cyclone Ranger1935 · as Pancho Gonzales
• The Circus Clown1934 · as Circus Barker
• Whirlpool1934 · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
• Two Alone1934 · as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

All TV Shows (30)

• Mister Ed1961
• The Westerner1960 · as Saul
• Guestward, Ho!1960
• Mr. Lucky1959
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Agee
• Law of the Plainsman1959 · as Bartender
• Wichita Town1959
• Rawhide1959
• The Rifleman1958
• The Donna Reed Show1958
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Stableman
• Harbor Command1957
• Maverick1957 · as Johnson
• Maverick1957 · as Ernest Plunkett
• Sugarfoot1957 · as The Old Man
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Old Timer
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Pat Duncan
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Uncle Oliver
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Tubby
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Dobie
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Judge
• Lassie1954
• City Detective1953
• Hopalong Cassidy1952
• Dragnet1951
• Boston Blackie1951
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
• The Cisco Kid1950 · as Gramps - the Organ Player
• The Cisco Kid1950 · as Idaho, Circle J Hand
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Storekeeper