Earle Hodgins

Born: 1893-10-05 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died: 1964-04-14

Known For: Acting

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."

Filmography

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Saintly Sinners as Uncle Clete

1961

Mister Ed

1960

Guestward, Ho!
The Westerner as Saul
Inherit the Wind as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

1959

1958

The Rifleman
The Donna Reed Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Stableman
The Missouri Traveler as Old Sharecropper

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Old Timer
Maverick as Johnson
Sugarfoot as The Old Man
Harbor Command
The D.I. as Guard

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Pat Duncan
Friendly Persuasion as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive as Medicine Man (uncredited)
The Young Guns as Rancho

1955

Gunsmoke as Uncle Oliver
East of Eden as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls as Pitchman (uncredited)

1951

Dragnet
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Boston Blackie
Westward the Women as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Texas Carnival as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

1950

The Cisco Kid as Gramps - the Organ Player
Where Danger Lives as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
The Savage Horde as Buck Yallop
Bunco Squad as Professor Markett (uncredited)

1949

The Lone Ranger as Storekeeper
Shockproof as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Canadian Pacific as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Slightly French as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita as Jess Jenkins
The Great Dan Patch as Driver (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker as Mr. Peabody
Radio Riot

1948

Whispering Smith
The Main Street Kid as Judge Belin
If You Knew Susie as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Hazard as Doctor (uncredited)
Old Los Angeles as Horatius P. Gassoway
Let's Live Again as Novelty Salesman
Borrowed Trouble as Sheriff
Oklahoma Badlands as Jonathan Walpole
Silent Conflict as Doc Richards

1947

The Sea of Grass as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Desire Me as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend as Heckler (uncredited)
The Return of Rin Tin Tin as Joe - The Dog Handler
Vigilantes of Boomtown as Governor
Key Witness as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest as Joshua Colter
The Marauders as County Clerk Tom
Hollywood Barn Dance as Francis D. Cartwright
Oregon Trail Scouts as The Judge

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn as Barker (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile as Carnival Barker
Down Missouri Way as Press Agent
Valley of the Zombies as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
The Devil's Playground as Deputy Dan'l
Traffic in Crime as Bartender
Gallant Journey as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Gun Town as Sheriff
Rustler's Round-up as Sheriff Fin Elder
My Pal Trigger as Race Spectator (uncredited)
Crime of the Century as Eddie
Accomplice as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Fool's Gold as Sandler

1945

The Southerner as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Crime, Inc. as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Bedside Manner as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Oregon Trail as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
Under Western Skies as Mayor Dave Mayfield
The Topeka Terror as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

1944

It Happened Tomorrow
Alaska as Tobin
Mystery of the Riverboat as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Sensations of 1945 as Police Detective (uncredited)
San Antonio Kid as Happy Jack
Firebrands of Arizona as Sheriff Hoag
Hidden Valley Outlaws as Eddie Purcell

1943

Batman as Joe
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
Riders of the Deadline as Sourdough
King of the Cowboys as Ike
Hoppy Serves a Writ as Jim Belman
Crazy House as Barker
Bar 20 as Tom
The Lone Star Trail as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Colt Comrades as Wildcat Willie
Idaho as Bartender
Border Patrol as Cook
False Colors as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground as Judge Higgins
The Avenging Rider as Deputy Joe

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
The Spoilers as Miner (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth as Stagecoach Guard
Call of the Canyon as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Deep in the Heart of Texas as Judge Peabody
My Favorite Spy as 2nd Speaker in Park
Scattergood Survives a Murder as Coroner
Inside the Law as Police Chief
The Power of God as Tom York
Scattergood Rides High as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Riding the Wind as Bert MacLeod
Red River Robin Hood as Deputy Pete
Silver Queen as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Undercover Man as Sheriff Blackton
The Bashful Bachelor as Joseph Abernathy
The Old Chisholm Trail as Chief Hopping Crow
USS VD: Ship of Shame as Show Barker (uncredited)
Fall In as Cigar Store Customer

1941

Keep 'Em Flying as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Sierra Sue as Brandywine
Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Deputy
Scattergood Baines as Jim Barton
Sailors on Leave as Con Man (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Criminals Within as Wallace

1940

My Favorite Wife as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Boom Town as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Florian as Concession Owner
Bad Man from Red Butte as Hiram T. Cochran
Boss of Bullion City as Mike Calhoun
Men Against the Sky as Barker
Trail of the Vigilantes as Medicine Man
The Sagebrush Family Trails West as 'Doc' Sawyer
Law and Order as Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies as Town Barber
Mexican Spitfire as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
The Range Busters as Uncle Rolf
Santa Fe Marshal as Rufus Tate

1939

Dodge City as Spieler (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle as Hinkle--Barker
Thunder Afloat as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Spellbinder as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Panama Lady as Foreman
Almost a Gentleman as Sheriff Ira Willis
Porky and Teabiscuit as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
The Long Shot as Collins
Fixer Dugan as Sideshow Barker
Range War as Deputy

1938

Tarnished Angel as Revivalist
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus as Circus Barker (uncredited)
The Rangers' Round-Up as Doc Aikman
Next Time I Marry as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Partners of the Plains as Sheriff
Call The Mesquiteers as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Pride of the West as Tom Martin
The Old Barn Dance as Terwilliger
Under Western Stars as Radio Announcer
Lawless Valley as Sheriff Heck Hampton
The Purple Vigilantes as J. T. McAllister
Barefoot Boy as Sheriff
Frontier Town as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

1937

A Lawman Is Born as Sheriff Rock Lance
Get Rich Quick Porky as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Hills of Old Wyoming as Thompson
Outlaws of the Prairie as Neepah
Round-Up Time in Texas as Barkey McCusky
Headin' East as Fred W. Calhoun
Sky Racket as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Trail of Vengeance as Buck Andrews
Heroes of the Alamo as Stephen F. Austin
I Cover the War! as Blake
Texas Trail as Major Jordan
Range Defenders as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Mountain Justice as Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland as Major Stafford
Roaring Six Guns as Sundown
Smoke Tree Range as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Porky's Garden as Huckster (voice)
All Over Town as Barker
Law for Tombstone as Jack Dunn

1936

The Walking Dead
Ticket to Paradise as Cab Starter
King of Burlesque as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Border Caballero as Doc Shaw
Ghost Town Gold as Fight Referee (uncredited)
Aces and Eights as Marshal
Oh, Susanna as Professor Ezekial Daniels
The Singing Cowboy as Henry Blake
Crash Donovan as Patrolman (uncredited)
Guns and Guitars as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Village Smithy as Narrator (voice)
Ridin' On as Henchman (uncredited)

1935

Moonlight on the Prairie as Doc Cody
Guns Along The Trail as Dr. Carter
Paradise Canyon as Doc Carter
Little Big Shot as Tour Barker
The Perfect Gentleman as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Cyclone Ranger as Pancho Gonzales
Cowboy G-Man as Doc Carter
The Texas Rambler as 'Flash' Carson

1934

Whirlpool as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Two Alone as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
The Circus Clown as Circus Barker