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

Maverick as Johnson
Have Gun, Will Travel as Old Timer
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
Boston Blackie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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)
Bunco Squad as Professor Markett (uncredited)
The Savage Horde as Buck Yallop

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

Little Big Shot as Tour Barker
Paradise Canyon as Doc Carter
Guns Along The Trail as Dr. Carter
Moonlight on the Prairie as Doc Cody
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