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

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

1947

Desire Me as Festival Barker (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Marauders as County Clerk Tom
Key Witness as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend as Heckler (uncredited)
Vigilantes of Boomtown as Governor
Oregon Trail Scouts as The Judge
Hollywood Barn Dance as Francis D. Cartwright
Unexpected Guest as Joshua Colter
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)
That Brennan Girl as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn as Barker (uncredited)
Gallant Journey as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Gun Town as Sheriff
Rustler's Round-up as Sheriff Fin Elder
The Last Crooked Mile as Carnival Barker
Valley of the Zombies as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Crime of the Century as Eddie
Down Missouri Way as Press Agent
Traffic in Crime as Bartender
Accomplice as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Fool's Gold as Sandler
The Devil's Playground as Deputy Dan'l

1945

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

1944

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

1943

Batman as Joe
Idaho as Bartender
Hoppy Serves a Writ as Jim Belman
Crazy House as Barker
Colt Comrades as Wildcat Willie
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys as Ike
Calling Dr. Death
Bar 20 as Tom
Border Patrol as Cook
False Colors as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Riders of the Deadline as Sourdough
The Lone Star Trail as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
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)
My Favorite Spy as 2nd Speaker in Park
Shut My Big Mouth as Stagecoach Guard
Silver Queen as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Power of God as Tom York
USS VD: Ship of Shame as Show Barker (uncredited)
The Old Chisholm Trail as Chief Hopping Crow
Fall In as Cigar Store Customer
Riding the Wind as Bert MacLeod
Scattergood Survives a Murder as Coroner
Red River Robin Hood as Deputy Pete
Call of the Canyon as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Deep in the Heart of Texas as Judge Peabody
Inside the Law as Police Chief
Undercover Man as Sheriff Blackton
The Bashful Bachelor as Joseph Abernathy

1941

Scattergood Baines as Jim Barton
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
Las Vegas Nights as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Deputy
Sailors on Leave as Con Man (uncredited)
Criminals Within as Wallace

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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