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)
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)
Sheriff of Wichita as Jess Jenkins
Henry, the Rainmaker as Mr. Peabody
Radio Riot

1948

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

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
Key Witness as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Vigilantes of Boomtown as Governor
The Marauders as County Clerk Tom
Hollywood Barn Dance as Francis D. Cartwright
Unexpected Guest as Joshua Colter
Oregon Trail Scouts as The Judge

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

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)
The Long Shot as Collins
Panama Lady as Foreman
Almost a Gentleman as Sheriff Ira Willis
Range War as Deputy
Porky and Teabiscuit as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Fixer Dugan as Sideshow Barker

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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