Earle Hodgins
192 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 5, 1893
- Died
- Apr 14, 1964 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Earl Hodges · Earl Hodgin · Earl Hodgins · Earl Hudgins
Biography
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Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor.
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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."
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Film
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★ 8.5 The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
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★ 7.5 East of Eden
1955 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Film
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★ 7.6 Inherit the Wind
1960 · Film
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★ 6.6 Guys and Dolls
1955 · Film
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★ 7.0 My Favorite Wife
1940 · Film
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★ 6.6 Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Film
Earle Hodgins: movies and TV shows
Acting (217)
- 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
- 1962 Saintly Sinners
as Uncle Clete
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Inherit the Wind
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Rawhide · TV
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Missouri Traveler
as Old Sharecropper
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The D.I.
as Guard
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
- 1956
- 1956 The Young Guns
as Rancho
- 1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
- 1955 Guys and Dolls
as Pitchman (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955 East of Eden
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
- 1954
- 1954 The Forty-Niners
as Hotel Clerk
- 1953 Thunder Over the Plains
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- 1953 City of Bad Men
as Cooch
- 1953
- 1953 The Great Jesse James Raid
as 'Soapy' Smith
- 1952
- 1951 Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951 Callaway Went Thataway
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
- 1951 Texas Carnival
as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950 Where Danger Lives
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 Bunco Squad
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
- 1950 The Savage Horde
as Buck Yallop
- 1949
- 1949 Canadian Pacific
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
- 1949 Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mr. Peabody
- 1949
- 1949 Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- 1949 Shockproof
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
- 1949 Sheriff of Wichita
as Jess Jenkins
- 1948
- 1948 Borrowed Trouble
as Sheriff
- 1948 Hazard
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1948 Old Los Angeles
as Horatius P. Gassoway
- 1948 Silent Conflict
as Doc Richards
- 1948 Let's Live Again
as Novelty Salesman
- 1948 Oklahoma Badlands
as Jonathan Walpole
- 1948 If You Knew Susie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- 1948 The Main Street Kid
as Judge Belin
- 1947 The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
- 1947 Desire Me
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
- 1947 Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
- 1947 The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
- 1947 Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
- 1947 Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (uncredited)
- 1947 Oregon Trail Scouts
as The Judge
- 1947 The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1947 Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
- 1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Governor
- 1946 That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
- 1946 The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
- 1946 Fool's Gold
as Sandler
- 1946 Accomplice
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
- 1946 Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
- 1946 Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
- 1946 The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
- 1946 Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
- 1946 Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
- 1946 Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
- 1946 Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
- 1946 Crime of the Century
as Eddie
- 1946 Gun Town
as Sheriff
- 1945 Oregon Trail
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
- 1945 Bedside Manner
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
- 1945 The Southerner
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1945 Crime, Inc.
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- 1945 The Topeka Terror
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
- 1945 Under Western Skies
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
- 1944 Firebrands of Arizona
as Sheriff Hoag
- 1944 Alaska
as Tobin
- 1944 Mystery of the Riverboat
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
- 1944 San Antonio Kid
as Happy Jack
- 1944 Sensations of 1945
as Police Detective (uncredited)
- 1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Eddie Purcell
- 1944
- 1943
- 1943 Riders of the Deadline
as Sourdough
- 1943 False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
- 1943 Crazy House
as Barker
- 1943 Bar 20
as Tom
- 1943 The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
- 1943 Batman
as Joe
- 1943 Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
- 1943 The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
- 1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
- 1943 King of the Cowboys
as Ike
- 1943 Border Patrol
as Cook
- 1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
- 1943 Idaho
as Bartender
- 1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Judge Higgins
- 1942 The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
- 1942 Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
- 1942 Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1942 Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete
- 1942 Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
- 1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Coroner
- 1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Judge Peabody
- 1942 Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
- 1942 My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
- 1942 The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
- 1942 Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- 1942 Inside the Law
as Police Chief
- 1942 The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
- 1942 Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
- 1942 Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
- 1942 The Power of God
as Tom York
- 1942 USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
- 1941 Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
- 1941 Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
- 1941 Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
- 1941 Criminals Within
as Wallace
- 1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Deputy
- 1941 Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
- 1941 Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
- 1940 Trail of the Vigilantes
as Medicine Man
- 1940 Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
- 1940 Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
- 1940 Men Against the Sky
as Barker
- 1940 Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
- 1940 The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
- 1940 Florian
as Concession Owner
- 1940 Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
- 1940 My Favorite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
- 1940 Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
- 1940 Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
- 1940 The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as 'Doc' Sawyer
- 1940 Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
- 1939 The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
- 1939 Range War
as Deputy
- 1939 The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
- 1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Hinkle--Barker
- 1939 Panama Lady
as Foreman
- 1939 Porky and Teabiscuit
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1939 Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
- 1939 Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
- 1939 Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
- 1939 The Long Shot
as Collins
- 1938 Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
- 1938 Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
- 1938 Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
- 1938 Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
- 1938 Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
- 1938 Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
- 1938 Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
- 1938 Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
- 1938 Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
- 1938 The Rangers' Round-Up
as Doc Aikman
- 1938 The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
- 1938 The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
- 1938 Partners of the Plains
as Sheriff
- 1937 Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
- 1937 Outlaws of the Prairie
as Neepah
- 1937 Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
- 1937 Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
- 1937 Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
- 1937 Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
- 1937 Roaring Six Guns
as Sundown
- 1937 Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
- 1937 All Over Town
as Barker
- 1937 Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
- 1937 I Cover the War!
as Blake
- 1937 Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
- 1937 A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
- 1937 Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
- 1937 Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
- 1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
as Thompson
- 1937 Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
- 1937 Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
- 1937 Borderland
as Major Stafford
- 1936 The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
- 1936 Ghost Town Gold
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
- 1936 Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
- 1936 Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1936 Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
- 1936 Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
+ 17 more credits