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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1893
Died
April 14, 1964
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As
- Earl Hodges
- Earl Hodgin
- Earl Hodgins
- Earl Hudgins
Earle Hodgins
0.5 Popularity
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."
Known For
7.8
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
3.0
Uncle Clete
Saintly Sinners
1962
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
6.8
Saul
The Westerner
1960
4.0
Guestward, Ho!
1960
7.7
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960
6.4
Mr. Lucky
1959
8.4
Agee
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.0
Bartender
Law of the Plainsman
1959
4.2
Wichita Town
1959
Credits
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
1962
7.8
Saintly Sinners
as Uncle Clete
1962
3.0
Mister Ed
1961
6.8
The Westerner
as Saul
1960
6.8
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
Inherit the Wind
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
1960
7.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
The Twilight Zone
as Agee
1959
8.4
Law of the Plainsman
as Bartender
1959
6.0
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Stableman
1958
6.9
The Missouri Traveler
as Old Sharecropper
1958
6.4
Harbor Command
1957
4.0
Maverick
as Johnson
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Ernest Plunkett
1957
6.8
Sugarfoot
as The Old Man
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Old Timer
1957
7.4
The D.I.
as Guard
1957
7.1
Friendly Persuasion
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
1956
6.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Pat Duncan
1956
5.5
The Young Guns
as Rancho
1956
6.8
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
1956
6.9
Guys and Dolls
as Pitchman (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Uncle Oliver
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Tubby
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dobie
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Judge
1955
6.6
East of Eden
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
1955
7.5
Lassie
1954
6.1
The Forty-Niners
as Hotel Clerk
1954
5.2
Thunder Over the Plains
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1953
5.4
City of Bad Men
as Cooch
1953
5.8
City Detective
1953
7.0
The Great Jesse James Raid
as 'Soapy' Smith
1953
4.7
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.2
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Westward the Women
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1951
7.0
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
1951
4.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Where Danger Lives
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
1950
6.4
The Cisco Kid
as Gramps - the Organ Player
1950
5.9
The Cisco Kid
as Idaho, Circle J Hand
1950
5.9
Bunco Squad
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
1950
5.9
The Savage Horde
as Buck Yallop
1950
5.8
The Lone Ranger
as Storekeeper
1949
6.7
Canadian Pacific
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
1949
5.2
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mr. Peabody
1949
0.0
Radio Riot
1949
0.0
Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1949
7.2
Shockproof
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
1949
6.4
Sheriff of Wichita
as Jess Jenkins
1949
0.0
Whispering Smith
1948
6.4
Borrowed Trouble
as Sheriff
1948
7.2
Hazard
as Doctor (uncredited)
1948
8.0
Old Los Angeles
as Horatius P. Gassoway
1948
5.5
Silent Conflict
as Doc Richards
1948
0.0
Let's Live Again
as Novelty Salesman
1948
5.0
Oklahoma Badlands
as Jonathan Walpole
1948
3.0
If You Knew Susie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1948
7.5
The Main Street Kid
as Judge Belin
1948
0.0
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
1947
5.2
Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
1947
4.6
The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
1947
0.0
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
1947
3.5
Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
Oregon Trail Scouts
as The Judge
1947
0.0
The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
1947
0.0
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Governor
1947
2.5
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
1946
7.8
That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
1946
5.3
The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
1946
7.0
Fool's Gold
as Sandler
1946
0.0
Accomplice
as Jeff Bailey
1946
5.3
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
1946
0.0
The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
1946
5.0
Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
1946
0.0
Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
1946
6.0
Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
1946
5.2
Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Crime of the Century
as Eddie
1946
5.0
Gun Town
as Sheriff
1946
0.0
Oregon Trail
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
1945
0.0
Her Favorite Patient
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
1945
5.7
The Southerner
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Crime, Inc.
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1945
4.2
The Topeka Terror
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
1945
4.0
Under Western Skies
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
1945
5.8
Firebrands of Arizona
as Sheriff Hoag
1944
6.0
Alaska
as Tobin
1944
5.0
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
1944
6.0
San Antonio Kid
as Happy Jack
1944
0.0
Sensations of 1945
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Eddie Purcell
1944
0.0
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
6.7
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.5
Riders of the Deadline
as Sourdough
1943
3.7
False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
1943
4.0
Crazy House
as Barker
1943
5.0
Bar 20
as Tom
1943
3.8
The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
1943
5.0
Batman
as Joe
1943
6.4
Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
1943
5.6
The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
1943
0.0
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
1943
6.4
King of the Cowboys
as Ike
1943
5.5
Border Patrol
as Cook
1943
6.0
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
1943
6.5
Idaho
as Bartender
1943
5.7
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Judge Higgins
1943
0.0
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
1942
7.0
Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
1942
6.0
Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1942
5.7
Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)
1942
6.0
Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
1942
6.0
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Coroner
1942
4.5
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Judge Peabody
1942
5.0
Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
1942
7.0
The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
1942
7.4
My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
1942
5.2
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
1942
6.2
Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1942
0.0
Inside the Law
as Police Chief
1942
5.0
The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
1942
4.5
Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
1942
0.0
Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
1942
8.5
The Power of God
as Tom York
1942
0.0
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
1942
4.4
Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
1941
5.9
Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
1941
0.0
Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Criminals Within
as Wallace
1941
6.0
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Deputy
1941
0.0
Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
1941
5.5
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
1941
4.7
Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
1941
6.0
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Medicine Man
1940
0.0
Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
1940
0.0
Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
1940
5.0
Men Against the Sky
as Barker
1940
4.4
Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
1940
6.9
The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
1940
5.2
Florian
as Concession Owner
1940
1.0
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
1940
5.4
My Favorite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
1940
5.0
Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
1940
6.0
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as 'Doc' Sawyer
1940
0.0
Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
1940
4.6
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
1939
5.9
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Range War
as Deputy
1939
0.0
The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
1939
6.0
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Hinkle--Barker
1939
4.0
Panama Lady
as Foreman
1939
5.6
Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
1939
6.5
Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
1939
6.0
The Long Shot
as Collins
1939
5.8
Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher
1938
6.8
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
1938
4.8
Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
1938
5.0
Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
1938
5.3
Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
1938
4.8
Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
1938
0.0
Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
1938
5.6
Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
1938
4.0
Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
1938
5.0
The Rangers' Round-Up
as Doc Aikman
1938
6.0
The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
1938
4.0
The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
1938
3.0
Partners of the Plains
as Sheriff
1938
0.0
Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
1937
0.0
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Neepah
1937
1.0
Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
1937
5.5
Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
1937
0.0
Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
1937
2.8
Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
1937
5.9
Roaring Six Guns
as Sundown
1937
6.0
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
1937
6.1
All Over Town
as Barker
1937
6.2
Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
1937
3.5
I Cover the War!
as Blake
1937
4.9
Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
1937
2.5
A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
1937
3.0
Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
1937
0.0
Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
1937
5.5
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Thompson
1937
0.0
Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
1937
0.0
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
1937
7.7
Borderland
as Major Stafford
1937
0.0
The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
1936
6.2
Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
1936
5.8
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
1936
6.0
Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
1936
4.2
Aces and Eights
as Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)
1936
4.8
The Singing Cowboy
as Henry Blake
1936
3.3
Border Caballero
as Doc Shaw
1936
6.0
Ridin' On
as Henchman (uncredited)
1936
0.0
King of Burlesque
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
1936
5.9
The Perfect Gentleman
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
1935
4.5
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Doc Cody
1935
5.5
Guns Along The Trail
as Dr. Carter
1935
3.0
Little Big Shot
as Tour Barker
1935
6.0
Paradise Canyon
as Doc Carter
1935
4.7
The Texas Rambler
as 'Flash' Carson
1935
0.0
The Cyclone Ranger
as Pancho Gonzales
1935
0.0
The Circus Clown
as Circus Barker
1934
6.0
Two Alone
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1934
7.0