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