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