Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

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.

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Movies starring Earle Hodgins (190)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Clute Dumfries (Uncredited)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler With Chimp (Uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Shooting Gallery Operator (Uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

Medicine Man (Uncredited)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Pitchman (Uncredited)

East of Eden (1955)

Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (Uncredited)

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Auctioneer (Uncredited)

Westward the Women (1951)

Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

Somerset Club Doorman (Untitled)

Texas Carnival (1951)

Cab Passenger Frightened By Cornie (Uncredited)

Where Danger Lives (1950)

Postville Cowboy (Uncredited)

Bunco Squad (1950)

Professor Markett (Uncredited)

Canadian Pacific (1949)

Sandy Mcnair (Uncredited)

Slightly French (1949)

Carnival Barker (Uncredited)

Shockproof (1949)

Race Caller (Uncredited)

Hazard (1948)

Doctor (Uncredited)

Old Los Angeles (1948)

Horatius P. Gassoway

Let's Live Again (1948)

Novelty Salesman

Oklahoma Badlands (1948)

Jonathan Walpole

If You Knew Susie (1948)

Auctioneer (Uncredited)

Desire Me (1947)

Festival Barker (Uncredited)

Key Witness (1947)

Racetrack Security Guard (Uncredited)

The Marauders (1947)

County Clerk Tom

Hollywood Barn Dance (1947)

Francis D. Cartwright

Fun on a Weekend (1947)

Heckler (Uncredited)

The Sea of Grass (1947)

Brewton Ranch Hand (Uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Diner Attendant At Lucia's (Uncredited)

That Brennan Girl (1946)

Street Car Conductor (Uncredited)

Accomplice (1946)

Marshal Jeff Bailey

Gallant Journey (1946)

Mahoney's Barker (Uncredited)

Rustler's Round-up (1946)

Sheriff Fin Elder

Valley of the Zombies (1946)

Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Barker (Uncredited)

Oregon Trail (1945)

Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

Bedside Manner (1945)

Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (Uncredited)

The Southerner (1945)

Wedding Guest (Uncredited)

Crime, Inc. (1945)

Carnival Barker (Uncredited)

The Topeka Terror (1945)

Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

Under Western Skies (1945)

Mayor Dave Mayfield

Sensations of 1945 (1944)

Police Detective (Uncredited)

False Colors (1943)

Lawyer Jay Griffin

The Lone Star Trail (1943)

Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Colt Comrades (1943)

Wildcat Willie

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Reporter Earle (Uncredited)

Idaho (1943)

Bartender

Fall In (1942)

Cigar Store Customer

Silver Queen (1942)

Desk Clerk (Uncredited)

Undercover Man (1942)

Sheriff Blackton

Call of the Canyon (1942)

Pie-Eating Contest Referee (Uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Bottle Game Operator (Uncredited)

My Favorite Spy (1942)

2Nd Speaker In Park

The Spoilers (1942)

Miner (Uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High (1942)

Auctioneer (Uncredited)

Shut My Big Mouth (1942)

Stagecoach Guard

USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942)

Show Barker (Uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

Tunnel Of Love Attendant (Uncredited)

Sailors on Leave (1941)

Con Man (Uncredited)

Las Vegas Nights (1941)

Barker At Fickle Fanny

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)

Sylvester P. Wurple (Uncredited)

Law and Order (1940)

Sheriff Fin Elder

Boom Town (1940)

Rodeo Barker (Uncredited)

Florian (1940)

Concession Owner

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (Uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

Thunder Afloat (1939)

Fisherman (Uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Horse Auctioneer (Uncredited)

The Spellbinder (1939)

First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)

Auctioneer (Voice) (Uncredited)

Fixer Dugan (1939)

Sideshow Barker

Dodge City (1939)

Spieler (Uncredited)

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Sheriff Ira Willis

Next Time I Marry (1938)

Hitchhiking Preacher (Uncredited)

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)

Circus Barker (Uncredited)

Lawless Valley (1938)

Sheriff Heck Hampton

Call The Mesquiteers (1938)

'Doctor' Algernon Irving

Frontier Town (1938)

Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Headin' East (1937)

Fred W. Calhoun

Texas Trail (1937)

Major Jordan

Sky Racket (1937)

Henchman Spike Hodgins

Porky's Garden (1937)

Huckster (Voice)

Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)

Oil Land Hustler (Voice) (Uncredited)

Range Defenders (1937)

Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

A Lawman Is Born (1937)

Sheriff Rock Lance

Smoke Tree Range (1937)

Sheriff Day (As Earl Hodgins)

Mountain Justice (1937)

Wheel Of Life Barker

Borderland (1937)

Major Stafford

Ghost Town Gold (1936)

Fight Referee (Uncredited)

Oh, Susanna (1936)

Professor Ezekial Daniels

Crash Donovan (1936)

Patrolman (Uncredited)

Guns and Guitars (1936)

Prof. Parker (As Earl Hodgins)

Ridin' On (1936)

Henchman (Uncredited)

King of Burlesque (1936)

Burlesque Barker (Uncredited)

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)

Music Hall Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Whirlpool (1934)

Carnival Barker (Uncredited)

Two Alone (1934)

Carnival Barker (Uncredited)

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