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Earle Hodgins
Actor
Born October 5, 1893Died April 14, 1964 (70 years)
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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."
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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Filmography
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Clute Dumfries (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners · as Uncle Clete |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) · as Chet |
| 1961 | Mister Ed (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Westerner (TV Series) · as Saul |
| 1960 | Guestward Ho! (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind · as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler With Chimp (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Overland Trail (TV Series) · as Ed Flynn |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1959 | The Alaskans (TV Series) · as Jim Brace |
| 1959 | Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Agee |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1959 | Wichita Town (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Bet Taker |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City · as First Barker |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Itinerant Preacher |
| 1958 | Mardi Gras · as Barker Outside Bistro |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Mr. Fane |
| 1958 | Mackenzie's Raiders (TV Series) · as Charlie Conover |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) · as Jake Dugan |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Stableman |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveler · as Old Sharecropper |
| 1957 | Up in Smoke · as Friendly Frank |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Ed Dennison |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Phil Snell |
| 1957 | Harbor Command (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Jess Giffen |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as The Old Man |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Old Timer |
| 1957 | The D.I. · as Guard |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman · as Sam The Bartender |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Pop Shannon |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion · as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Pat Duncan |
| 1956 | The Young Guns · as Rancho |
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady · as Veterinarian |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive · as Medicine Man (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls · as Pitchman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Prospector |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Dobie |
| 1955 | Judge Roy Bean (TV Series) · as Benson, President Del Rio State Bank |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger · as Sam |
| 1955 | East of Eden · as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Simon |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) · as Deputy Marshal |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1954 | The Forty-Niners · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek · as Charles Hammond |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Express Agent |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains · as Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | City of Bad Men · as Cooch |
| 1953 | The Great Jesse James Raid · as 'soapy' Smith |
| 1953 | The Girl Who Had Everything · as Spotter |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Boots Malone · as Owner |
| 1952 | Cripple Creek · as Townsman |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Deacon |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Windy Barton |
| 1951 | Westward the Women · as Pioneer Woman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway · as Somerset Club Doorman |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival · as Cab Passenger Frightned By Cornie |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light · as Cliff Newton - The Auctioneer |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as Worthless Jones |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie (TV Series) · as Counselor Madison |
| 1951 | The Strip · as Steve |
| 1951 | Passage West · as Frontiersman In Wagon |
| 1951 | Show Boat · as Riverboat Bartender |
| 1951 | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series) |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) · as Henry Pettigew |
| 1951 | Front Page Detective (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Al Jennings of Oklahoma · as Professor |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon · as Joseph Sand - Miner |
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder · as Drive-In Usher |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives · as Postville Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Return of Jesse James · as Mason County Sheriff |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad · as Professor Markett (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl · as Boatman |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) · as The Drunken Judge |
| 1950 | David Harding, Counterspy · as Newspaper Vendor |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde · as Buck Yallop |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Idaho, Circle J Hand |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific · as Sandy Mcnair (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender · as Bidder |
| 1949 | The Woman on Pier 13 · as Speaker In Park |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Storekeeper |
| 1949 | The Great Dan Patch · as Driver |
| 1949 | Sheriff of Wichita · as Jess Jenkins |
| 1949 | Slightly French · as Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Shockproof · as Race Caller (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Paleface · as Clem |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | Borrowed Trouble · as Sheriff |
| 1948 | Return of the Bad Men · as Auctioneer |
| 1948 | Hazard · as Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Old Los Angeles · as Horatius P. Gassoway |
| 1948 | The Big Clock · as Tour Guide At Janoth Building |
| 1948 | The Hunted · as Barker |
| 1948 | Silent Conflict · as Doc Richards |
| 1948 | Let's Live Again · as Novelty Salesman |
| 1948 | Oklahoma Badlands · as Jonathan Walpole |
| 1948 | Relentless · as Townsman Giving Directions |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie · as Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Return of Rin Tin Tin · as Joe - The Dog Handler |
| 1947 | Desire Me · as Barker |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Spieler For Mermaid |
| 1947 | Key Witness · as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man · as Baggage Man |
| 1947 | The Marauders · as County Clerk Tom |
| 1947 | Hollywood Barn Dance · as Francis D. Cartwright |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend · as Heckler (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon · as Poppy's Barker |
| 1947 | Unexpected Guest · as Joshua Colter |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End · as Gate Guard |
| 1947 | Vigilantes of Boomtown · as Governor |
| 1947 | Calendar Girl · as Official |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Public Prosecutor (TV Series) · as Happy Winkler |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Diner Attendant At Lucia's (uncredited) |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl · as Street Car Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Devil's Playground · as Deputy Dan'l |
| 1946 | Fool's Gold · as Sandler |
| 1946 | Accomplice · as Jeff Bailey |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey · as Mahoney's Barker |
| 1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters · as Dr. Johnson |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way · as Press Agent |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile · as Carnival Barker |
| 1946 | My Pal Trigger · as Race Spectator |
| 1946 | Traffic in Crime · as Bartender |
| 1946 | Valley of the Zombies · as Fred Mays (fred Murks) |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn · as Barker (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Live Wires · as Barker |
| 1945 | The Southerner · as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Texas Manhunt · as Duchess Suitor |
| 1945 | Oregon Trail · as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe |
| 1945 | Bedside Manner · as Grover Cleveland 'chatty' Perkins (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bells of Rosarita · as Circus Barker |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight · as Barker |
| 1945 | Crime, Inc. · as Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| 1945 | G.I. Honeymoon · as Jonas |
| 1945 | Delightfully Dangerous · as Burlesque Barker |
| 1945 | The Topeka Terror · as Don Quixote 'ipso-Facto' Martindale |
| 1945 | Under Western Skies · as Mayor Dave Mayfield |
| 1944 | Practically Yours · as Man With Penknife |
| 1944 | Alaska · as Tobin |
| 1944 | Mystery of the River Boat · as Jean Duval [ch. 5] |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent · as Bonton Cafe Barker |
| 1944 | The Utah Kid · as Rodeo Announcer |
| 1944 | The San Antonio Kid · as Happy Jack |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 · as Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Forty Thieves · as Drunk Voter |
| 1944 | Lumberjack · as The Parson |
| 1944 | An American Romance · as Auto Workers' Spokesman |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Hidden Valley Outlaws · as Eddie Purcell |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Riders of the Deadline · as Sourdough |
| 1943 | False Colors · as Lawyer Jay Griffin |
| 1943 | Gangway for Tomorrow · as Constable |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook · as Pocket Watch Pitchman |
| 1943 | Crazy House · as Barker |
| 1943 | Bar 20 · as Tom |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trail · as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins |
| 1943 | Frontier Badmen · as Desk Clerk |
| 1943 | Batman · as Joe |
| 1943 | Thumbs Up · as Medicine Pitchman |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades · as Wildcat Willie |
| 1943 | The Avenging Rider · as Deputy Joe |
| 1943 | Buckskin Frontier · as Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve's Bad Day · as Reporter Earle (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Chatterbox · as Salesman |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys · as Ike |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day · as Elderly Bond Buyer |
| 1943 | Border Patrol · as Cook |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ · as Jim Belman |
| 1943 | The Blocked Trail · as Chief Plenty Harvest |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | |
| 1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail · as Chief Hopping Crow |
| 1942 | Silver Queen · as Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Red River Robin Hood · as Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited) |
| 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 | My Favorite Spy · as 2nd Speaker In Park |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Miner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Syncopation · as Slave Auctioneer |
| 1942 | Inside the Law · as Police Chief |
| 1942 | Scattergood Rides High · as Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor · as Joseph Abernathy |
| 1942 | Riding the Wind · as Bert Macleod |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth · as Stagecoach Guard |
| 1942 | USS VD: Ship of Shame · as Show Barker (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dude Cowboy · as Steve Crockett |
| 1941 | Fighting Bill Fargo · as Editor Jim Fillmore |
| 1941 | Keep 'Em Flying · as Tunnel Of Love Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sierra Sue · as Brandywine |
| 1941 | Burma Convoy · as Piano Player In Burma Road Cafe |
| 1941 | Sunset in Wyoming · as Circus Advance Man |
| 1941 | Criminals Within · as Wallace |
| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare · as Onlooker Getting Ambulance |
| 1941 | Under Age · as Dever |
| 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 | Under Texas Skies · as Town Barber |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band · as Hammer Concessionaire |
| 1940 | I'm Still Alive · as Policeman |
| 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 | The Captain Is a Lady · as Man In Store |
| 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 |
| 1939 | 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 | Land of Liberty · as Cast |
| 1939 | Daredevils of the Red Circle · as Hinkle--Barker |
| 1939 | Man of Conquest · as Texan |
| 1939 | Panama Lady · as Foreman |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan · as Sideshow Barker |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Spieler (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman · as Sheriff Ira Willis |
| 1939 | Home on the Prairie · as Professor Wentworth |
| 1939 | Long Shot · as Collins |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry · as Hitchhiking Preacher |
| 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 | Four's a Crowd · as Taxi Driver |
| 1938 | Man from Music Mountain · as Madame Fatima's Pitchman |
| 1938 | Barefoot Boy · as Sheriff |
| 1938 | Pride of the West · as Tom Martin |
| 1938 | Flaming Frontiers · as The Drunk |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · as Kimball - Newspaper Editor |
| 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 | Texas Trail · as Major Jordan |
| 1937 | Nation Aflame · as Wilson |
| 1937 | Law for Tombstone · as Jack Dunn |
| 1937 | Sky Racket · as Henchman Spike Hodgins |
| 1937 | Porky's Garden · as Huckster (voice) |
| 1937 | All Over Town · as Barker |
| 1937 | Roaring Six Guns · as Sundown |
| 1937 | Get Rich Quick Porky · as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited) |
| 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 | 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 | Come and Get It · as Shell Game Operator |
| 1936 | Ghost-Town Gold · as Fight Referee |
| 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) |
| 1936 | Aces and Eights · as Marshal (as Earl Hodgins) |
| 1936 | The Singing Cowboy · as Henry Blake |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead · as Trial Reporter |
| 1936 | Border Caballero · as Doc Shaw |
| 1936 | King of Burlesque · as Burlesque Barker (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Perfect Gentleman · as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie · as Doc Cody |
| 1935 | Harmony Lane · as Mr. Bones |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves · as Mission Patron Helping Search For Frenchy |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot · as Tour Barker |
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon · as Doc Carter |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown · as Circus Barker |
| 1934 | Whirlpool · as Carnival Barker |
| 1934 | Two Alone · as Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Hell's House · as Joe - Street Cop |