Earle Hodgins
Acting
🎂 1893-10-05
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."
Cast credits(218)
1954
Johnson
1957
Ernest Plunkett
1957
1958
Old Timer
1957
1951
Agee
1959
1959
Storekeeper
1949
Pat Duncan
1956
Stableman
1958
Uncle Oliver
1955
Tubby
1955
Judge
1955
Dobie
1955
1961
1958
The Old Man
1957
Gramps - the Organ Player
1950
Idaho, Circle J Hand
1950
1959
Bartender
1959
Saul
1960
1952
Medicine Man (uncredited)
1956
1951
1951
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
1962
Doc Richards
1948
Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
1936
1953
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
1946
Tour Barker
1935
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
1955
Sheriff
1948
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
1960
Spieler (uncredited)
1939
Barker (uncredited)
1946
1959
Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1947
Pitchman (uncredited)
1955
Wildcat Willie
1943
1960
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
1942
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
1950
Jim Barton
1941
Buck Yallop
1950
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
1956
Mayor Dave Mayfield
1945
Fight Referee (uncredited)
1936
Joe
1943
1948
Deputy Joe
1943
2nd Speaker in Park
1942
Wallace
1941
Miner (uncredited)
1942
Deputy Pete
1942
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1953
Sandy McNair (uncredited)
1949
County Clerk Tom
1947
Collins
1939
Heckler (Uncredited)
1947
1943
Jim Belman
1943
Cab Starter
1936
Rancho
1956
Buck Andrews
1937
Cooch
1953
1944
Rufus Tate
1940
Sheriff Blackton
1942
Major Jordan
1937
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
1940
Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
1951
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1951
Hiram T. Cochran
1940
Mr. Peabody
1949
Lawyer Jay Griffin
1943
Doctor (uncredited)
1948
1957
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1949
Doc Carter
1935
Sourdough
1943
Deputy
1939
Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
1944
Tom Martin
1938
Henchman Spike Hodgins
1937
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
1947
Cook
1943
Professor Markett (uncredited)
1950
Police Detective (uncredited)
1944
Uncle Rolf
1940
Circus Barker
1934
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1942
Sandler
1946
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1948
Tobin
1944
Con Man (uncredited)
1941
Joshua Colter
1947
Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1934
Uncle Clete
1962
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1945
Sheriff
1938
Major Stafford
1937
Barker
1940
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Ike
1943
Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
1945
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
1939
Barker
1943
Wheel of Life Barker
1937
Jess Jenkins
1949
Dr. Carter
1935
Tom
1943
Fisherman (uncredited)
1939
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
1940
Cigar Store Customer
1942
Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
1945
'Doctor' Algernon Irving
1938
Coroner
1942
Race Caller (Uncredited)
1949
Medicine Man
1940
Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
1943
Town Barber
1940
Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
1942
Reporter Earle (uncredited)
1943
Foreman
1939
Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
1946
Terwilliger
1938
Doc Carter
1935
Henry Blake
1936
Joseph Abernathy
1942
Radio Announcer
1938
Bartender
1943
Sideshow Barker
1939
Eddie Purcell
1944
H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
1940
Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
1935
Carnival Barker
1946
Jonathan Walpole
1948
Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Deputy Dan'l
1946
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1945
'Doc' Sawyer
1940
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1934
Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
1941
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Marshal Jeff Bailey
1946
Mike Calhoun
1940
J. T. McAllister
1938
Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
1938
Barkey McCusky
1937
Doc Cody
1935
Horatius P. Gassoway
1948
Sheriff Ira Willis
1939
Brandywine
1941
Hinkle--Barker
1939
Thompson
1937
Press Agent
1946
Concession Owner
1940
Revivalist
1938
Judge Peabody
1942
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Barker at Fickle Fanny
1941
Joe - The Dog Handler
1947
Blake
1937
Show Barker (uncredited)
1942
Circus Barker (uncredited)
1938
Jack Dunn
1937
Barker
1937
'Soapy' Smith
1953
Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
1946
Sheriff Heck Hampton
1938
Bartender
1946
Stagecoach Guard
1942
Sheriff Fin Elder
1940
Eddie
1946
Guard
1957
First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
1939
Old Sharecropper
1958
Police Chief
1942
Governor
1947
Sheriff
1946
Judge Higgins
1943
Professor Ezekial Daniels
1936
Chief Hopping Crow
1942
Sheriff Hoag
1944
Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
1936
Marshal
1936
Novelty Salesman
1948
Deputy
1941
Sheriff
1938
Francis D. Cartwright
1947
Hitchhiking Preacher
1938
Stephen F. Austin
1937
Happy Jack
1944
1949
Doc Aikman
1938
Pancho Gonzales
1935
Sheriff Rock Lance
1937
Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
1937
Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
1937
Sundown
1937
Tom York
1942
Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
1946
Fred W. Calhoun
1937
Narrator (voice)
1936
Hotel Clerk
1954
Judge Belin
1948
Neepah
1937
Huckster (voice)
1937
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
1945
Doc Shaw
1936
Sheriff Fin Elder
1946
Bert MacLeod
1942
The Judge
1947
'Flash' Carson
1935