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."
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Clute Dumfries (uncredited) | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | Saintly Sinners | Uncle Clete | 1962-02-01 |
Series | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
Movie | Inherit the Wind | Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited) | 1960-07-07 |
Series | Guestward, Ho! | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Wichita Town | Unknown | 1959-09-30 |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Agee (as Earl Hodgins) | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Missouri Traveler | Old Sharecropper | 1958-01-21 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The D.I. | Guard | 1957-05-30 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Harbor Command | Unknown | 1957-10-11 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | The Fastest Gun Alive | Medicine Man (uncredited) | 1956-07-12 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | The Young Guns | Rancho | 1956-09-12 |
Movie | East of Eden | Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited) | 1955-04-10 |
Movie | Guys and Dolls | Pitchman (uncredited) | 1955-12-23 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Forty-Niners | Hotel Clerk | 1954-07-30 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Movie | The Great Jesse James Raid | 'Soapy' Smith | 1953-07-17 |
Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
Movie | City of Bad Men | Cooch | 1953-09-11 |
Movie | Thunder Over the Plains | Auctioneer (uncredited) | 1953-10-27 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Series | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | Unknown | 1951-09-08 |
Movie | Westward the Women | Pioneer Woman (uncredited) | 1951-12-16 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Movie | The Savage Horde | Buck Yallop | 1950-05-22 |
Movie | Where Danger Lives | Postville Cowboy (uncredited) | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Bunco Squad | Professor Markett (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
Movie | Sheriff of Wichita | Jess Jenkins | 1949-01-22 |
Movie | Henry, the Rainmaker | Mr. Peabody | 1949-02-13 |
Movie | Slightly French | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1949-02-02 |
Movie | Oklahoma Badlands | Jonathan Walpole | 1948-02-22 |
Movie | If You Knew Susie | Auctioneer (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | The Main Street Kid | Judge Belin | 1948-01-01 |
Movie | Let's Live Again | Novelty Salesman | 1948-02-27 |
Movie | Silent Conflict | Doc Richards | 1948-03-19 |
Movie | Borrowed Trouble | Sheriff | 1948-07-23 |
Movie | Whispering Smith | 1948-12-09 | |
Movie | Old Los Angeles | Horatius P. Gassoway | 1948-04-24 |
Movie | The Sea of Grass | Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited) | 1947-04-25 |
Movie | Unexpected Guest | Joshua Colter | 1947-03-28 |
Movie | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Governor | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | Fun on a Weekend | Heckler (Uncredited) | 1947-05-15 |
Movie | Oregon Trail Scouts | The Judge | 1947-05-04 |
Movie | Key Witness | Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
Movie | The Marauders | County Clerk Tom | 1947-07-01 |
Movie | The Return of Rin Tin Tin | Joe - The Dog Handler | 1947-11-01 |
Movie | Hollywood Barn Dance | Francis D. Cartwright | 1947-06-21 |
Movie | Traffic in Crime | Bartender | 1946-06-28 |
Movie | Rustler's Round-up | Sheriff Fin Elder | 1946-08-01 |
Movie | Valley of the Zombies | Fred Mays (Fred Murks) | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | Crime of the Century | Eddie | 1946-02-28 |
Movie | The Last Crooked Mile | Carnival Barker | 1946-08-09 |
Movie | Gun Town | Sheriff | 1946-01-18 |
Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Barker (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
Movie | That Brennan Girl | Street Car Conductor (uncredited) | 1946-12-23 |
Movie | Down Missouri Way | Press Agent | 1946-08-15 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited) | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | The Devil's Playground | Deputy Dan'l | 1946-11-15 |
Movie | Fool's Gold | Sandler | 1946-10-09 |
Movie | Accomplice | Jeff Bailey | 1946-09-29 |
Movie | The Topeka Terror | Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale | 1945-01-26 |
Movie | Under Western Skies | Mayor Dave Mayfield | 1945-01-19 |
Movie | Crime, Inc. | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1945-04-15 |
Movie | Her Favorite Patient | Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited) | 1945-06-22 |
Movie | The Southerner | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1945-04-30 |
Movie | Oregon Trail | Judge J. Frothingham Smythe | 1945-07-14 |
Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Eddie Purcell | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | It Happened Tomorrow | 1944-03-31 | |
Movie | Sensations of 1945 | Police Detective (uncredited) | 1944-06-30 |
Movie | Firebrands of Arizona | Sheriff Hoag | 1944-12-01 |
Movie | San Antonio Kid | Happy Jack | 1944-08-16 |
Movie | Alaska | Tobin | 1944-11-18 |
Movie | Mystery of the Riverboat | Jean Duval [Ch. 5] | 1944-10-24 |
Movie | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Reporter Earle (uncredited) | 1943-05-10 |
Movie | Buckskin Frontier | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1943-05-14 |
Movie | The Avenging Rider | Deputy Joe (as Earl Hodgins) | 1943-05-20 |
Movie | Idaho | Bartender | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Judge Higgins | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Jim Belman | 1943-03-12 |
Movie | Border Patrol | Cook | 1943-04-02 |
Movie | King of the Cowboys | Ike | 1943-04-09 |
Movie | False Colors | Lawyer Jay Griffin | 1943-11-05 |
Movie | Riders of the Deadline | Sourdough | 1943-12-03 |
Movie | Colt Comrades | Wildcat Willie | 1943-06-18 |
Movie | Crazy House | Barker | 1943-10-08 |
Movie | Calling Dr. Death | 1943-12-17 | |
Movie | Bar 20 | Tom | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | The Lone Star Trail | Mayor Cyrus Jenkins | 1943-08-06 |
Movie | Batman | Joe | 1943-07-16 |
Movie | Inside the Law | Police Chief | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Miner (uncredited) | 1942-06-11 |
Movie | My Favorite Spy | 2nd Speaker in Park | 1942-06-12 |
Movie | The Bashful Bachelor | Joseph Abernathy | 1942-03-19 |
Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Stagecoach Guard | 1942-02-19 |
Movie | The Pride of the Yankees | Bottle Game Operator (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
Movie | USS VD: Ship of Shame | Show Barker (uncredited) | 1942-01-02 |
Movie | Riding the Wind | Bert MacLeod | 1942-02-27 |
Movie | The Power of God | Tom York | 1942-01-15 |
Movie | Fall In | Cigar Store Customer | 1942-11-20 |
Movie | The Old Chisholm Trail | Chief Hopping Crow | 1942-12-11 |
Movie | Call of the Canyon | Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited) | 1942-08-17 |
Movie | Red River Robin Hood | Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins) | 1942-11-01 |
Movie | Silver Queen | Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Judge Peabody | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Coroner | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | Undercover Man | Sheriff Blackton | 1942-10-23 |
Movie | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited) | 1941-03-14 |
Movie | Scattergood Baines | Jim Barton | 1941-02-21 |
Movie | Criminals Within | Wallace | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Sierra Sue | Brandywine | 1941-11-12 |
Movie | Sailors on Leave | Con Man (uncredited) | 1941-09-30 |
Movie | Keep 'Em Flying | Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited) | 1941-11-27 |
Movie | Boss of Bullion City | Mike Calhoun | 1940-03-01 |
Movie | My Favorite Wife | Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited) | 1940-05-17 |
Movie | Santa Fe Marshal | Rufus Tate | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | The Sagebrush Family Trails West | 'Doc' Sawyer | 1940-01-17 |
Movie | Bad Man from Red Butte | Hiram T. Cochran | 1940-06-01 |
Movie | Mexican Spitfire | H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer | 1940-01-12 |
Movie | Law and Order | Sheriff Fin Elder | 1940-11-28 |
Movie | Florian | Concession Owner | 1940-06-05 |
Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | Medicine Man | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | Men Against the Sky | Barker | 1940-09-06 |
Movie | Under Texas Skies | Town Barber | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Boom Town | Rodeo Barker (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
Movie | The Range Busters | Uncle Rolf | 1940-08-22 |
Movie | Fixer Dugan | Sideshow Barker | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | Dodge City | Spieler (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | The Long Shot | Collins | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Almost a Gentleman | Sheriff Ira Willis | 1939-03-31 |
Movie | Panama Lady | Foreman | 1939-05-12 |
Movie | Daredevils of the Red Circle | Hinkle--Barker | 1939-06-10 |
Movie | The Day the Bookies Wept | Horse Auctioneer (uncredited) | 1939-09-13 |
Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
Movie | Range War | Deputy | 1939-09-08 |
Movie | The Spellbinder | First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited) | 1939-07-28 |
Movie | The Old Barn Dance | Terwilliger | 1938-01-29 |
Movie | Frontier Town | Frontier City Rodeo Announcer | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | The Purple Vigilantes | J. T. McAllister | 1938-01-24 |
Movie | Under Western Stars | Radio Announcer | 1938-04-20 |
Movie | Partners of the Plains | Sheriff | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Call The Mesquiteers | 'Doctor' Algernon Irving | 1938-03-07 |
Movie | Next Time I Marry | Hitchhiking Preacher | 1938-12-09 |
Movie | Pride of the West | Tom Martin | 1938-07-07 |
Movie | Lawless Valley | Sheriff Heck Hampton | 1938-11-03 |
Movie | Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Circus Barker (uncredited) | 1938-12-02 |
Movie | Tarnished Angel | Revivalist | 1938-10-28 |
Movie | Barefoot Boy | Sheriff | 1938-08-03 |
Movie | A Lawman Is Born | Sheriff Rock Lance | 1937-06-21 |
Movie | Range Defenders | Sheriff Honest Dan Gray | 1937-06-29 |
Movie | I Cover the War! | Blake | 1937-07-04 |
Movie | Smoke Tree Range | Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins) | 1937-06-05 |
Movie | Borderland | Major Stafford | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | Trail of Vengeance | Buck Andrews (as Earl Hodgins) | 1937-03-28 |
Movie | Hills of Old Wyoming | Thompson | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | Mountain Justice | Wheel of Life Barker | 1937-04-24 |
Movie | Heroes of the Alamo | Stephen F. Austin | 1937-08-07 |
Movie | All Over Town | Barker | 1937-08-09 |
Movie | Outlaws of the Prairie | Neepah | 1937-12-01 |
Movie | Headin' East | Fred W. Calhoun | 1937-12-13 |
Movie | Sky Racket | Henchman Spike Hodgins | 1937-10-01 |
Movie | Texas Trail | Major Jordan | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Porky's Garden | Huckster (voice) | 1937-09-11 |
Movie | Get Rich Quick Porky | Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-08-28 |
Movie | Roaring Six Guns | Sundown | 1937-09-01 |
Movie | The Singing Cowboy | Henry Blake | 1936-05-11 |
Movie | Border Caballero | Doc Shaw | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | King of Burlesque | Burlesque Barker (uncredited) | 1936-01-03 |
Movie | Ridin' On | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-02-29 |
Movie | Aces and Eights | Marshal (as Earl Hodgins) | 1936-06-06 |
Movie | Guns and Guitars | Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins) | 1936-06-22 |
Movie | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | Oh, Susanna | Professor Ezekial Daniels | 1936-08-19 |
Movie | Ticket to Paradise | Cab Starter | 1936-06-24 |
Movie | Paradise Canyon | Doc Carter | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | The Texas Rambler | 'Flash' Carson | 1935-05-14 |
Movie | Little Big Shot | Tour Barker | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Doc Cody | 1935-11-02 |
Movie | Guns Along The Trail | Dr. Carter | 1935-10-06 |
Movie | The Perfect Gentleman | Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | Two Alone | Carnival Barker (uncredited) | 1934-01-26 |
Movie | The Circus Clown | Circus Barker | 1934-06-30 |