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