
Also known as: Earl Hodges, Earl Hodgin, Earl Hodgins, Earl Hudgins
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."
Acting
October 5, 1893
April 14, 1964
70 years old
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Saintly Sinners
Uncle Clete

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Mister Ed

Inherit the Wind
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

Guestward, Ho!

The Westerner
Saul

Mr. Lucky

The Twilight Zone
Agee

Rawhide

Law of the Plainsman
Bartender

Wichita Town

The Missouri Traveler
Old Sharecropper

The Donna Reed Show

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Stableman

The Rifleman

The D.I.
Guard

Maverick
Johnson

Have Gun, Will Travel
Old Timer

Sugarfoot
The Old Man

Harbor Command

The Young Guns
Rancho

Friendly Persuasion
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
Medicine Man (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Pat Duncan

Guys and Dolls
Pitchman (uncredited)

East of Eden
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

Gunsmoke
Uncle Oliver

The Forty-Niners
Hotel Clerk

Lassie

Thunder Over the Plains
Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Great Jesse James Raid
'Soapy' Smith

City of Bad Men
Cooch

City Detective

Hopalong Cassidy

Westward the Women
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Callaway Went Thataway
Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Texas Carnival
Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

Dragnet

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Boston Blackie

The Savage Horde
Buck Yallop

Bunco Squad
Professor Markett (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid
Gramps - the Organ Player

Shockproof
Race Caller (Uncredited)

Radio Riot

Sheriff of Wichita
Jess Jenkins

Slightly French
Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Henry, the Rainmaker
Mr. Peabody

Canadian Pacific
Sandy McNair (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger
Storekeeper

Silent Conflict
Doc Richards

Whispering Smith

Borrowed Trouble
Sheriff

If You Knew Susie
Auctioneer (uncredited)

Hazard
Doctor (uncredited)

The Main Street Kid
Judge Belin

Old Los Angeles
Horatius P. Gassoway

Oklahoma Badlands
Jonathan Walpole

Let's Live Again
Novelty Salesman

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Joe - The Dog Handler

Hollywood Barn Dance
Francis D. Cartwright

Vigilantes of Boomtown
Governor

Key Witness
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Unexpected Guest
Joshua Colter

Oregon Trail Scouts
The Judge

The Marauders
County Clerk Tom

Fun on a Weekend
Heckler (uncredited)

Desire Me
Festival Barker (uncredited)

Accomplice
Marshal Jeff Bailey

Valley of the Zombies
Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

The Best Years of Our Lives
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Crime of the Century
Eddie

Fool's Gold
Sandler

Deadline at Dawn
Barker (uncredited)

Rustler's Round-up
Sheriff Fin Elder

That Brennan Girl
Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

The Last Crooked Mile
Carnival Barker

Traffic in Crime
Bartender

Gun Town
Sheriff

The Devil's Playground
Deputy Dan'l

Down Missouri Way
Press Agent

Gallant Journey
Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

Crime, Inc.
Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Oregon Trail
Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

The Topeka Terror
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

The Southerner
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Bedside Manner
Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

Under Western Skies
Mayor Dave Mayfield

San Antonio Kid
Happy Jack

Alaska
Tobin

Sensations of 1945
Police Detective (uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow

Firebrands of Arizona
Sheriff Hoag

Hidden Valley Outlaws
Eddie Purcell

Mystery of the Riverboat
Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Reporter Earle (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Death

Hoppy Serves a Writ
Jim Belman

Riders of the Deadline
Sourdough

The Avenging Rider
Deputy Joe

The Lone Star Trail
Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Judge Higgins

Colt Comrades
Wildcat Willie

Border Patrol
Cook

Idaho
Bartender

Bar 20
Tom

King of the Cowboys
Ike

False Colors
Lawyer Jay Griffin

Batman
Joe

Crazy House
Barker

Scattergood Survives a Murder
Coroner

Scattergood Rides High
Auctioneer (uncredited)

Inside the Law
Police Chief

The Pride of the Yankees
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

Riding the Wind
Bert MacLeod

The Old Chisholm Trail
Chief Hopping Crow

Shut My Big Mouth
Stagecoach Guard

USS VD: Ship of Shame
Show Barker (uncredited)

Red River Robin Hood
Deputy Pete

Call of the Canyon
Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

Undercover Man
Sheriff Blackton

Deep in the Heart of Texas
Judge Peabody

Silver Queen
Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Spoilers
Miner (uncredited)

Fall In
Cigar Store Customer

My Favorite Spy
2nd Speaker in Park

The Power of God
Tom York

The Bashful Bachelor
Joseph Abernathy

Scattergood Baines
Jim Barton

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Deputy

Criminals Within
Wallace

Sailors on Leave
Con Man (uncredited)

Sierra Sue
Brandywine

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying
Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Las Vegas Nights
Barker at Fickle Fanny

Santa Fe Marshal
Rufus Tate

The Range Busters
Uncle Rolf

Mexican Spitfire
H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

The Sagebrush Family Trails West
'Doc' Sawyer

Boss of Bullion City
Mike Calhoun

Bad Man from Red Butte
Hiram T. Cochran

Law and Order
Sheriff Fin Elder

Under Texas Skies
Town Barber

Trail of the Vigilantes
Medicine Man

Boom Town
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Men Against the Sky
Barker

Florian
Concession Owner

Almost a Gentleman
Sheriff Ira Willis

Daredevils of the Red Circle
Hinkle--Barker

The Long Shot
Collins

Dodge City
Spieler (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat
Fisherman (uncredited)

The Spellbinder
First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan
Sideshow Barker

Range War
Deputy

Panama Lady
Foreman

Porky and Teabiscuit
Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

Barefoot Boy
Sheriff

Pride of the West
Tom Martin

The Rangers' Round-Up
Doc Aikman

Call The Mesquiteers
'Doctor' Algernon Irving

The Old Barn Dance
Terwilliger

The Purple Vigilantes
J. T. McAllister

Partners of the Plains
Sheriff

Under Western Stars
Radio Announcer

Frontier Town
Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Next Time I Marry
Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Tarnished Angel
Revivalist

Lawless Valley
Sheriff Heck Hampton

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Circus Barker (uncredited)

Smoke Tree Range
Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Law for Tombstone
Jack Dunn

Roaring Six Guns
Sundown

All Over Town
Barker

A Lawman Is Born
Sheriff Rock Lance

Heroes of the Alamo
Stephen F. Austin

Sky Racket
Henchman Spike Hodgins

Range Defenders
Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

Mountain Justice
Wheel of Life Barker

Borderland
Major Stafford

I Cover the War!
Blake

Headin' East
Fred W. Calhoun

Hills of Old Wyoming
Thompson

Texas Trail
Major Jordan

Get Rich Quick Porky
Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

Trail of Vengeance
Buck Andrews

Outlaws of the Prairie
Neepah

Porky's Garden
Huckster (voice)

Round-Up Time in Texas
Barkey McCusky

Aces and Eights
Marshal

King of Burlesque
Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

The Village Smithy
Narrator (voice)

Oh, Susanna
Professor Ezekial Daniels

Guns and Guitars
Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

The Singing Cowboy
Henry Blake

Border Caballero
Doc Shaw

Ticket to Paradise
Cab Starter

Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)

Ridin' On
Henchman (uncredited)

Ghost Town Gold
Fight Referee (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

Paradise Canyon
Doc Carter

The Cyclone Ranger
Pancho Gonzales

Guns Along The Trail
Dr. Carter

The Perfect Gentleman
Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Texas Rambler
'Flash' Carson

Moonlight on the Prairie
Doc Cody

Little Big Shot
Tour Barker

Cowboy G-Man
Doc Carter

The Circus Clown
Circus Barker

Two Alone
Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Whirlpool
Carnival Barker (uncredited)