Earle Hodgins

Known For: Acting
Born: October 5, 1893
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: April 14, 1964

Earle Hodgins

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…

Filmography

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Saintly Sinners

1962 · Uncle Clete

Mister Ed

1961

The Westerner

1960 · Saul

Guestward, Ho!

1960

Inherit the Wind

1960 · Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Agee

Law of the Plainsman

1959 · Bartender

Wichita Town

1959

Rawhide

1959

The Rifleman

1958

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Stableman

The Missouri Traveler

1958 · Old Sharecropper

Harbor Command

1957

Maverick

1957 · Johnson, Ernest Plunkett

Sugarfoot

1957 · The Old Man

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · Old Timer

The D.I.

1957 · Guard

Friendly Persuasion

1956 · Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Pat Duncan

The Young Guns

1956 · Rancho

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 · Medicine Man (uncredited)

Guys and Dolls

1955 · Pitchman (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

1955 · Uncle Oliver, Tubby, Dobie, Judge

East of Eden

1955 · Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

Lassie

1954

The Forty-Niners

1954 · Hotel Clerk

Thunder Over the Plains

1953 · Auctioneer (uncredited)

City of Bad Men

1953 · Cooch

City Detective

1953

The Great Jesse James Raid

1953 · 'Soapy' Smith

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Westward the Women

1951 · Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Dragnet

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

1951 · Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Texas Carnival

1951 · Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)

Boston Blackie

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Where Danger Lives

1950 · Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid

1950 · Gramps - the Organ Player, Idaho, Circle J Hand

Bunco Squad

1950 · Professor Markett (uncredited)

The Savage Horde

1950 · Buck Yallop

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Storekeeper

Canadian Pacific

1949 · Sandy McNair (uncredited)

Henry, the Rainmaker

1949 · Mr. Peabody

Radio Riot

1949

Slightly French

1949 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Shockproof

1949 · Race Caller (Uncredited)

Sheriff of Wichita

1949 · Jess Jenkins

Whispering Smith

1948

Borrowed Trouble

1948 · Sheriff

Hazard

1948 · Doctor (uncredited)

Old Los Angeles

1948 · Horatius P. Gassoway

Silent Conflict

1948 · Doc Richards

Let's Live Again

1948 · Novelty Salesman

Oklahoma Badlands

1948 · Jonathan Walpole

If You Knew Susie

1948 · Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Main Street Kid

1948 · Judge Belin

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

1947 · Joe - The Dog Handler

Desire Me

1947 · Festival Barker (uncredited)

Key Witness

1947 · Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

The Marauders

1947 · County Clerk Tom

Hollywood Barn Dance

1947 · Francis D. Cartwright

Fun on a Weekend

1947 · Heckler (uncredited)

Oregon Trail Scouts

1947 · The Judge

The Sea of Grass

1947 · Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Unexpected Guest

1947 · Joshua Colter

Vigilantes of Boomtown

1947 · Governor

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 · Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl

1946 · Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

The Devil's Playground

1946 · Deputy Dan'l

Fool's Gold

1946 · Sandler

Accomplice

1946 · Marshal Jeff Bailey

Gallant Journey

1946 · Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

Down Missouri Way

1946 · Press Agent

The Last Crooked Mile

1946 · Carnival Barker

Rustler's Round-up

1946 · Sheriff Fin Elder

Traffic in Crime

1946 · Bartender

Valley of the Zombies

1946 · Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Deadline at Dawn

1946 · Barker (uncredited)

Crime of the Century

1946 · Eddie

Gun Town

1946 · Sheriff

Oregon Trail

1945 · Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

Bedside Manner

1945 · Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

The Southerner

1945 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Crime, Inc.

1945 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)

The Topeka Terror

1945 · Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

Under Western Skies

1945 · Mayor Dave Mayfield

Firebrands of Arizona

1944 · Sheriff Hoag

Alaska

1944 · Tobin

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944 · Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

San Antonio Kid

1944 · Happy Jack

Sensations of 1945

1944 · Police Detective (uncredited)

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944 · Eddie Purcell

It Happened Tomorrow

1944

Calling Dr. Death

1943

Riders of the Deadline

1943 · Sourdough

False Colors

1943 · Lawyer Jay Griffin

Crazy House

1943 · Barker

Bar 20

1943 · Tom

The Lone Star Trail

1943 · Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Batman

1943 · Joe

Colt Comrades

1943 · Wildcat Willie

The Avenging Rider

1943 · Deputy Joe

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943 · Reporter Earle (uncredited)

King of the Cowboys

1943 · Ike

Border Patrol

1943 · Cook

Hoppy Serves a Writ

1943 · Jim Belman

Idaho

1943 · Bartender

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

1943 · Judge Higgins

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942 · Chief Hopping Crow

Fall In

1942 · Cigar Store Customer

Silver Queen

1942 · Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Red River Robin Hood

1942 · Deputy Pete

Undercover Man

1942 · Sheriff Blackton

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942 · Coroner

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942 · Judge Peabody

Call of the Canyon

1942 · Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy

1942 · 2nd Speaker in Park

The Spoilers

1942 · Miner (uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High

1942 · Auctioneer (uncredited)

Inside the Law

1942 · Police Chief

The Bashful Bachelor

1942 · Joseph Abernathy

Riding the Wind

1942 · Bert MacLeod

Shut My Big Mouth

1942 · Stagecoach Guard

The Power of God

1942 · Tom York

USS VD: Ship of Shame

1942 · Show Barker (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying

1941 · Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Sierra Sue

1941 · Brandywine

Sailors on Leave

1941 · Con Man (uncredited)

Criminals Within

1941 · Wallace

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941 · Deputy

Las Vegas Nights

1941 · Barker at Fickle Fanny

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941 · Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

Scattergood Baines

1941 · Jim Barton

Trail of the Vigilantes

1940 · Medicine Man

Law and Order

1940 · Sheriff Fin Elder

Under Texas Skies

1940 · Town Barber

Men Against the Sky

1940 · Barker

Boom Town

1940 · Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

The Range Busters

1940 · Uncle Rolf

Florian

1940 · Concession Owner

Bad Man from Red Butte

1940 · Hiram T. Cochran

My Favorite Wife

1940 · Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Boss of Bullion City

1940 · Mike Calhoun

Santa Fe Marshal

1940 · Rufus Tate

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

1940 · 'Doc' Sawyer

Mexican Spitfire

1940 · H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

Thunder Afloat

1939 · Fisherman (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939 · Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Range War

1939 · Deputy

The Spellbinder

1939 · First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

Daredevils of the Red Circle

1939 · Hinkle--Barker

Panama Lady

1939 · Foreman

Porky and Teabiscuit

1939 · Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan

1939 · Sideshow Barker

Dodge City

1939 · Spieler (uncredited)

Almost a Gentleman

1939 · Sheriff Ira Willis

The Long Shot

1939 · Collins

Next Time I Marry

1938 · Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938 · Circus Barker (uncredited)

Lawless Valley

1938 · Sheriff Heck Hampton

Tarnished Angel

1938 · Revivalist

Barefoot Boy

1938 · Sheriff

Pride of the West

1938 · Tom Martin

Under Western Stars

1938 · Radio Announcer

Call The Mesquiteers

1938 · 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

Frontier Town

1938 · Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

The Rangers' Round-Up

1938 · Doc Aikman

The Old Barn Dance

1938 · Terwilliger

The Purple Vigilantes

1938 · J. T. McAllister

Partners of the Plains

1938 · Sheriff

Headin' East

1937 · Fred W. Calhoun

Outlaws of the Prairie

1937 · Neepah

Texas Trail

1937 · Major Jordan

Law for Tombstone

1937 · Jack Dunn

Sky Racket

1937 · Henchman Spike Hodgins

Porky's Garden

1937 · Huckster (voice)

Roaring Six Guns

1937 · Sundown

Get Rich Quick Porky

1937 · Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

All Over Town

1937 · Barker

Heroes of the Alamo

1937 · Stephen F. Austin

I Cover the War!

1937 · Blake

Range Defenders

1937 · Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

A Lawman Is Born

1937 · Sheriff Rock Lance

Smoke Tree Range

1937 · Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Mountain Justice

1937 · Wheel of Life Barker

Hills of Old Wyoming

1937 · Thompson

Trail of Vengeance

1937 · Buck Andrews

Round-Up Time in Texas

1937 · Barkey McCusky

Borderland

1937 · Major Stafford

The Village Smithy

1936 · Narrator (voice)

Ghost Town Gold

1936 · Fight Referee (uncredited)

Oh, Susanna

1936 · Professor Ezekial Daniels

Crash Donovan

1936 · Patrolman (uncredited)

Ticket to Paradise

1936 · Cab Starter

Guns and Guitars

1936 · Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

Aces and Eights

1936 · Marshal

The Singing Cowboy

1936 · Henry Blake

Border Caballero

1936 · Doc Shaw

Ridin' On

1936 · Henchman (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

1936

King of Burlesque

1936 · Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

The Perfect Gentleman

1935 · Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

Moonlight on the Prairie

1935 · Doc Cody

Guns Along The Trail

1935 · Dr. Carter

Little Big Shot

1935 · Tour Barker

Cowboy G-Man

1935 · Doc Carter

Paradise Canyon

1935 · Doc Carter

The Texas Rambler

1935 · 'Flash' Carson

The Cyclone Ranger

1935 · Pancho Gonzales

The Circus Clown

1934 · Circus Barker

Whirlpool

1934 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Two Alone

1934 · Carnival Barker (uncredited)

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