Earle Hodgins
- Acting
- October 5, 1893 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- April 14, 1964
Biography
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."
Known for
Filmography
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
- Saintly Sinners · Uncle Clete
- Mister Ed
- The Westerner · Saul
- Guestward, Ho!
- Inherit the Wind · Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
- Mr. Lucky
- The Twilight Zone · Agee
- Law of the Plainsman · Bartender
- Wichita Town
- Rawhide
- The Rifleman
- The Donna Reed Show
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Stableman
- The Missouri Traveler · Old Sharecropper
- Harbor Command
- Maverick · Johnson, Ernest Plunkett
- Sugarfoot · The Old Man
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Old Timer
- The D.I. · Guard
- Friendly Persuasion · Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Pat Duncan
- The Young Guns · Rancho
- The Fastest Gun Alive · Medicine Man (uncredited)
- Guys and Dolls · Pitchman (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke · Uncle Oliver, Tubby
- East of Eden · Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
- Lassie
- The Forty-Niners · Hotel Clerk
- Thunder Over the Plains · Auctioneer (uncredited)
- City of Bad Men · Cooch
- City Detective
- The Great Jesse James Raid · 'Soapy' Smith
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Westward the Women · Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
- Dragnet
- Callaway Went Thataway · Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
- Texas Carnival · Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
- Boston Blackie
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Where Danger Lives · Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid · Gramps - the Organ Player, Idaho, Circle J Hand
- Bunco Squad · Professor Markett (uncredited)
- The Savage Horde · Buck Yallop
- The Lone Ranger · Storekeeper
- Canadian Pacific · Sandy McNair (uncredited)
- Henry, the Rainmaker · Mr. Peabody
- Radio Riot
- Slightly French · Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- Shockproof · Race Caller (Uncredited)
- Sheriff of Wichita · Jess Jenkins
- Whispering Smith
- Borrowed Trouble · Sheriff
- Hazard · Doctor (uncredited)
- Old Los Angeles · Horatius P. Gassoway
- Silent Conflict · Doc Richards
- Let's Live Again · Novelty Salesman
- Oklahoma Badlands · Jonathan Walpole
- If You Knew Susie · Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Main Street Kid · Judge Belin
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin · Joe - The Dog Handler
- Desire Me · Festival Barker (uncredited)
- Key Witness · Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
- The Marauders · County Clerk Tom
- Hollywood Barn Dance · Francis D. Cartwright
- Fun on a Weekend · Heckler (uncredited)
- Oregon Trail Scouts · The Judge
- The Sea of Grass · Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- Unexpected Guest · Joshua Colter
- Vigilantes of Boomtown · Governor
- That Brennan Girl · Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives · Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
- The Devil's Playground · Deputy Dan'l
- Fool's Gold · Sandler
- Accomplice · Marshal Jeff Bailey
- Gallant Journey · Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
- Down Missouri Way · Press Agent
- The Last Crooked Mile · Carnival Barker
- Rustler's Round-up · Sheriff Fin Elder
- Traffic in Crime · Bartender