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Earle Hodgins

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 5, 1893 (Died at 71)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthSalt Lake City, Utah, USA
Career Span1934 – 1964
Known Credits217 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Earle Hodgins

Also known as:Earl HodgesEarl HodginEarl HodginsEarl Hudgins
Total Works

217

192 movies • 25 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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."

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959•series
as Agee
East of Eden
7.5
East of Eden
1955•movie
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 217 titles featuring Earle Hodgins

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8

as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Agee

East of Eden
7.5
East of Eden
1955•movie

as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7

as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Inherit the Wind
7.6
Inherit the Wind
1960•movie

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

Guys and Dolls
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955•movie

as Pitchman (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife
7.0
My Favorite Wife
1940•movie

as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
7.3

as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion
6.6

as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

Batman
6.2
Batman
1943•movie

as Joe

Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as Uncle Oliver

Dodge City
6.9
Dodge City
1939•movie

as Spieler (uncredited)

The Walking Dead
6.3
The Walking Dead
1936•movie
Westward the Women
7.0
Westward the Women
1951•movie

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Lassie
6.3
1 eps
Lassie
1954•series
It Happened Tomorrow
6.8
The Southerner
6.6
The Southerner
1945•movie

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Spoilers
6.2
The Spoilers
1942•movie

as Miner (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
6.9

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

Boom Town
7.0
Boom Town
1940•movie

as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives
6.4
Where Danger Lives
1950•movie

as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

Mister Ed
6.8
1 eps
Mister Ed
1961•series
The Rifleman
7.1
1 eps
The Rifleman
1958•series
Rawhide
7.3
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Rawhide
1959•series
Shockproof
6.3
Shockproof
1949•movie

as Race Caller (Uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
5 eps

as Old Timer

Maverick
7.0
1 eps
Maverick
1957•series

as Johnson

Calling Dr. Death
6.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943•movie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.1
1 eps

as Stableman

Deadline at Dawn
6.2
Deadline at Dawn
1946•movie

as Barker (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger
6.7
1 eps
The Lone Ranger
1949•series

as Storekeeper

Dragnet
6.5
1 eps
Dragnet
1951•series
Canadian Pacific
5.2
Canadian Pacific
1949•movie

as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947•movie

as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Paradise Canyon
4.8
Paradise Canyon
1935•movie

as Doc Carter

Whispering Smith
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948•movie
Keep 'Em Flying
6.2
Keep 'Em Flying
1941•movie

as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

Under Western Stars
5.8

as Radio Announcer

The Donna Reed Show
6.5
1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958•series
Porky's Garden
6.1
Porky's Garden
1937•movie

as Huckster (voice)

Thunder Over the Plains
5.6

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Valley of the Zombies
5.5

as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

Callaway Went Thataway
5.6

as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

The Last Crooked Mile
5.5

as Carnival Barker

Key Witness
4.8
Key Witness
1947•movie

as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

The Village Smithy
5.9
The Village Smithy
1936•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Get Rich Quick Porky
6.4

as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl
5.5
That Brennan Girl
1946•movie

as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

The D.I.
7.1
The D.I.
1957•movie

as Guard

Accomplice
5.8
Accomplice
1946•movie

as Marshal Jeff Bailey

USS VD: Ship of Shame
4.5

as Show Barker (uncredited)

Gallant Journey
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946•movie

as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid
6.2
1 eps
The Cisco Kid
1950•series

as Gramps - the Organ Player

The Westerner
7.0
1 eps
The Westerner
1960•series

as Saul

King of Burlesque
6.2
King of Burlesque
1936•movie

as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

Oh, Susanna
6.2
Oh, Susanna
1936•movie

as Professor Ezekial Daniels

Bunco Squad
6.1
Bunco Squad
1950•movie

as Professor Markett (uncredited)

Desire Me
6.5
Desire Me
1947•movie

as Festival Barker (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Pat Duncan

Hopalong Cassidy
5.3
1 eps
Hopalong Cassidy
1952•series
Next Time I Marry
7.2
Next Time I Marry
1938•movie

as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)

I Cover the War!
5.1
I Cover the War!
1937•movie

as Blake

Colt Comrades
6.0
Colt Comrades
1943•movie

as Wildcat Willie

Whirlpool
6.4
Whirlpool
1934•movie

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Porky and Teabiscuit
6.4

as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)

The Missouri Traveler
6.5

as Old Sharecropper

Silver Queen
6.0
Silver Queen
1942•movie

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Texas Carnival
5.4
Texas Carnival
1951•movie

as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

Sugarfoot
5.1
1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957•series

as The Old Man

Barefoot Boy
5.4
Barefoot Boy
1938•movie

as Sheriff

Crime, Inc.
4.8
Crime, Inc.
1945•movie

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

All Over Town
6.4
All Over Town
1937•movie

as Barker

Sky Racket
3.9
Sky Racket
1937•movie

as Henchman Spike Hodgins

Mexican Spitfire
5.0
Mexican Spitfire
1940•movie

as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

City of Bad Men
6.2
City of Bad Men
1953•movie

as Cooch

Men Against the Sky
4.6

as Barker

King of the Cowboys
6.0

as Ike

The Forty-Niners
6.0
The Forty-Niners
1954•movie

as Hotel Clerk

Bedside Manner
5.9
Bedside Manner
1945•movie

as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

Under Western Skies
5.9

as Mayor Dave Mayfield

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
6.6

as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
5.7

as Joe - The Dog Handler

The Old Barn Dance
4.7
The Old Barn Dance
1938•movie

as Terwilliger

Border Caballero
6.2
Border Caballero
1936•movie

as Doc Shaw

Tarnished Angel
5.3
Tarnished Angel
1938•movie

as Revivalist

Thunder Afloat
6.1
Thunder Afloat
1939•movie

as Fisherman (uncredited)

Bad Man from Red Butte
5.8

as Hiram T. Cochran

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
5.5

as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

False Colors
4.7
False Colors
1943•movie

as Lawyer Jay Griffin

My Favorite Spy
5.7
My Favorite Spy
1942•movie

as 2nd Speaker in Park

Slightly French
7.5
Slightly French
1949•movie

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Panama Lady
6.3
Panama Lady
1939•movie

as Foreman

Mr. Lucky
6.7
1 eps
Mr. Lucky
1959•series
Aces and Eights
5.6
Aces and Eights
1936•movie

as Marshal

The Range Busters
5.8
The Range Busters
1940•movie

as Uncle Rolf

The Young Guns
7.2
The Young Guns
1956•movie

as Rancho

Sensations of 1945
6.6
Sensations of 1945
1944•movie

as Police Detective (uncredited)

The Long Shot
6.0
The Long Shot
1939•movie

as Collins

Fixer Dugan
6.5
Fixer Dugan
1939•movie

as Sideshow Barker

Hoppy Serves a Writ
5.6

as Jim Belman

Riders of the Deadline
5.3

as Sourdough

Borrowed Trouble
6.7
Borrowed Trouble
1948•movie

as Sheriff

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
5.4

as Circus Barker (uncredited)

Red River Robin Hood
6.2

as Deputy Pete

Bar 20
4.9
Bar 20
1943•movie

as Tom

Fun on a Weekend
7.2
Fun on a Weekend
1947•movie

as Heckler (uncredited)

Las Vegas Nights
6.4
Las Vegas Nights
1941•movie

as Barker at Fickle Fanny

Scattergood Survives a Murder
5.9

as Coroner

Santa Fe Marshal
6.2
Santa Fe Marshal
1940•movie

as Rufus Tate

The Singing Cowboy
4.5
The Singing Cowboy
1936•movie

as Henry Blake

Criminals Within
6.5
Criminals Within
1941•movie

as Wallace

A Lawman Is Born
4.5
A Lawman Is Born
1937•movie

as Sheriff Rock Lance

Daredevils of the Red Circle
4.8

as Hinkle--Barker

The Spellbinder
6.2
The Spellbinder
1939•movie

as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

Texas Trail
6.2
Texas Trail
1937•movie

as Major Jordan

The Great Jesse James Raid
6.0

as 'Soapy' Smith

Moonlight on the Prairie
6.8

as Doc Cody

Under Texas Skies
5.8
Under Texas Skies
1940•movie

as Town Barber

Traffic in Crime
6.0
Traffic in Crime
1946•movie

as Bartender

Border Patrol
6.2
Border Patrol
1943•movie

as Cook

Idaho
6.2
Idaho
1943•movie

as Bartender

Fall In
6.5
Fall In
1942•movie

as Cigar Store Customer

Crazy House
6.0
Crazy House
1943•movie

as Barker

Round-Up Time in Texas
7.8

as Barkey McCusky

Let's Live Again
5.5
Let's Live Again
1948•movie

as Novelty Salesman

Wichita Town
4.9
2 eps
Wichita Town
1959•series
Scattergood Baines
7.0
Scattergood Baines
1941•movie

as Jim Barton

The Savage Horde
6.2
The Savage Horde
1950•movie

as Buck Yallop

Inside the Law
6.7
Inside the Law
1942•movie

as Police Chief

Guns and Guitars
5.8
Guns and Guitars
1936•movie

as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

Hollywood Barn Dance
5.0

as Francis D. Cartwright

The Purple Vigilantes
4.7

as J. T. McAllister

Heroes of the Alamo
5.3

as Stephen F. Austin

Saintly Sinners
5.3
Saintly Sinners
1962•movie

as Uncle Clete

Vigilantes of Boomtown
4.3

as Governor

Partners of the Plains
5.0

as Sheriff

Frontier Town
6.3
Frontier Town
1938•movie

as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

Mountain Justice
6.3
Mountain Justice
1937•movie

as Wheel of Life Barker

The Perfect Gentleman
6.3

as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Circus Clown
6.7
The Circus Clown
1934•movie

as Circus Barker

Boss of Bullion City
6.0

as Mike Calhoun

If You Knew Susie
7.3
If You Knew Susie
1948•movie

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Hazard
8.0
Hazard
1948•movie

as Doctor (uncredited)

The Old Chisholm Trail
7.7

as Chief Hopping Crow

Shut My Big Mouth
8.3
Shut My Big Mouth
1942•movie

as Stagecoach Guard

Two Alone
7.3
Two Alone
1934•movie

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Little Big Shot
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935•movie

as Tour Barker

The Lone Star Trail
6.0

as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

Old Los Angeles
6.0
Old Los Angeles
1948•movie

as Horatius P. Gassoway

Oklahoma Badlands
5.0
Oklahoma Badlands
1948•movie

as Jonathan Walpole

Undercover Man
5.7
Undercover Man
1942•movie

as Sheriff Blackton

The Devil's Playground
6.3

as Deputy Dan'l

Ghost Town Gold
5.7
Ghost Town Gold
1936•movie

as Fight Referee (uncredited)

Law of the Plainsman
7.3
1 eps

as Bartender

Silent Conflict
6.0
Silent Conflict
1948•movie

as Doc Richards

Pride of the West
6.5
Pride of the West
1938•movie

as Tom Martin

The Rangers' Round-Up
6.5

as Doc Aikman

Call The Mesquiteers
6.5

as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

Roaring Six Guns
7.5
Roaring Six Guns
1937•movie

as Sundown

The Topeka Terror
6.5
The Topeka Terror
1945•movie

as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

Alaska
7.0
Alaska
1944•movie

as Tobin

Ticket to Paradise
7.5
Ticket to Paradise
1936•movie

as Cab Starter

Range Defenders
4.8
Range Defenders
1937•movie

as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

Almost a Gentleman
8.0
Almost a Gentleman
1939•movie

as Sheriff Ira Willis

Crime of the Century
6.5

as Eddie

Fool's Gold
6.5
Fool's Gold
1946•movie

as Sandler

Borderland
7.5
Borderland
1937•movie

as Major Stafford

Firebrands of Arizona
8.0

as Sheriff Hoag

The Day the Bookies Wept
7.5

as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Hills of Old Wyoming
5.0

as Thompson

Lawless Valley
6.5
Lawless Valley
1938•movie

as Sheriff Heck Hampton

Range War
6.5
Range War
1939•movie

as Deputy

Unexpected Guest
6.0
Unexpected Guest
1947•movie

as Joshua Colter

Outlaws of the Prairie
4.0

as Neepah

Florian
4.5
Florian
1940•movie

as Concession Owner

Call of the Canyon
8.5
Call of the Canyon
1942•movie

as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

Deep in the Heart of Texas
7.5

as Judge Peabody

Mystery of the Riverboat
6.5

as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

The Bashful Bachelor
6.3

as Joseph Abernathy

Guestward, Ho!
6.5
1 eps
Guestward, Ho!
1960•series
City Detective
7.5
1 eps
City Detective
1953•series
Boston Blackie
4.0
2 eps
Boston Blackie
1951•series
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
7.0

as Deputy

Scattergood Rides High
10.0

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Smoke Tree Range
7.0
Smoke Tree Range
1937•movie

as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

Law for Tombstone
8.0
Law for Tombstone
1937•movie

as Jack Dunn

The Cyclone Ranger
10.0
The Cyclone Ranger
1935•movie

as Pancho Gonzales

Guns Along The Trail
3.0

as Dr. Carter

Oregon Trail
10.0
Oregon Trail
1945•movie

as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

San Antonio Kid
8.0
San Antonio Kid
1944•movie

as Happy Jack

Radio Riot
9.0
Radio Riot
1949•movie
Riding the Wind
7.0
Riding the Wind
1942•movie

as Bert MacLeod

Sailors on Leave
8.0
Sailors on Leave
1941•movie

as Con Man (uncredited)

Headin' East
10.0
Headin' East
1937•movie

as Fred W. Calhoun

The Texas Rambler
10.0
The Texas Rambler
1935•movie

as 'Flash' Carson

Sierra Sue
7.0
Sierra Sue
1941•movie

as Brandywine

The Sagebrush Family Trails West
7.0

as 'Doc' Sawyer

Trail of Vengeance
9.0
Trail of Vengeance
1937•movie

as Buck Andrews

Rustler's Round-up
7.0
Rustler's Round-up
1946•movie

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Law and Order
8.0
Law and Order
1940•movie

as Sheriff Fin Elder

Trail of the Vigilantes
10.0

as Medicine Man

The Main Street Kid
10.0

as Judge Belin

Oregon Trail Scouts
9.0

as The Judge

The Avenging Rider
10.0
The Avenging Rider
1943•movie

as Deputy Joe

Hidden Valley Outlaws
8.0

as Eddie Purcell

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
9.0

as Judge Higgins

Gun Town
7.0
Gun Town
1946•movie

as Sheriff

The Marauders
7.0
The Marauders
1947•movie

as County Clerk Tom

Sheriff of Wichita
8.0
Sheriff of Wichita
1949•movie

as Jess Jenkins

Henry, the Rainmaker
7.0

as Mr. Peabody

Crash Donovan
8.0
Crash Donovan
1936•movie

as Patrolman (uncredited)

Ridin' On
10.0
Ridin' On
1936•movie

as Henchman (uncredited)

Down Missouri Way
8.0
Down Missouri Way
1946•movie

as Press Agent

Harbor Command
4.0
1 eps
Harbor Command
1957•series
The Power of God
The Power of God
1942•movie

as Tom York

Cowboy G-Man
Cowboy G-Man
1935•movie

as Doc Carter