Earle Hodgins profile
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Earle Hodgins

5th October 1893 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Acting

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."

191 Movies 25 TV Shows 216 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Inherit the Wind poster
Inherit the Wind 7th July 1960 as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
East of Eden poster
East of Eden 10th April 1955 as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Texas Carnival poster
Texas Carnival 5th October 1951 as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Bunco Squad poster
Bunco Squad 1st September 1950 as Professor Markett (uncredited)
Shockproof poster
Shockproof 25th January 1949 as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Hazard poster
Hazard 28th May 1948 as Doctor (uncredited)
Desire Me poster
Desire Me 31st October 1947 as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Key Witness poster
Key Witness 9th October 1947 as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Accomplice poster
Accomplice 29th September 1946 as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Bedside Manner poster
Bedside Manner 22nd June 1945 as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Crime, Inc. poster
Crime, Inc. 15th April 1945 as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Alaska poster
Alaska 18th November 1944 as Tobin
Idaho poster
Idaho 10th March 1943 as Bartender
Fall In poster
Fall In 20th November 1942 as Cigar Store Customer
Boom Town poster
Boom Town 30th August 1940 as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Florian poster
Florian 5th June 1940 as Concession Owner
Sky Racket poster
Sky Racket 1st October 1937 as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Ridin' On poster
Ridin' On 29th February 1936 as Henchman (uncredited)
Whirlpool poster
Whirlpool 10th April 1934 as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Two Alone poster
Two Alone 26th January 1934 as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Maverick poster
Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Ernest Plunkett