Earle Hodgins

Known For

Acting

Born

Oct 05, 1893

Died

Apr 14, 1964

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Credits

217 titles

Earle Hodgins

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

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

Movie
1962

Saintly Sinners

Uncle Clete

Movie
1961

Mister Ed

Tv
1960

The Westerner

Saul

Tv
1960

Guestward, Ho!

Tv
1960

Inherit the Wind

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

Movie
1959

Mr. Lucky

Tv
1959

The Twilight Zone

Agee

Tv
1959

Law of the Plainsman

Bartender

Tv
1959

Wichita Town

Tv
1959

Rawhide

Tv
1958

The Rifleman

Tv
1958

The Donna Reed Show

Tv
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Stableman

Tv
1958

The Missouri Traveler

Old Sharecropper

Movie
1957

Harbor Command

Tv
1957

Maverick

Johnson

Tv
1957

Sugarfoot

The Old Man

Tv
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

Old Timer

Tv
1957

The D.I.

Guard

Movie
1956

Friendly Persuasion

Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Pat Duncan

Tv
1956

The Young Guns

Rancho

Movie
1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

Medicine Man (uncredited)

Movie
1955

Guys and Dolls

Pitchman (uncredited)

Movie
1955

Gunsmoke

Uncle Oliver

Tv
1955

East of Eden

Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

Movie
1954

Lassie

Tv
1954

The Forty-Niners

Hotel Clerk

Movie
1953

Thunder Over the Plains

Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie
1953

City of Bad Men

Cooch

Movie
1953

City Detective

Tv
1953

The Great Jesse James Raid

'Soapy' Smith

Movie
1952

Hopalong Cassidy

Tv
1951

Dragnet

Tv
1951

Westward the Women

Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1951

Callaway Went Thataway

Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

Movie
1951

Texas Carnival

Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1951

Boston Blackie

Tv
1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Tv
1950

Where Danger Lives

Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

Movie
1950

The Cisco Kid

Gramps - the Organ Player

Tv
1950

Bunco Squad

Professor Markett (uncredited)

Movie
1950

The Savage Horde

Buck Yallop

Movie
1949

The Lone Ranger

Storekeeper

Tv
1949

Canadian Pacific

Sandy McNair (uncredited)

Movie
1949

Henry, the Rainmaker

Mr. Peabody

Movie
1949

Radio Riot

Movie
1949

Slightly French

Carnival Barker (uncredited)

Movie
1949

Shockproof

Race Caller (Uncredited)

Movie