Earle Hodgins

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-10-05 (71 years old)

Deathday

1964-04-14

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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 1960-196...

Acting

1958

The Missouri Traveler

as Old Sharecropper

1935

Paradise Canyon

as Doc Carter

1942

Scattergood Rides High

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1941

Scattergood Baines

as Jim Barton

1937

Smoke Tree Range

as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)

1950

The Savage Horde

as Buck Yallop

1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Reporter Earle (uncredited)

1936

Aces and Eights

as Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)

1937

Law for Tombstone

as Jack Dunn

1942

Inside the Law

as Police Chief

1946

Accomplice

as Jeff Bailey

1938

Barefoot Boy

as Sheriff

1951

Westward the Women

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

1948

Silent Conflict

as Doc Richards

1938

Pride of the West

as Tom Martin

1940

Santa Fe Marshal

as Rufus Tate

1935

The Cyclone Ranger

as Pancho Gonzales

1938

1938

Call The Mesquiteers

as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving

1953

Thunder Over the Plains

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1936

King of Burlesque

as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

1946

Valley of the Zombies

as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)

1936

The Village Smithy

as Narrator (voice)

1945

Crime, Inc.

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1936

Oh, Susanna

as Professor Ezekial Daniels

1935

1947

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

as Joe - The Dog Handler

1940

The Range Busters

as Uncle Rolf

1937

1938

The Old Barn Dance

as Terwilliger

1936

Guns and Guitars

as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)

1936

The Singing Cowboy

as Henry Blake

1947

Hollywood Barn Dance

as Francis D. Cartwright

1945

Oregon Trail

as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe

1937

All Over Town

as Barker

1944

San Antonio Kid

as Happy Jack

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

1945

The Topeka Terror

as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale

1949

Shockproof

as Race Caller (Uncredited)

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)

1944

Alaska

as Tobin

1936

Border Caballero

as Doc Shaw

1936

Ticket to Paradise

as Cab Starter

1944

Sensations of 1945

as Police Detective (uncredited)

1956

1941

1938

The Purple Vigilantes

as J. T. McAllister

1937

A Lawman Is Born

as Sheriff Rock Lance

1937

Heroes of the Alamo

as Stephen F. Austin

1937

Sky Racket

as Henchman Spike Hodgins

1937

Range Defenders

as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray

1962

Saintly Sinners

as Uncle Clete

1957

The D.I.

as Guard

1939

Almost a Gentleman

as Sheriff Ira Willis

1947

1938

Under Western Stars

as Radio Announcer

1938

Frontier Town

as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Hitchhiking Preacher

1939

1955

Guys and Dolls

as Pitchman (uncredited)

1947

Key Witness

as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)

1938

Tarnished Angel

as Revivalist

1946

Fool's Gold

as Sandler

1939

The Long Shot

as Collins

1937

Mountain Justice

as Wheel of Life Barker

1937

Borderland

as Major Stafford

1937

1939

Dodge City

as Spieler (uncredited)

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Fisherman (uncredited)

1939

The Spellbinder

as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

1935

The Perfect Gentleman

as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)

1944

Firebrands of Arizona

as Sheriff Hoag

1939

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

1942

Riding the Wind

as Bert MacLeod

1939

Fixer Dugan

as Sideshow Barker

1941

Sailors on Leave

as Con Man (uncredited)

1955

East of Eden

as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

1937

Headin' East

as Fred W. Calhoun

1937

1935

The Texas Rambler

as 'Flash' Carson

1945

The Southerner

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Barker (uncredited)

1960

Inherit the Wind

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

1937

Texas Trail

as Major Jordan

1941

Sierra Sue

as Brandywine

1940

Mexican Spitfire

as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer

1934

The Circus Clown

as Circus Barker

1953

1937

Get Rich Quick Porky

as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)

1953

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

1938

Lawless Valley

as Sheriff Heck Hampton

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

1937

Trail of Vengeance

as Buck Andrews

1946

Rustler's Round-up

as Sheriff Fin Elder

1940

Boss of Bullion City

as Mike Calhoun

1940

Bad Man from Red Butte

as Hiram T. Cochran

1940

Law and Order

as Sheriff Fin Elder

1940

Under Texas Skies

as Town Barber

1940

1939

Range War

as Deputy

1940

Boom Town

as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

1947

Unexpected Guest

as Joshua Colter

1943

Hoppy Serves a Writ

as Jim Belman

1943

1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

1948

1946

That Brennan Girl

as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)

1938

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

as Circus Barker (uncredited)

1948

If You Knew Susie

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)

1948

Hazard

as Doctor (uncredited)

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

1940

1940

Florian

as Concession Owner

1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

as Chief Hopping Crow

1948

The Main Street Kid

as Judge Belin

1946

The Last Crooked Mile

as Carnival Barker

1946

Traffic in Crime

as Bartender

1942

Shut My Big Mouth

as Stagecoach Guard

1934

Two Alone

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1935

Little Big Shot

as Tour Barker

1947

1943

The Avenging Rider

as Deputy Joe

1943

The Lone Star Trail

as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins

1942

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Show Barker (uncredited)

1942

Red River Robin Hood

as Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)

1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Eddie Purcell

1943

Colt Comrades

as Wildcat Willie

1946

Gun Town

as Sheriff

1947

The Marauders

as County Clerk Tom

1948

Old Los Angeles

as Horatius P. Gassoway

1942

Call of the Canyon

as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)

1948

Oklahoma Badlands

as Jonathan Walpole

1942

Undercover Man

as Sheriff Blackton

1942

1942

Silver Queen

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1942

The Spoilers

as Miner (uncredited)

1949

Sheriff of Wichita

as Jess Jenkins

1943

1943

Idaho

as Bartender

1943

Bar 20

as Tom

1943

False Colors

as Lawyer Jay Griffin

1944

Mystery of the Riverboat

as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]

1954

The Forty-Niners

as Hotel Clerk

1942

Fall In

as Cigar Store Customer

1942

My Favorite Spy

as 2nd Speaker in Park

1942

The Power of God

as Tom York

1949

Slightly French

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1937

Porky's Garden

as Huckster (voice)

1949

Henry, the Rainmaker

as Mr. Peabody

1939

Panama Lady

as Foreman

1943

Batman

as Joe

1943

Crazy House

as Barker

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Heckler (Uncredited)

1936

Crash Donovan

as Patrolman (uncredited)

1950

Bunco Squad

as Professor Markett (uncredited)

1950

Where Danger Lives

as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

1941

Keep 'Em Flying

as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)

1945

Her Favorite Patient

as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)

1936

Ridin' On

as Henchman (uncredited)

1946

The Devil's Playground

as Deputy Dan'l

1946

Down Missouri Way

as Press Agent

1937

Round-Up Time in Texas

as Barkey McCusky

1945

Under Western Skies

as Mayor Dave Mayfield

1942

The Bashful Bachelor

as Joseph Abernathy

1948

Let's Live Again

as Novelty Salesman

1949

Canadian Pacific

as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

1946

Gallant Journey

as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)

1941

Las Vegas Nights

as Barker at Fickle Fanny

1934

Whirlpool

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

1936

Ghost Town Gold

as Fight Referee (uncredited)

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