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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."
Movies
The Missouri Traveler
Old Sharecropper
Paradise Canyon
Doc Carter
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Coroner
Scattergood Rides High
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
Jim Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Deputy
Smoke Tree Range
Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
The Savage Horde
Buck Yallop
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Aces and Eights
Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)
Law for Tombstone
Jack Dunn
Inside the Law
Police Chief
Accomplice
Jeff Bailey
Barefoot Boy
Sheriff
Westward the Women
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Silent Conflict
Doc Richards
Pride of the West
Tom Martin
Santa Fe Marshal
Rufus Tate
The Cyclone Ranger
Pancho Gonzales
The Rangers' Round-Up
Doc Aikman
Call The Mesquiteers
'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Thunder Over the Plains
Auctioneer (uncredited)
King of Burlesque
Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Valley of the Zombies
Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
The Village Smithy
Narrator (voice)
Crime, Inc.
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
Professor Ezekial Daniels
Guns Along The Trail
Dr. Carter
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Joe - The Dog Handler
The Range Busters
Uncle Rolf
Roaring Six Guns
Sundown
The Old Barn Dance
Terwilliger
Guns and Guitars
Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Singing Cowboy
Henry Blake
Hollywood Barn Dance
Francis D. Cartwright
Calling Dr. Death
Oregon Trail
Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
All Over Town
Barker
San Antonio Kid
Happy Jack
The Best Years of Our Lives
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
The Topeka Terror
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Shockproof
Race Caller (Uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Alaska
Tobin
Border Caballero
Doc Shaw
Ticket to Paradise
Cab Starter
Radio Riot
Whispering Smith
Sensations of 1945
Police Detective (uncredited)
The Young Guns
Rancho
Criminals Within
Wallace
The Purple Vigilantes
J. T. McAllister
It Happened Tomorrow
A Lawman Is Born
Sheriff Rock Lance
Heroes of the Alamo
Stephen F. Austin
Sky Racket
Henchman Spike Hodgins
Range Defenders
Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Saintly Sinners
Uncle Clete
The D.I.
Guard
Almost a Gentleman
Sheriff Ira Willis
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Governor
Partners of the Plains
Sheriff
Under Western Stars
Radio Announcer
Frontier Town
Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Next Time I Marry
Hitchhiking Preacher
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Hinkle--Barker
Guys and Dolls
Pitchman (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
Eddie
Key Witness
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
Revivalist
Fool's Gold
Sandler
The Long Shot
Collins
Mountain Justice
Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland
Major Stafford
I Cover the War!
Blake
Dodge City
Spieler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
Sheriff Hoag
The Day the Bookies Wept
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Riding the Wind
Bert MacLeod
Fixer Dugan
Sideshow Barker
Sailors on Leave
Con Man (uncredited)
East of Eden
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Headin' East
Fred W. Calhoun
Hills of Old Wyoming
Thompson
The Texas Rambler
'Flash' Carson
The Southerner
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Barker (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Texas Trail
Major Jordan
Sierra Sue
Brandywine
Mexican Spitfire
H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
The Circus Clown
Circus Barker
The Great Jesse James Raid
'Soapy' Smith
Get Rich Quick Porky
Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
City of Bad Men
Cooch
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
Doc Cody
Lawless Valley
Sheriff Heck Hampton
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
'Doc' Sawyer
The Sea of Grass
Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
Buck Andrews
Rustler's Round-up
Sheriff Fin Elder
Boss of Bullion City
Mike Calhoun
Bad Man from Red Butte
Hiram T. Cochran
Law and Order
Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
Town Barber
Trail of the Vigilantes
Medicine Man
Range War
Deputy
Boom Town
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
Joshua Colter
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Jim Belman
Riders of the Deadline
Sourdough
The Fastest Gun Alive
Medicine Man (uncredited)
Outlaws of the Prairie
Neepah
Borrowed Trouble
Sheriff
That Brennan Girl
Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Circus Barker (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
Auctioneer (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Hazard
Doctor (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
Barker
Florian
Concession Owner
The Old Chisholm Trail
Chief Hopping Crow
The Main Street Kid
Judge Belin
The Last Crooked Mile
Carnival Barker
Traffic in Crime
Bartender
Shut My Big Mouth
Stagecoach Guard
Two Alone
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
Tour Barker
Oregon Trail Scouts
The Judge
The Avenging Rider
Deputy Joe
The Lone Star Trail
Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
USS VD: Ship of Shame
Show Barker (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Eddie Purcell
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Judge Higgins
Colt Comrades
Wildcat Willie
Gun Town
Sheriff
The Marauders
County Clerk Tom
Old Los Angeles
Horatius P. Gassoway
Call of the Canyon
Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Oklahoma Badlands
Jonathan Walpole
Undercover Man
Sheriff Blackton
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Judge Peabody
Silver Queen
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Spoilers
Miner (uncredited)
Sheriff of Wichita
Jess Jenkins
Border Patrol
Cook
Idaho
Bartender
Bar 20
Tom
King of the Cowboys
Ike
False Colors
Lawyer Jay Griffin
Mystery of the Riverboat
Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
The Forty-Niners
Hotel Clerk
Fall In
Cigar Store Customer
My Favorite Spy
2nd Speaker in Park
The Power of God
Tom York
Slightly French
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Porky's Garden
Huckster (voice)
Henry, the Rainmaker
Mr. Peabody
Panama Lady
Foreman
Batman
Joe
Crazy House
Barker
Fun on a Weekend
Heckler (Uncredited)
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
Professor Markett (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Her Favorite Patient
Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Ridin' On
Henchman (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
Deputy Dan'l
Down Missouri Way
Press Agent
Round-Up Time in Texas
Barkey McCusky
Under Western Skies
Mayor Dave Mayfield
The Bashful Bachelor
Joseph Abernathy
Let's Live Again
Novelty Salesman
Canadian Pacific
Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Shows
Mister Ed
Maverick
Johnson
Mr. Lucky
Dragnet
Gunsmoke
Uncle Oliver
Lassie
The Twilight Zone
Agee
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
Old Timer
The Cisco Kid
Gramps - the Organ Player
The Donna Reed Show
The Cisco Kid
Idaho, Circle J Hand
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Guestward, Ho!
The Lone Ranger
Storekeeper
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Stableman
The Rifleman
Sugarfoot
The Old Man
Law of the Plainsman
Bartender
Wichita Town
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Pat Duncan
City Detective
Harbor Command
Hopalong Cassidy
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
Maverick
Ernest Plunkett
Gunsmoke
Tubby
Gunsmoke
Judge
Gunsmoke
Dobie
The Westerner
Saul