Earle Hodgins
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Acting Credits
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 Adv...
Known For
Filmography
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Uncle Clete
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Mister Ed
1961
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Guestward, Ho!
1960
The Westerner
1960
as Saul
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Agee
Rawhide
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Bartender
Wichita Town
1959
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Old Sharecropper
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stableman
The Rifleman
1958
The D.I.
1957
as Guard
Maverick
1957
as Johnson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Old Timer
Sugarfoot
1957
as The Old Man
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957
as Ernest Plunkett
The Young Guns
1956
as Rancho
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Pat Duncan
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Pitchman (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Uncle Oliver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Tubby
Gunsmoke
1955
as Dobie
Gunsmoke
1955
as Judge
The Forty-Niners
1954
as Hotel Clerk
Lassie
1954
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
as 'Soapy' Smith
City of Bad Men
1953
as Cooch
City Detective
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Westward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Texas Carnival
1951
as Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
Dragnet
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
The Savage Horde
1950
as Buck Yallop
Bunco Squad
1950
as Professor Markett (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
1950
as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Gramps - the Organ Player
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Idaho, Circle J Hand
Shockproof
1949
as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Radio Riot
1949
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
as Jess Jenkins
Slightly French
1949
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mr. Peabody
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Storekeeper
Silent Conflict
1948
as Doc Richards
Whispering Smith
1948
Borrowed Trouble
1948
as Sheriff
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Hazard
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid
1948
as Judge Belin
Old Los Angeles
1948
as Horatius P. Gassoway
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
as Jonathan Walpole
Let's Live Again
1948
as Novelty Salesman
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
as Joe - The Dog Handler
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
as Francis D. Cartwright
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
as Governor
Key Witness
1947
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Joshua Colter
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947
as The Judge
The Marauders
1947
as County Clerk Tom
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Heckler (uncredited)
Desire Me
1947
as Festival Barker (uncredited)
Accomplice
1946
as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
1946
as Eddie
Fool's Gold
1946
as Sandler
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Barker (uncredited)
Rustler's Round-up
1946
as Sheriff Fin Elder
That Brennan Girl
1946
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Carnival Barker
Traffic in Crime
1946
as Bartender
Gun Town
1946
as Sheriff
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Deputy Dan'l
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Press Agent
Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Oregon Trail
1945
as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
The Topeka Terror
1945
as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
The Southerner
1945
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
1945
as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
Under Western Skies
1945
as Mayor Dave Mayfield
San Antonio Kid
1944
as Happy Jack
Alaska
1944
as Tobin
Sensations of 1945
1944
as Police Detective (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
as Sheriff Hoag
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Eddie Purcell
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
as Jim Belman
Riders of the Deadline
1943
as Sourdough
The Avenging Rider
1943
as Deputy Joe
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Judge Higgins
Colt Comrades
1943
as Wildcat Willie
Border Patrol
1943
as Cook
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Ike
Idaho
1943
as Bartender
Bar 20
1943
as Tom
False Colors
1943
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Batman
1943
as Joe
Crazy House
1943
as Barker
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Coroner
Scattergood Rides High
1942
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Inside the Law
1942
as Police Chief
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Riding the Wind
1942
as Bert MacLeod
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Chief Hopping Crow
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Stagecoach Guard
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
as Show Barker (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
1942
as Deputy Pete
Call of the Canyon
1942
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
Undercover Man
1942
as Sheriff Blackton
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Judge Peabody
Silver Queen
1942
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
Fall In
1942
as Cigar Store Customer
My Favorite Spy
1942
as 2nd Speaker in Park
The Power of God
1942
as Tom York
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Joseph Abernathy
Scattergood Baines
1941
as Jim Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Deputy
Criminals Within
1941
as Wallace
Sailors on Leave
1941
as Con Man (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
1941
as Brandywine
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
1941
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Santa Fe Marshal
1940
as Rufus Tate
The Range Busters
1940
as Uncle Rolf
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
as 'Doc' Sawyer
Boss of Bullion City
1940
as Mike Calhoun
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Hiram T. Cochran
Law and Order
1940
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
1940
as Town Barber
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Medicine Man
Boom Town
1940
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
1940
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
1940
as Barker
Florian
1940
as Concession Owner
Almost a Gentleman
1939
as Sheriff Ira Willis
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Hinkle--Barker
The Long Shot
1939
as Collins
Dodge City
1939
as Spieler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
1939
as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Fixer Dugan
1939
as Sideshow Barker
Range War
1939
as Deputy
Panama Lady
1939
as Foreman
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939
as Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
Barefoot Boy
1938
as Sheriff
Pride of the West
1938
as Tom Martin
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938
as Doc Aikman
Call The Mesquiteers
1938
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
The Old Barn Dance
1938
as Terwilliger
The Purple Vigilantes
1938
as J. T. McAllister
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Sheriff
Under Western Stars
1938
as Radio Announcer
Frontier Town
1938
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Next Time I Marry
1938
as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
1938
as Revivalist
Lawless Valley
1938
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
1937
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Law for Tombstone
1937
as Jack Dunn
Roaring Six Guns
1937
as Sundown
All Over Town
1937
as Barker
A Lawman Is Born
1937
as Sheriff Rock Lance
Heroes of the Alamo
1937
as Stephen F. Austin
Sky Racket
1937
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Range Defenders
1937
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Mountain Justice
1937
as Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland
1937
as Major Stafford
I Cover the War!
1937
as Blake
Headin' East
1937
as Fred W. Calhoun
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Thompson
Texas Trail
1937
as Major Jordan
Get Rich Quick Porky
1937
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
1937
as Buck Andrews
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
as Neepah
Porky's Garden
1937
as Huckster (voice)
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
as Barkey McCusky
Aces and Eights
1936
as Marshal
King of Burlesque
1936
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
The Village Smithy
1936
as Narrator (voice)
Oh, Susanna
1936
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Guns and Guitars
1936
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Singing Cowboy
1936
as Henry Blake
Border Caballero
1936
as Doc Shaw
Ticket to Paradise
1936
as Cab Starter
Crash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Ridin' On
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936
Paradise Canyon
1935
as Doc Carter
The Cyclone Ranger
1935
as Pancho Gonzales
Guns Along The Trail
1935
as Dr. Carter
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Texas Rambler
1935
as 'Flash' Carson
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Doc Cody
Little Big Shot
1935
as Tour Barker
Cowboy G-Man
1935
as Doc Carter
The Circus Clown
1934
as Circus Barker
Two Alone
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Whirlpool
1934
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)