
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 Adv…
Known For
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
East of Eden
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Guys and Dolls
Pitchman (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (214)
Movies (190)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
Saintly Sinners
1962as Uncle Clete
Inherit the Wind
1960as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958as Old Sharecropper
The D.I.
1957as Guard
Friendly Persuasion
1956as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956as Medicine Man (uncredited)
The Young Guns
1956as Rancho
Guys and Dolls
1955as Pitchman (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Forty-Niners
1954as Hotel Clerk
Thunder Over the Plains
1953as Auctioneer (uncredited)
City of Bad Men
1953as Cooch
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953as 'Soapy' Smith
Texas Carnival
1951as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)
Westward the Women
1951as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
1951as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
The Savage Horde
1950as Buck Yallop
Where Danger Lives
1950as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
1950as Professor Markett (uncredited)
Slightly French
1949as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949as Race Caller (Uncredited)
Radio Riot
1949
Sheriff of Wichita
1949as Jess Jenkins
Canadian Pacific
1949as Sandy McNair (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949as Mr. Peabody
If You Knew Susie
1948as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Borrowed Trouble
1948as Sheriff
Whispering Smith
1948
Oklahoma Badlands
1948as Jonathan Walpole
Old Los Angeles
1948as Horatius P. Gassoway
Hazard
1948as Doctor (uncredited)
Let's Live Again
1948as Novelty Salesman
Silent Conflict
1948as Doc Richards
The Main Street Kid
1948as Judge Belin
The Marauders
1947as County Clerk Tom
Desire Me
1947as Festival Barker (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
1947as Heckler (Uncredited)
Key Witness
1947as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
Hollywood Barn Dance
1947as Francis D. Cartwright
Unexpected Guest
1947as Joshua Colter
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947as Joe - The Dog Handler
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947as The Judge
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947as Governor
Deadline at Dawn
1946as Barker (uncredited)
Fool's Gold
1946as Sandler
The Last Crooked Mile
1946as Carnival Barker
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Rustler's Round-up
1946as Sheriff Fin Elder
Valley of the Zombies
1946as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Gun Town
1946as Sheriff
Traffic in Crime
1946as Bartender
That Brennan Girl
1946as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
1946as Eddie
Gallant Journey
1946as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Accomplice
1946as Marshal Jeff Bailey
Down Missouri Way
1946as Press Agent
The Devil's Playground
1946as Deputy Dan'l
Under Western Skies
1945as Mayor Dave Mayfield
The Southerner
1945as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Oregon Trail
1945as Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
Crime, Inc.
1945as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
1945as Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
The Topeka Terror
1945as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944as Eddie Purcell
San Antonio Kid
1944as Happy Jack
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944as Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
Firebrands of Arizona
1944as Sheriff Hoag
Alaska
1944as Tobin
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Sensations of 1945
1944as Police Detective (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Batman
1943as Joe
Idaho
1943as Bartender
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943as Jim Belman
Colt Comrades
1943as Wildcat Willie
King of the Cowboys
1943as Ike
Riders of the Deadline
1943as Sourdough
Border Patrol
1943as Cook
The Avenging Rider
1943as Deputy Joe
False Colors
1943as Lawyer Jay Griffin
The Lone Star Trail
1943as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Crazy House
1943as Barker
Bar 20
1943as Tom
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943as Judge Higgins
Undercover Man
1942as Sheriff Blackton
Scattergood Rides High
1942as Auctioneer (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942as Show Barker (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942as Coroner
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942as Chief Hopping Crow
Inside the Law
1942as Police Chief
Riding the Wind
1942as Bert MacLeod
Silver Queen
1942as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
1942as 2nd Speaker in Park
The Spoilers
1942as Miner (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
The Bashful Bachelor
1942as Joseph Abernathy
Fall In
1942as Cigar Store Customer
Shut My Big Mouth
1942as Stagecoach Guard
Red River Robin Hood
1942as Deputy Pete
Call of the Canyon
1942as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
The Power of God
1942as Tom York
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942as Judge Peabody
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941as Deputy
Sierra Sue
1941as Brandywine
Scattergood Baines
1941as Jim Barton
Keep 'Em Flying
1941as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Criminals Within
1941as Wallace
Las Vegas Nights
1941as Barker at Fickle Fanny
Sailors on Leave
1941as Con Man (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940as 'Doc' Sawyer
Under Texas Skies
1940as Town Barber
My Favorite Wife
1940as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Florian
1940as Concession Owner
Boss of Bullion City
1940as Mike Calhoun
The Range Busters
1940as Uncle Rolf
Boom Town
1940as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Law and Order
1940as Sheriff Fin Elder
Santa Fe Marshal
1940as Rufus Tate
Men Against the Sky
1940as Barker
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940as Medicine Man
Mexican Spitfire
1940as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940as Hiram T. Cochran
Almost a Gentleman
1939as Sheriff Ira Willis
Dodge City
1939as Spieler (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939as Hinkle--Barker
Panama Lady
1939as Foreman
The Long Shot
1939as Collins
Fixer Dugan
1939as Sideshow Barker
Thunder Afloat
1939as Fisherman (uncredited)
Range War
1939as Deputy
The Spellbinder
1939as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Pride of the West
1938as Tom Martin
Lawless Valley
1938as Sheriff Heck Hampton
Tarnished Angel
1938as Revivalist
Partners of the Plains
1938as Sheriff
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938as Doc Aikman
Barefoot Boy
1938as Sheriff
Under Western Stars
1938as Radio Announcer
Call The Mesquiteers
1938as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Next Time I Marry
1938as Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
Frontier Town
1938as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938as Circus Barker (uncredited)
The Old Barn Dance
1938as Terwilliger
The Purple Vigilantes
1938as J. T. McAllister
A Lawman Is Born
1937as Sheriff Rock Lance
Roaring Six Guns
1937as Sundown
Mountain Justice
1937as Wheel of Life Barker
Borderland
1937as Major Stafford
Texas Trail
1937as Major Jordan
Get Rich Quick Porky
1937as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
Headin' East
1937as Fred W. Calhoun
Sky Racket
1937as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Range Defenders
1937as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
Heroes of the Alamo
1937as Stephen F. Austin
I Cover the War!
1937as Blake
Porky's Garden
1937as Huckster (voice)
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937as Barkey McCusky
Trail of Vengeance
1937as Buck Andrews
Smoke Tree Range
1937as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937as Thompson
All Over Town
1937as Barker
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937as Neepah
Law for Tombstone
1937as Jack Dunn
The Village Smithy
1936as Narrator (voice)
Ticket to Paradise
1936as Cab Starter
King of Burlesque
1936as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
1936as Professor Ezekial Daniels
The Singing Cowboy
1936as Henry Blake
Border Caballero
1936as Doc Shaw
Ghost Town Gold
1936as Fight Referee (uncredited)
Aces and Eights
1936as Marshal
Crash Donovan
1936as Patrolman (uncredited)
Ridin' On
1936as Henchman (uncredited)
Guns and Guitars
1936as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
The Cyclone Ranger
1935as Pancho Gonzales
The Perfect Gentleman
1935as Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Texas Rambler
1935as 'Flash' Carson
Little Big Shot
1935as Tour Barker
Paradise Canyon
1935as Doc Carter
Guns Along The Trail
1935as Dr. Carter
Cowboy G-Man
1935as Doc Carter
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935as Doc Cody
The Circus Clown
1934as Circus Barker
Two Alone
1934as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Whirlpool
1934as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Television (24)
Mister Ed
1961
The Westerner
1960as Saul
Guestward, Ho!
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959as Agee
Mr. Lucky
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959as Bartender
Wichita Town
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Stableman
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Maverick
1957as Johnson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Old Timer
Sugarfoot
1957as The Old Man
Harbor Command
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Pat Duncan
Gunsmoke
1955as Uncle Oliver
Lassie
1954
City Detective
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Dragnet
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Boston Blackie
1951The Cisco Kid
1950as Idaho, Circle J Hand
The Lone Ranger
1949as Storekeeper
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