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Birthday
October 5, 1893
Day of Death
1964-04-14
(70 years old)
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As
Earl Hodges
Earl Hodgin
Earl Hodgins
Earl Hudgins
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.
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1947
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
as Joe - The Dog Handler
Key Witness
as Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
The Marauders
as County Clerk Tom
Hollywood Barn Dance
as Francis D. Cartwright
Fun on a Weekend
as Heckler (Uncredited)
Oregon Trail Scouts
as The Judge
The Sea of Grass
as Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Unexpected Guest
as Joshua Colter
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Governor
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
as Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
as Deputy Dan'l
Fool's Gold
as Sandler
Accomplice
as Jeff Bailey
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
as Press Agent
The Last Crooked Mile
as Carnival Barker
Rustler's Round-up
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Traffic in Crime
as Bartender
Valley of the Zombies
as Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
Deadline at Dawn
as Barker (uncredited)
Crime of the Century
as Eddie
Gun Town
as Sheriff
1945
1944
1943
Riders of the Deadline
as Sourdough
False Colors
as Lawyer Jay Griffin
Crazy House
as Barker
Bar 20
as Tom
The Lone Star Trail
as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
Batman
as Joe
Colt Comrades
as Wildcat Willie
The Avenging Rider
as Deputy Joe
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Reporter Earle (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
as Ike
Border Patrol
as Cook
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Jim Belman
Idaho
as Bartender
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Judge Higgins
1942
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Chief Hopping Crow
Fall In
as Cigar Store Customer
Silver Queen
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood
as Deputy Pete (as Earl Hodgins)
Undercover Man
as Sheriff Blackton
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Coroner
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Judge Peabody
Call of the Canyon
as Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
as 2nd Speaker in Park
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Inside the Law
as Police Chief
The Bashful Bachelor
as Joseph Abernathy
Riding the Wind
as Bert MacLeod
Shut My Big Mouth
as Stagecoach Guard
The Power of God
as Tom York
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Show Barker (uncredited)
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
as Brandywine
Sailors on Leave
as Con Man (uncredited)
Criminals Within
as Wallace
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Deputy
Las Vegas Nights
as Barker at Fickle Fanny
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
as Jim Barton
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Medicine Man
Law and Order
as Sheriff Fin Elder
Under Texas Skies
as Town Barber
Men Against the Sky
as Barker
Boom Town
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
The Range Busters
as Uncle Rolf
Florian
as Concession Owner
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Hiram T. Cochran
My Favorite Wife
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Boss of Bullion City
as Mike Calhoun
Santa Fe Marshal
as Rufus Tate
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as 'Doc' Sawyer
Mexican Spitfire
as H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
1939
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Range War
as Deputy
The Spellbinder
as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Hinkle--Barker
Panama Lady
as Foreman
Fixer Dugan
as Sideshow Barker
Dodge City
as Spieler (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
as Sheriff Ira Willis
The Long Shot
as Collins
1938
Next Time I Marry
as Hitchhiking Preacher
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Lawless Valley
as Sheriff Heck Hampton
Tarnished Angel
as Revivalist
Barefoot Boy
as Sheriff
Pride of the West
as Tom Martin
Under Western Stars
as Radio Announcer
Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
Frontier Town
as Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
The Rangers' Round-Up
as Doc Aikman
The Old Barn Dance
as Terwilliger
The Purple Vigilantes
as J. T. McAllister
Partners of the Plains
as Sheriff
1937
Headin' East
as Fred W. Calhoun
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Neepah
Texas Trail
as Major Jordan
Law for Tombstone
as Jack Dunn
Sky Racket
as Henchman Spike Hodgins
Porky's Garden
as Huckster (voice)
Roaring Six Guns
as Sundown
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
All Over Town
as Barker
Heroes of the Alamo
as Stephen F. Austin
I Cover the War!
as Blake
Range Defenders
as Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
A Lawman Is Born
as Sheriff Rock Lance
Smoke Tree Range
as Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
Mountain Justice
as Wheel of Life Barker
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Thompson
Trail of Vengeance
as Buck Andrews
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Barkey McCusky
Borderland
as Major Stafford
1936
The Village Smithy
as Narrator (voice)
Ghost Town Gold
as Fight Referee (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
as Professor Ezekial Daniels
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise
as Cab Starter
Guns and Guitars
as Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
Aces and Eights
as Marshal (as Earl Hodgins)
The Singing Cowboy
as Henry Blake
Border Caballero
as Doc Shaw
Ridin' On
as Henchman (uncredited)
King of Burlesque
as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
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