The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962
As Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Earle Hodgins
Born
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." 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."
Filmography (192)
East of Eden1955
As Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Best Years of Our Lives1946
As Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Friendly Persuasion1956
As Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Inherit the Wind1960
As Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Fastest Gun Alive1956
As Medicine Man (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Westward the Women1951
As Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Guys and Dolls1955
As Pitchman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dodge City1939
As Spieler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
My Favorite Wife1940
As Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Sea of Grass1947
As Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Thunder Over the Plains1953
As Auctioneer (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Batman1943
As Joe
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Spoilers1942
As Miner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Desire Me1947
As Festival Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Canadian Pacific1949
As Sandy McNair (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Shockproof1949
As Race Caller (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Walking Dead1936
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Keep 'Em Flying1941
As Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Whispering Smith1948
TMDb 6.7 / 10
It Happened Tomorrow1944
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Where Danger Lives1950
As Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Texas Carnival1951
As Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Alaska1944
As Tobin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Crooked Mile1946
As Carnival Barker
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Tarnished Angel1938
As Revivalist
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Boom Town1940
As Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lone Star Trail1943
As Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Shut My Big Mouth1942
As Stagecoach Guard
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941
As Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Valley of the Zombies1946
As Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Riders of the Deadline1943
As Sourdough
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Crime, Inc.1945
As Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Fun on a Weekend1947
As Heckler (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Daredevils of the Red Circle1939
As Hinkle--Barker
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Southerner1945
As Wedding Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
City of Bad Men1953
As Cooch
TMDb 6.2 / 10
King of the Cowboys1943
As Ike
TMDb 6.0 / 10
If You Knew Susie1948
As Auctioneer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Day the Bookies Wept1939
As Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Next Time I Marry1938
As Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Trail of the Vigilantes1940
As Medicine Man
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Gallant Journey1946
As Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gildersleeve's Bad Day1943
As Reporter Earle (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Old Los Angeles1948
As Horatius P. Gassoway
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Moonlight on the Prairie1935
As Doc Cody
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hoppy Serves a Writ1943
As Jim Belman
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Call of the Canyon1942
As Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Great Jesse James Raid1953
As 'Soapy' Smith
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Main Street Kid1948
As Judge Belin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Scattergood Survives a Murder1942
As Coroner
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Crime of the Century1946
As Eddie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Men Against the Sky1940
As Barker
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Let's Live Again1948
As Novelty Salesman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Old Chisholm Trail1942
As Chief Hopping Crow
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Border Caballero1936
As Doc Shaw
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Crash Donovan1936
As Patrolman (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mystery of the Riverboat1944
As Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Old Barn Dance1938
As Terwilliger
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Under Western Stars1938
As Radio Announcer
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Callaway Went Thataway1951
As Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Get Rich Quick Porky1937
As Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Headin' East1937
As Fred W. Calhoun
TMDb 10.0 / 10
That Brennan Girl1946
As Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Paradise Canyon1935
As Doc Carter
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Aces and Eights1936
As Marshal
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Missouri Traveler1958
As Old Sharecropper
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Porky's Garden1937
As Huckster (voice)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Guns Along The Trail1935
As Dr. Carter
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The D.I.1957
As Guard
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Gun Town1946
As Sheriff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground1943
As Judge Higgins
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Deep in the Heart of Texas1942
As Judge Peabody
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Red River Robin Hood1942
As Deputy Pete
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Oh, Susanna1936
As Professor Ezekial Daniels
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Partners of the Plains1938
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Little Big Shot1935
As Tour Barker
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Whirlpool1934
As Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As Fisherman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Calling Dr. Death1943
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Silver Queen1942
As Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Call The Mesquiteers1938
As 'Doctor' Algernon Irving
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Outlaws of the Prairie1937
As Neepah
TMDb 4.0 / 10
A Lawman Is Born1937
As Sheriff Rock Lance
TMDb 4.5 / 10
I Cover the War!1937
As Blake
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus1938
As Circus Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Florian1940
As Concession Owner
TMDb 4.5 / 10
King of Burlesque1936
As Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fall In1942
As Cigar Store Customer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Heroes of the Alamo1937
As Stephen F. Austin
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Round-Up Time in Texas1937
As Barkey McCusky
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Border Patrol1943
As Cook
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Savage Horde1950
As Buck Yallop
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Crazy House1943
As Barker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Devil's Playground1946
As Deputy Dan'l
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Key Witness1947
As Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Mountain Justice1937
As Wheel of Life Barker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Young Guns1956
As Rancho
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Boss of Bullion City1940
As Mike Calhoun
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Return of Rin Tin Tin1947
As Joe - The Dog Handler
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Sensations of 19451944
As Police Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Pride of the West1938
As Tom Martin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sailors on Leave1941
As Con Man (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hills of Old Wyoming1937
As Thompson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Bar 201943
As Tom
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Bashful Bachelor1942
As Joseph Abernathy
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bad Man from Red Butte1940
As Hiram T. Cochran
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Range War1939
As Deputy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Under Texas Skies1940
As Town Barber
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Inside the Law1942
As Police Chief
TMDb 6.7 / 10
USS VD: Ship of Shame1942
As Show Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Rustler's Round-up1946
As Sheriff Fin Elder
TMDb 7.0 / 10
My Favorite Spy1942
As 2nd Speaker in Park
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Forty-Niners1954
As Hotel Clerk
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Range Busters1940
As Uncle Rolf
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Bunco Squad1950
As Professor Markett (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Borrowed Trouble1948
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Perfect Gentleman1935
As Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Two Alone1934
As Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Scattergood Pulls the Strings1941
As Deputy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bedside Manner1945
As Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Slightly French1949
As Carnival Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Spellbinder1939
As First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Long Shot1939
As Collins
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sky Racket1937
As Henchman Spike Hodgins
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Las Vegas Nights1941
As Barker at Fickle Fanny
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Henry, the Rainmaker1949
As Mr. Peabody
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Colt Comrades1943
As Wildcat Willie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Scattergood Rides High1942
As Auctioneer (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Circus Clown1934
As Circus Barker
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Fool's Gold1946
As Sandler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hazard1948
As Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Idaho1943
As Bartender
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Scattergood Baines1941
As Jim Barton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All Over Town1937
As Barker
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sheriff of Wichita1949
As Jess Jenkins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Rangers' Round-Up1938
As Doc Aikman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Unexpected Guest1947
As Joshua Colter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Power of God1942
As Tom York
Guns and Guitars1936
As Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Vigilantes of Boomtown1947
As Governor
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Range Defenders1937
As Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Traffic in Crime1946
As Bartender
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Saintly Sinners1962
As Uncle Clete
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Criminals Within1941
As Wallace
TMDb 6.5 / 10
False Colors1943
As Lawyer Jay Griffin
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Oklahoma Badlands1948
As Jonathan Walpole
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Fixer Dugan1939
As Sideshow Barker
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Riding the Wind1942
As Bert MacLeod
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Marauders1947
As County Clerk Tom
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mexican Spitfire1940
As H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Oregon Trail1945
As Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hidden Valley Outlaws1944
As Eddie Purcell
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ghost Town Gold1936
As Fight Referee (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Almost a Gentleman1939
As Sheriff Ira Willis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Firebrands of Arizona1944
As Sheriff Hoag
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sierra Sue1941
As Brandywine
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Avenging Rider1943
As Deputy Joe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Purple Vigilantes1938
As J. T. McAllister
TMDb 4.7 / 10
San Antonio Kid1944
As Happy Jack
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Sagebrush Family Trails West1940
As 'Doc' Sawyer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Borderland1937
As Major Stafford
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hollywood Barn Dance1947
As Francis D. Cartwright
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Singing Cowboy1936
As Henry Blake
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Accomplice1946
As Marshal Jeff Bailey
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Down Missouri Way1946
As Press Agent
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Santa Fe Marshal1940
As Rufus Tate
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Law and Order1940
As Sheriff Fin Elder
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Law for Tombstone1937
As Jack Dunn
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Trail of Vengeance1937
As Buck Andrews
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Oregon Trail Scouts1947
As The Judge
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Frontier Town1938
As Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Panama Lady1939
As Foreman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Cyclone Ranger1935
As Pancho Gonzales
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Silent Conflict1948
As Doc Richards
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Texas Trail1937
As Major Jordan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Texas Rambler1935
As 'Flash' Carson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Ridin' On1936
As Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Under Western Skies1945
As Mayor Dave Mayfield
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Topeka Terror1945
As Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Barefoot Boy1938
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Roaring Six Guns1937
As Sundown
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Smoke Tree Range1937
As Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Undercover Man1942
As Sheriff Blackton
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Porky and Teabiscuit1939
As Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ticket to Paradise1936
As Cab Starter
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Village Smithy1936
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lawless Valley1938
As Sheriff Heck Hampton
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Radio Riot1949
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Cowboy G-Man1935
As Doc Carter
Filmography and biography: TMDb