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Earle Hodgins

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Acting credits

214

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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0.4

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Movies: 190Series: 24

TMDB ID: 89938

IMDb ID: nm0388232

Known for: Acting

Born: October 5, 1893

Died: April 14, 1964

Age: 70

Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1934 - 1962

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.73

Wikidata: Q3046419

Also known as

Earl Hodges • Earl Hodgin • Earl Hodgins • Earl Hudgins

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 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."

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Movie credits linked with Earle Hodgins.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster
7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Clute Dumfries (uncredited)

1962 Movie
Saintly Sinners poster
3.0

Saintly Sinners

as Uncle Clete

1962 Movie
Inherit the Wind poster
7.7

Inherit the Wind

as Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)

1960 Movie
The Missouri Traveler poster
6.7

The Missouri Traveler

as Old Sharecropper

1958 Movie
The D.I. poster
7.1

The D.I.

as Guard

1957 Movie
Friendly Persuasion poster
6.7

Friendly Persuasion

as Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)

1956 Movie
The Young Guns poster
6.8

The Young Guns

as Rancho

1956 Movie
The Fastest Gun Alive poster
6.9

The Fastest Gun Alive

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

1956 Movie
Guys and Dolls poster
6.5

Guys and Dolls

as Pitchman (uncredited)

1955 Movie
East of Eden poster
7.5

East of Eden

as Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)

1955 Movie
The Forty-Niners poster
5.7

The Forty-Niners

as Hotel Clerk

1954 Movie
Thunder Over the Plains poster
5.4

Thunder Over the Plains

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1953 Movie
City of Bad Men poster
5.6

City of Bad Men

as Cooch

1953 Movie
The Great Jesse James Raid poster
4.7

The Great Jesse James Raid

as 'Soapy' Smith

1953 Movie
Westward the Women poster
7.1

Westward the Women

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

1951 Movie
Callaway Went Thataway poster
5.3

Callaway Went Thataway

as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)

1951 Movie
Texas Carnival poster
4.7

Texas Carnival

as Cab Passenger Frightened by Cornie (uncredited)

1951 Movie
Where Danger Lives poster
6.4

Where Danger Lives

as Postville Cowboy (uncredited)

1950 Movie
Bunco Squad poster
5.9

Bunco Squad

as Professor Markett (uncredited)

1950 Movie
The Savage Horde poster
5.8

The Savage Horde

as Buck Yallop

1950 Movie
Canadian Pacific poster
5.0

Canadian Pacific

as Sandy McNair (uncredited)

1949 Movie
Henry, the Rainmaker poster

Henry, the Rainmaker

as Mr. Peabody

1949 Movie
Radio Riot poster

Radio Riot

1949 Movie
Slightly French poster
7.2

Slightly French

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

1949 Movie
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