Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1893-10-05
Day of Death
1964-04-14
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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 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 (191)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Saintly Sinners
1962
Inherit the Wind
1960
The Missouri Traveler
1958
The D.I.
1957
Friendly Persuasion
1956
The Young Guns
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
Guys and Dolls
1955
East of Eden
1955
The Forty-Niners
1954
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
City of Bad Men
1953
The Great Jesse James Raid
1953
