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 Za...
Known For
Movies
- The Missouri Traveler
1958
- Paradise Canyon
1935
- Scattergood Pulls the S...
1941
- Scattergood Rides High
1942
- Scattergood Survives a ...
1942
- Scattergood Baines
1941
- Smoke Tree Range
1937
- The Savage Horde
1950
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
- Aces and Eights
1936
- Law for Tombstone
1937
- Inside the Law
1942
- Accomplice
1946
- Barefoot Boy
1938
- Westward the Women
1951
- Silent Conflict
1948
- Pride of the West
1938
- Santa Fe Marshal
1940
- The Cyclone Ranger
1935
- The Rangers' Round-Up
1938
- Call The Mesquiteers
1938
- Thunder Over the Plains
1953
- King of Burlesque
1936
- Valley of the Zombies
1946
- The Village Smithy
1936
- Crime, Inc.
1945
- Oh, Susanna
1936
- Guns Along The Trail
1935
- The Return of Rin Tin T...
1947
- The Range Busters
1940
- Roaring Six Guns
1937
- The Old Barn Dance
1938
- Guns and Guitars
1936
- The Singing Cowboy
1936
- Hollywood Barn Dance
1947
- Calling Dr. Death
1943
- Oregon Trail
1945
- All Over Town
1937
- San Antonio Kid
1944
- The Best Years of Our L...
1946
- The Topeka Terror
1945
- Shockproof
1949
- The Pride of the Yankees
1942
- Alaska
1944
- Border Caballero
1936
- Ticket to Paradise
1936
- Radio Riot
1949
- Whispering Smith
1948
- The Young Guns
1956
- Sensations of 1945
1944
- Criminals Within
1941
- The Purple Vigilantes
1938
- It Happened Tomorrow
1944
- A Lawman Is Born
1937
- Heroes of the Alamo
1937
- Sky Racket
1937
- Range Defenders
1937
- Saintly Sinners
1962
- The D.I.
1957
- Almost a Gentleman
1939
- Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
- Partners of the Plains
1938
- Under Western Stars
1938
- Frontier Town
1938
- Next Time I Marry
1938
- Daredevils of the Red C...
1939
- Guys and Dolls
1955
- Crime of the Century
1946
- Key Witness
1947
- Tarnished Angel
1938
- Fool's Gold
1946
- The Long Shot
1939
- Mountain Justice
1937
- Borderland
1937
- I Cover the War!
1937
- Dodge City
1939
- Thunder Afloat
1939
- The Spellbinder
1939
- The Perfect Gentleman
1935
- Firebrands of Arizona
1944
- The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
- Riding the Wind
1942
- Fixer Dugan
1939
- Sailors on Leave
1941
- East of Eden
1955
- Headin' East
1937
- Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
- The Texas Rambler
1935
- The Southerner
1945
- Deadline at Dawn
1946
- Inherit the Wind
1960
- Texas Trail
1937
- Sierra Sue
1941
- Mexican Spitfire
1940
- The Circus Clown
1934
- The Great Jesse James R...
1953
- Get Rich Quick Porky
1937
- City of Bad Men
1953
- The Man Who Shot Libert...
1962
- Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
- Lawless Valley
1938
- The Sagebrush Family Tr...
1940
- The Sea of Grass
1947
- Trail of Vengeance
1937
- Rustler's Round-up
1946
- Boss of Bullion City
1940
- Law and Order
1940
- Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
- Under Texas Skies
1940
- Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
- Range War
1939
- Boom Town
1940
- Friendly Persuasion
1956
- Unexpected Guest
1947
- Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
- Riders of the Deadline
1943
- The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
- Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
- Borrowed Trouble
1948
- That Brennan Girl
1946
- Peck's Bad Boy with the...
1938
- If You Knew Susie
1948
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
- Hazard
1948
- My Favorite Wife
1940
- Men Against the Sky
1940
- Florian
1940
- The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
- The Main Street Kid
1948
- Traffic in Crime
1946
- The Last Crooked Mile
1946
- Shut My Big Mouth
1942
- Two Alone
1934
- Little Big Shot
1935
- Oregon Trail Scouts
1947
- The Avenging Rider
1943
- The Lone Star Trail
1943
- USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
- Red River Robin Hood
1942
- Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
- Tenting Tonight on the ...
1943
- Colt Comrades
1943
- Gun Town
1946
- The Marauders
1947
- Old Los Angeles
1948
- Call of the Canyon
1942
- Oklahoma Badlands
1948
- Undercover Man
1942
- Deep in the Heart of Te...
1942
- Silver Queen
1942
- The Spoilers
1942
- Sheriff of Wichita
1949
- Border Patrol
1943
- Bar 20
1943
- King of the Cowboys
1943
- Idaho
1943
- False Colors
1943
- Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
- The Forty-Niners
1954
- Fall In
1942
- My Favorite Spy
1942
- The Power of God
1942
- Slightly French
1949
- Porky's Garden
1937
- Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
- Panama Lady
1939
- Batman
1943
- Crazy House
1943
- Fun on a Weekend
1947
- Crash Donovan
1936
- Bunco Squad
1950
- Where Danger Lives
1950
- Keep 'Em Flying
1941
- Bedside Manner
1945
- Ridin' On
1936
- The Devil's Playground
1946
- Down Missouri Way
1946
- Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
- Under Western Skies
1945
- The Bashful Bachelor
1942
- Let's Live Again
1948
- Canadian Pacific
1949
- Gallant Journey
1946
- Las Vegas Nights
1941
- Whirlpool
1934
- Callaway Went Thataway
1951
- Ghost Town Gold
1936
- Cowboy G-Man
1935
- Texas Carnival
1951
TV Shows
- Mister Ed
1961
- Maverick
1957
- Mr. Lucky
1959
- Dragnet
1951
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Lassie
1954
- The Twilight Zone
1959
- Rawhide
1959
- Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
- The Cisco Kid
1950
- The Donna Reed Show
1958
- The Cisco Kid
1950
- The Adventures of Wild ...
1951
- Guestward, Ho!
1960
- The Lone Ranger
1949
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
- The Rifleman
1958
- Sugarfoot
1957
- Law of the Plainsman
1959
- Wichita Town
1959
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- City Detective
1953
- Harbor Command
1957
- Hopalong Cassidy
1952
- Boston Blackie
1951
- Maverick
1957
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- The Westerner
1960