

Cast & creator
Best known for Maverick, Maverick, Have Gun, Will Travel
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."
Also known as: Earl Hodges, Earl Hodgin, Earl Hodgins, Earl Hudgins
192
film credits
30
television credits
222
1934–1962 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 222 of 222 credits

Johnson
1957
Ernest Plunkett
1957
Old Timer
1957


Agee
1959



Stableman
1958
Storekeeper
1949
Pat Duncan
1956
Uncle Oliver
1955
Tubby
1955
Dobie
1955
Judge
1955
The Old Man
1957


Gramps - the Organ Player
1950
Idaho, Circle J Hand
1950

Bartender
1959
Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
1955






Clute Dumfries (uncredited)
1962
Saul
1960
Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
1946
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
1956
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
1960
Pitchman (uncredited)
1955
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
1940
Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1947
Medicine Man (uncredited)
1956
Festival Barker (uncredited)
1947

Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
1942
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1951
Spieler (uncredited)
1939
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1953
Tobin
1944
Miner (uncredited)
1942

Joe
1943
Sandy McNair (uncredited)
1949
Jean Duval [Ch. 5]
1944
Jim Belman
1943
Cooch
1953
Heckler (uncredited)
1947
Ike
1943
Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
1950
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
1939
Medicine Man
1940
Hitchhiking Preacher (uncredited)
1938
Deputy
1941
Mahoney's Barker (uncredited)
1946
Doc Cody
1935
Doc Shaw
1936

Sylvester P. Wurple (uncredited)
1941
Revivalist
1938
Fred Mays (Fred Murks)
1946
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1948
Carnival Barker
1946
Stagecoach Guard
1942
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
1940
Oil Land Hustler (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1945
Fred W. Calhoun
1937
Sheriff Fin Elder
1946
Barker
1940
Stephen F. Austin
1937
Barker (uncredited)
1946
Tunnel of Love Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Thompson
1937
Race Caller (Uncredited)
1949
Fisherman (uncredited)
1939
Hinkle--Barker
1939
Wildcat Willie
1943
Reporter Earle (uncredited)
1943
Coroner
1942
Concession Owner
1940
Blake
1937
Deputy Dan'l
1946
'Soapy' Smith
1953
Judge Peabody
1942
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1949
Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
1943
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1934
Mike Calhoun
1940
Sourdough
1943
Tom Martin
1938
Huckster (voice)
1937
Sheriff Rock Lance
1937
Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
1951
Eddie
1946
Professor Ezekial Daniels
1936
Circus Barker (uncredited)
1938
Deputy Pete
1942
Horatius P. Gassoway
1948
Terwilliger
1938
2nd Speaker in Park
1942
Wheel of Life Barker
1937
Pie-Eating Contest Referee (uncredited)
1942
Sheriff
1938
Chief Hopping Crow
1942
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Professor Markett (uncredited)
1950
Buck Yallop
1950
Sheriff
1946
Novelty Salesman
1948
Joe - The Dog Handler
1947
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Judge Belin
1948
Dr. Carter
1935
Street Car Conductor (uncredited)
1946
Barker
1943
Rancho
1956
Show Barker (uncredited)
1942
Con Man (uncredited)
1941
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1945
Hiram T. Cochran
1940
Police Detective (uncredited)
1944
Burlesque Barker (uncredited)
1936
Guard
1957
'Doctor' Algernon Irving
1938
Frightened Cab Passenger (uncredited)
1951
Judge Higgins
1943
Sheriff Ira Willis
1939
Fight Referee (uncredited)
1936
Marshal
1936
Jess Jenkins
1949
'Doc' Sawyer
1940
J. T. McAllister
1938

Doc Carter
1935
Old Sharecropper
1958
Cigar Store Customer
1942
Doc Aikman
1938
Sheriff Heck Hampton
1938
Foreman
1939
Racetrack Security Guard (uncredited)
1947
Tom York
1942
Bartender
1943
Cook
1943
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1934
Collins
1939
Uncle Rolf
1940
First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Judge J. Frothingham Smythe
1945
Town Barber
1940
Circus Barker
1934
Bert MacLeod
1942
Barker at Fickle Fanny
1941
Sandler
1946
Music Hall Stage Manager (uncredited)
1935
Governor
1947
Tour Barker
1935
Neepah
1937
Police Chief
1942
Doctor (uncredited)
1948
Joshua Colter
1947
Barkey McCusky
1937
Hotel Clerk
1954
Marshal Jeff Bailey
1946
Happy Jack
1944
Sundown
1937
Sheriff Fin Elder
1940
Sheriff
1948
Francis D. Cartwright
1947
Joseph Abernathy
1942
Grover Cleveland 'Chatty' Perkins (uncredited)
1945
Eddie Purcell
1944
Rufus Tate
1940
Sheriff
1938
Deputy Joe
1943
Sheriff Hoag
1944
Jonathan Walpole
1948
Lawyer Jay Griffin
1943
Cab Starter
1936
Jim Barton
1941
Press Agent
1946
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Radio Announcer
1938
H. Sharpe - Divorce Lawyer
1940
Auctioneer (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Prof. Parker (as Earl Hodgins)
1936
Buck Andrews
1937
Auctioneer (uncredited)
1942
County Clerk Tom
1947
Uncle Clete
1962
Bartender
1946
Henchman Spike Hodgins
1937
Major Jordan
1937
Jack Dunn
1937
Brandywine
1941
Doc Richards
1948
Mayor Dave Mayfield
1945
Major Stafford
1937
Narrator (voice)
1936
Tom
1943

Deputy
1939
Sheriff Honest Dan Gray
1937
Wallace
1941
Frontier City Rodeo Announcer
1938
Mr. Peabody
1949
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
1945
Henry Blake
1936
Sheriff Day (as Earl Hodgins)
1937
Sheriff Blackton
1942
Doc Carter
1935
'Flash' Carson
1935
The Judge
1947
Barker
1937
Sideshow Barker
1939
Pancho Gonzales
1935