Earle Hodgins
| Earle Hodgins | |
|---|---|
 Earle Hodgins in Oh, Susanna! | |
| Born |
October 6, 1893 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died |
April 14, 1964 (aged 70) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1932–1963 |
Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor.[1]
Career
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".
Selected filmography
- Paradise Canyon (1935)
- Aces and Eights (1936)
- Oh, Susanna! (1936)
- Border Caballero (1936)
- I Cover the War (1937)
- Range Defenders (1937)
- Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
- A Lawman Is Born (1937)
- Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
- Sky Racket (1937)
- The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
- The Old Barn Dance (1938)
- Barefoot Boy (1938)
- Call the Mesquiteers (1938)
- Long Shot (1939)
- Law and Order (1940)
- Under Texas Skies (1940)
- Scattergood Baines (1941)
- Red River Robin Hood (1942)
- The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
- Inside the Law (1942)
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
- The San Antonio Kid (1944)
- Gun Smoke (1945)
- Unexpected Guest (1947)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
- Up in Smoke (1957)
References
- ↑ "Earle Hodgins". b-westerns.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.