Earle Hodgins

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 fasttalking con menoften 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 19601961 season he appeared in three episodes of Joanne Drus ABC sitcom Guestward Ho as the aging ranch wrangler known as Lonesome In one of those episodes Lonesomes 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 medicineshow 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