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Earle Hodgins in Oh, Susanna!
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Born |
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
October 6, 1893
Died | April 14, 1964 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
(aged 70)
Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1932–1963 |
Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor.
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".