Samuel "Eddie" Hodges is an American former child actor and recording artist, who left show business as an adult. He was known for playing the title role in Michael Curtiz's 1960 film The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For Disney, he portrayed Gilly Carey in the 1963 film Summer Magic and Livingston Biddle in the 1967 film The Happiest Millionaire. He also appeared in The Magical World of Disney's "Johnny Shiloh" as Billy Jones.
Career[]
After making his professional acting debut on stage in Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man, Hodges made his film debut in the 1959 film A Hole in the Head and performed the song "High Hopes" with Frank Sinatra. However, when Sinatra recorded the song for Capitol Records, he was not invited to participate as his record label, Decca, would not grant him permission to record on Capitol. Hodges was then drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s but remained in the U.S. in a non-combat assignment.
After Hodges was discharged, he returned to Hollywood and became disillusioned with show business. He decided to return to his native Mississippi and entered the University of Southern Mississippi, where he received his B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling. Hodges then became a mental health counselor and eventually retired from practice after a long career in the field.
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External links[]
Eddie Hodges on IMDb
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