Eddie Hodges

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Eddie Hodges (born 5 March 1947 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA) is a former child actor and recording artist who left show business as an adult. Eddie Hodges was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S., on March 5, 1947. Hodges travelled to New York City with his family and on October 4, 1957, was a contestant on the TV game show Name That Tune. The story presented to the press at the time was that he was noticed by Rini Willson, the wife of playwright and composer Meredith Willson who was looking for a boy to cast in a new musical; however, the fact was that he had been auditioning for the part prior to being asked to appear on the game show, and that there was an agreement between the producers of the two productions that the boy chosen to play the role in the musical would be "discovered" on the television show. Hodges' partner contestant on Name That Tune was Marine Corps test pilot Col. John Glenn, later an astronaut, United States Senator and presidential candidate. Hodges made his professional acting debut on stage in Willson's 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man. He made his film debut in the 1959 film A Hole in the Head with Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, in which Hodges and Sinatra performed a song called High Hopes. Hodges did not perform on Sinatra's hit recording of the song. Hodges made eight feature films and numerous TV guest appearances. He is probably best remembered for the title role in Michael Curtiz's 1960 film The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door - The Best Of

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Hit Singles - EP

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I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door - EP

I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door EP

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The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast)

I'm Gonna Knock On the Door

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Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast)

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Rock 'N' Roll Legends - Volume 3

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

Rare Oldies But Goodies

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Greatest Hits Collection 60s

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Greatest Hits Collection of the 60's

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