He was friends with fellow vaudevillian Josephine Baker who he performed with in the show Chocolate Dandies.
Hudgins sought to copyright his performance art.
[4] Hudgins performed with Florence Mills in the Blackbirds of 1926 and was accompanied by trumpeters including Doc Cheatham, Johnny Dunn, Joe Smith (trumpeter), Louis Metcalf and Rex Stewart.
[1] He also performed with his wife Mildred Martien and Fredi Washington.
[5] Hudgins featured in films including a Pathé film of Hudgins performing to "Renoir Charleston" in Jean Renoir's Charleston Parade with Catherine Hessling and in the film A Night in Dixie.