Roscoe Ates

Known for: Acting

Born: 1895-01-19 – 1962-03-01 (aged 67)

From: Grange, Mississippi, USA

From Wikipedia Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily was featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones.

Filmography (111)

MOVIE★ 6.3
The Ladies Man
1961
as Pet Shop Owner
MOVIE★ 9.3
The Silent Call
1961
as Sid
TV★ 5.5
Man with a Camera
1958
TV★ 5.8
Lawman
1958
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Sheepman
1958
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
TV★ 6.9
Maverick
1957
TV★ 5.4
M Squad
1957
as Edwin Winkler
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Old Timer
TV★ 5.2
Sugarfoot
1957
as Barber
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Big Caper
1957
as Falkenburg
TV★ 5.7
State Trooper
1956
MOVIE★ 5.9
Come Next Spring
1956
as Shorty Wilkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Pop Henderson
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Wagon Driver
TV★ 7.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
MOVIE★ 5.6
Those Redheads from Seattle
1953
as Dan Taylor
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jake Hooper
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Beans
TV★ 4.0
Boston Blackie
1951
MOVIE★ 8.0
Father's Wild Game
1950
as Rancher
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Dismal - the Cook
MOVIE★ 5.2
Thunder in the Pines
1948
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
MOVIE★ 5.1
Inner Sanctum
1948
as Willie
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Tioga Kid
1948
as Soapy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Hawk of Powder River
1948
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Westward Trail
1948
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tornado Range
1948
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 8.0
Check Your Guns
1948
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 9.0
Shadow Valley
1947
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 7.0
Black Hills
1947
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 10.0
West to Glory
1947
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 10.0
Range Beyond the Blue
1947
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 6.0
Wild Country
1947
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 9.0
Wild West
1946
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 7.0
Stars Over Texas
1946
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 7.0
Driftin' River
1946
as Soapy
MOVIE★ 8.0
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Pappy
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tumbleweed Trail
1946
as Soapy Jones
MOVIE★ 8.0
Colorado Serenade
1946
as Soapy
MOVIE★ 6.0
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Lemuel (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Police Chief Dan Cady
MOVIE★ 6.2
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
I'll Sell My Life
1941
as Happy Hogan
MOVIE★ 4.2
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
as Emory McQuade
MOVIE★ 6.2
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Lafe
MOVIE★ 6.6
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Gas Station Attendant
MOVIE★ 6.7
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Jailer Guffy
MOVIE★ 7.3
Chad Hanna
1940
as Ike Wayfish
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Process Server
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
as Deputy Gloomy Day
MOVIE★ 5.7
Captain Caution
1940
as Chips
MOVIE★ 5.0
Untamed
1940
as Bert Dillon
MOVIE★ 7.0
You're Next!
1940
as Mr. Tillson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rancho Grande
1940
as Ranch Hand
MOVIE★ 7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Three Texas Steers
1939
as Sheriff Brown
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
MOVIE★ 7.0
Riders of the Black Hills
1938
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
MOVIE★ 5.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Gander Hopkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fair Exchange
1936
as Elmer Goodge
MOVIE★ 10.0
On the Wagon
1935
as Elmer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Why Pay Rent?
1935
as Elmer Whipple
MOVIE★ 7.0
The People's Enemy
1935
as Slip Laflin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dizzy & Daffy
1934
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
MOVIE★ 6.1
Woman in the Dark
1934
as Tommy Logan
MOVIE★ 3.5
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934
as Elmer Whipple
MOVIE★ 4.5
She Made Her Bed
1934
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
MOVIE★ 4.4
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as The Trapper
MOVIE★ 6.1
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Fish
MOVIE★ 9.0
Signing 'em Up
1933
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.5
Golden Harvest
1933
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
MOVIE★ 7.6
King Kong
1933
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Scarlet River
1933
as Ulysses
MOVIE★ 5.7
What! No Beer?
1933
as Schultz
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
as Gabby
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Bill-poster Klondike
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sham Poo, the Magician
1932
as Tourist
MOVIE★ 6.0
Renegades of the West
1932
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Come on Danger!
1932
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Slippery Sam Brown
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Roadhouse Murder
1932
as Edmund Joyce
MOVIE★ 4.2
Young Bride
1932
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
MOVIE★ 10.0
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ladies of the Jury
1932
as Andrew MacKaig
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as Ike Wilkins
MOVIE★ 7.8
Freaks
1932
as Roscoe
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Big Shot
1931
as Rusty
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Champ
1931
as Sponge
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Great Lover
1931
as Rosco
MOVIE★ 4.3
Too Many Cooks
1931
as Mr. Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Free Soul
1931
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Politics
1931
as Peter Higgins
MOVIE★ 5.6
Cimarron
1931
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Reducing
1931
as Ticket Agent
MOVIE★ 4.6
Billy the Kid
1930
as Old Stuff
MOVIE★ 4.7
Those Three French Girls
1930
as Elmer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Check and Double Check
1930
as Brother Arthur
MOVIE★ 5.9
Soup to Nuts
1930
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Love in the Rough
1930
as Proprietor
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Big House
1930
as Putnam
MOVIE★ 9.0
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Ticket Agent
MOVIE★ 7.5
City Girl
1930
as Reaper
TV★ 8.0
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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