Roscoe Ates
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1895
- Died
- March 1, 1962
- Birthplace
- 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
The Ladies Man 1961
as Pet Shop Owner
The Silent Call 1961
as Sid
The Sheepman 1958
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Big Caper 1957
as Falkenburg
Come Next Spring 1956
as Shorty Wilkins
Lucy Gallant 1955
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955
as Wagon Driver
Those Redheads from Seattle 1953
as Dan Taylor
The Stranger Wore a Gun 1953
as Jake Hooper
The Blazing Forest 1952
as Beans
Father's Wild Game 1950
as Rancher
Hills of Oklahoma 1950
as Dismal - the Cook
Thunder in the Pines 1948
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Inner Sanctum 1948
as Willie
The Tioga Kid 1948
as Soapy
The Hawk of Powder River 1948
as Soapy Jones
The Westward Trail 1948
as Soapy Jones
Tornado Range 1948
as Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns 1948
as Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley 1947
as Soapy Jones
Black Hills 1947
as Soapy Jones
West to Glory 1947
as Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue 1947
as Soapy Jones
Wild Country 1947
as Soapy Jones
Wild West 1946
as Soapy Jones
Stars Over Texas 1946
as Soapy Jones
Driftin' River 1946
as Soapy
Down Missouri Way 1946
as Pappy
Tumbleweed Trail 1946
as Soapy Jones
Colorado Serenade 1946
as Soapy
Can't Help Singing 1944
as Lemuel (uncredited)
The Great Moment 1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story 1942
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942
as Police Chief Dan Cady
Birth of the Blues 1941
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven 1941
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
I'll Sell My Life 1941
as Happy Hogan
Reg'lar Fellers 1941
as Emory McQuade
Bad Men of Missouri 1941
as Lafe
She Knew All the Answers 1941
as Gas Station Attendant
Ziegfeld Girl 1941
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
Robin Hood of the Pecos 1941
as Jailer Guffy
Chad Hanna 1940
as Ike Wayfish
I Want a Divorce 1940
as Process Server
The Cowboy from Sundown 1940
as Deputy Gloomy Day
Captain Caution 1940
as Chips
Untamed 1940
as Bert Dillon
You're Next! 1940
as Mr. Tillson
Rancho Grande 1940
as Ranch Hand
Gone with the Wind 1939
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers 1939
as Sheriff Brown
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1938
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith, as Jim Blakely
Riders of the Black Hills 1938
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
God's Country and the Woman 1937
as Gander Hopkins
- Fair Exchange
Fair Exchange 1936
as Elmer Goodge
On the Wagon 1935
as Elmer
Why Pay Rent? 1935
as Elmer Whipple
The People's Enemy 1935
as Slip Laflin
Dizzy & Daffy 1934
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Woman in the Dark 1934
as Tommy Logan
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk 1934
as Elmer Whipple
She Made Her Bed 1934
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
Merry Wives of Reno 1934
as The Trapper
Alice in Wonderland 1933
as Fish
- Signing 'em Up
Signing 'em Up 1933
as Himself
Golden Harvest 1933
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
King Kong 1933
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
Scarlet River 1933
as Ulysses
What! No Beer? 1933
as Schultz
Lucky Devils 1933
as Gabby
The Past of Mary Holmes 1933
as Bill-poster Klondike
The Cheyenne Kid 1933
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
Renegades of the West 1932
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
Sham Poo, the Magician 1932
as Tourist
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 1932
as Self
Come on Danger! 1932
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Hold 'Em Jail 1932
as Slippery Sam Brown
The Roadhouse Murder 1932
as Edmund Joyce
Young Bride 1932
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
- Never the Twins Shall Meet
Never the Twins Shall Meet 1932
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
Ladies of the Jury 1932
as Andrew MacKaig
The Rainbow Trail 1932
as Ike Wilkins
Freaks 1932
as Roscoe
The Big Shot 1931
as Rusty
The Champ 1931
as Sponge
Too Many Cooks 1931
as Mr. Wilson
The Great Lover 1931
as Rosco
A Free Soul 1931
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Politics 1931
as Peter Higgins
Cimarron 1931
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Reducing 1931
as Ticket Agent
Billy the Kid 1930
as Old Stuff
Those Three French Girls 1930
as Elmer (uncredited)
Check and Double Check 1930
as Brother Arthur
Soup to Nuts 1930
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Love in the Rough 1930
as Proprietor
The Big House 1930
as Putnam
Double Cross Roads 1930
as Ticket Agent
City Girl 1930
as Reaper
Credits from TMDB.