Roscoe Ates
Known for Acting · 111 credits
- Born
- 1895-01-19
- Died
- 1962-03-01
- Place of birth
- Grange, Mississippi, USA
- Also known as
- Roscoe Blevel Ates · Rosco Ates
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (12)
Wagon Train
1957
as Old Timer
Maverick
1957
as Albert
Lawman
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Pop Henderson / Zack Martin / Ben White / Tavern Customer / Piano Player
Sugarfoot
1957
as Barber
M Squad
1957
as Edwin Winkler
State Trooper
1956
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
Boston Blackie
1951
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Man with a Camera
1958
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
Movies (99)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
King Kong
1933
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
Freaks
1932
as Roscoe
Golden Harvest
1933
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Fish
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Sheepman
1958
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
Cimarron
1931
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Black Hills
1947
as Soapy Jones
Lucky Devils
1933
as Gabby
The Champ
1931
as Sponge
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
1961
as Pet Shop Owner
A Free Soul
1931
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
City Girl
1930
as Reaper
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jake Hooper
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Police Chief Dan Cady
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Wagon Driver
Wild Country
1947
as Soapy Jones
The Big House
1930
as Putnam
Untamed
1940
as Bert Dillon
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Lafe
Those Redheads from Seattle
1953
as Dan Taylor
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Big Caper
1957
as Falkenburg
The People's Enemy
1935
as Slip Laflin
Inner Sanctum
1948
as Willie
Young Bride
1932
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
The Westward Trail
1948
as Soapy Jones
Chad Hanna
1940
as Ike Wayfish
Colorado Serenade
1946
as Soapy
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
Captain Caution
1940
as Chips
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Gas Station Attendant
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Bill-poster Klondike
The Silent Call
1961
as Sid
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Lemuel (uncredited)
Fair Exchange
1936
as Elmer Goodge
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Beans
Range Beyond the Blue
1947
as Soapy Jones
Father's Wild Game
1950
as Rancher
Billy the Kid
1930
as Old Stuff
Woman in the Dark
1934
as Tommy Logan
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith / Jim Blakely
Politics
1931
as Peter Higgins
Those Three French Girls
1930
as Elmer (uncredited)
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Dismal - the Cook
Tornado Range
1948
as Soapy Jones
The Great Lover
1931
as Rosco
The Hawk of Powder River
1948
as Soapy Jones
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Slippery Sam Brown
Scarlet River
1933
as Ulysses
Come Next Spring
1956
as Shorty Wilkins
Ladies of the Jury
1932
as Andrew MacKaig
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
as Deputy Gloomy Day
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
Soup to Nuts
1930
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers
1939
as Sheriff Brown
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Pappy
Riders of the Black Hills
1938
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
Driftin' River
1946
as Soapy
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Process Server
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Ticket Agent
West to Glory
1947
as Soapy Jones
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Jailer Guffy
Stars Over Texas
1946
as Soapy Jones
The Roadhouse Murder
1932
as Edmund Joyce
Rancho Grande
1940
as Ranch Hand
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Renegades of the West
1932
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
Reducing
1931
as Ticket Agent
Tumbleweed Trail
1946
as Soapy Jones
Check and Double Check
1930
as Brother Arthur
Thunder in the Pines
1948
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
What! No Beer?
1933
as Schultz
The Big Shot
1931
as Rusty
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as The Trapper
Too Many Cooks
1931
as Mr. Wilson
She Made Her Bed
1934
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
Shadow Valley
1947
as Soapy Jones
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Gander Hopkins
I'll Sell My Life
1941
as Happy Hogan
Come on Danger!
1932
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Love in the Rough
1930
as Proprietor
Check Your Guns
1948
as Soapy Jones
On the Wagon
1935
as Elmer
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as Ike Wilkins
Wild West
1946
as Soapy Jones
The Tioga Kid
1948
as Soapy
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
as Emory McQuade
Sham Poo, the Magician
1932
as Tourist
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934
as Elmer Whipple
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
Signing 'em Up
1933
as Himself
You're Next!
1940
as Mr. Tillson
Dizzy & Daffy
1934
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Why Pay Rent?
1935
as Elmer Whipple
About Roscoe Ates
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. With 111 credits spanning from 1930 to 1961, Roscoe Ates has appeared in 99 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Roscoe Ates Movies
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
- King Kong (1933) — as Press Photographer (uncredited)
- Freaks (1932) — as Roscoe
- Golden Harvest (1933) — as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) — as Fish
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