Roscoe Ates

Acting

Roscoe Ates

Born 19 January 1895 · Grange, Mississippi, USA · Died 1 March 1962 at 67

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

Highlights

Gone with the Wind1939 · Film · Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
King Kong1933 · Film · Press Photographer (uncredited)
Freaks1932 · Film · Roscoe
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · Series · Pop Henderson
The Palm Beach Story1942 · Film · Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
City Girl1930 · Film · Reaper

Filmography

Movies

95 films

The Ladies Man1961 · Film · Pet Shop Owner
The Silent Call1961 · Film · Sid
The Sheepman1958 · Film · Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Big Caper1957 · Film · Falkenburg
Come Next Spring1956 · Film · Shorty Wilkins
Lucy Gallant1955 · Film · Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops1955 · Film · Wagon Driver
Those Redheads from Seattle1953 · Film · Dan Taylor
The Stranger Wore a Gun1953 · Film · Jake Hooper
The Blazing Forest1952 · Film · Beans
Father's Wild Game1950 · Film · Rancher
Hills of Oklahoma1950 · Film · Dismal - the Cook
Thunder in the Pines1948 · Film · Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Inner Sanctum1948 · Film · Willie
The Tioga Kid1948 · Film · Soapy
The Hawk of Powder River1948 · Film · Soapy Jones
The Westward Trail1948 · Film · Soapy Jones
Tornado Range1948 · Film · Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns1948 · Film · Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley1947 · Film · Soapy Jones
Black Hills1947 · Film · Soapy Jones
West to Glory1947 · Film · Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue1947 · Film · Soapy Jones
Wild Country1947 · Film · Soapy Jones
Wild West1946 · Film · Soapy Jones
Stars Over Texas1946 · Film · Soapy Jones
Driftin' River1946 · Film · Soapy
Down Missouri Way1946 · Film · Pappy
Tumbleweed Trail1946 · Film · Soapy Jones
Colorado Serenade1946 · Film · Soapy
Can't Help Singing1944 · Film · Lemuel (uncredited)
The Great Moment1944 · Film · Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story1942 · Film · Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942 · Film · Police Chief Dan Cady
Birth of the Blues1941 · Film · Cab Driver (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven1941 · Film · George Reynolds (uncredited)
I'll Sell My Life1941 · Film · Happy Hogan
Reg'lar Fellers1941 · Film · Emory McQuade
Bad Men of Missouri1941 · Film · Lafe
She Knew All the Answers1941 · Film · Gas Station Attendant
Ziegfeld Girl1941 · Film · Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
Robin Hood of the Pecos1941 · Film · Jailer Guffy
Chad Hanna1940 · Film · Ike Wayfish
I Want a Divorce1940 · Film · Process Server
The Cowboy from Sundown1940 · Film · Deputy Gloomy Day
Captain Caution1940 · Film · Chips
Untamed1940 · Film · Bert Dillon
You're Next!1940 · Film · Mr. Tillson
Rancho Grande1940 · Film · Ranch Hand
Gone with the Wind1939 · Film · Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers1939 · Film · Sheriff Brown
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1938 · Film · Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
Riders of the Black Hills1938 · Film · Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
God's Country and the Woman1937 · Film · Gander Hopkins
On the Wagon1935 · Film · Elmer
Why Pay Rent?1935 · Film · Elmer Whipple
The People's Enemy1935 · Film · Slip Laflin
Dizzy & Daffy1934 · Film · 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Woman in the Dark1934 · Film · Tommy Logan
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk1934 · Film · Elmer Whipple
She Made Her Bed1934 · Film · Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
Merry Wives of Reno1934 · Film · The Trapper
Alice in Wonderland1933 · Film · Fish
Golden Harvest1933 · Film · Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
King Kong1933 · Film · Press Photographer (uncredited)
Scarlet River1933 · Film · Ulysses
What! No Beer?1933 · Film · Schultz
Lucky Devils1933 · Film · Gabby
The Cheyenne Kid1933 · Film · Bush (as Rosco Ates)
The Past of Mary Holmes1933 · Film · Bill-poster Klondike
Sham Poo, the Magician1932 · Film · Tourist
Renegades of the West1932 · Film · Dr. Henry Fawcett
Come on Danger!1932 · Film · Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Hold 'Em Jail1932 · Film · Slippery Sam Brown
The Roadhouse Murder1932 · Film · Edmund Joyce
Young Bride1932 · Film · Pool Room Bartender Mike
Ladies of the Jury1932 · Film · Andrew MacKaig
The Rainbow Trail1932 · Film · Ike Wilkins
Freaks1932 · Film · Roscoe
The Big Shot1931 · Film · Rusty
The Champ1931 · Film · Sponge
The Great Lover1931 · Film · Rosco
Too Many Cooks1931 · Film · Mr. Wilson
A Free Soul1931 · Film · Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Politics1931 · Film · Peter Higgins
Cimarron1931 · Film · Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Reducing1931 · Film · Ticket Agent
Billy the Kid1930 · Film · Old Stuff
Those Three French Girls1930 · Film · Elmer (uncredited)
Check and Double Check1930 · Film · Brother Arthur
Soup to Nuts1930 · Film · Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Love in the Rough1930 · Film · Proprietor
The Big House1930 · Film · Putnam
Double Cross Roads1930 · Film · Ticket Agent
City Girl1930 · Film · Reaper

Filmography

Series

10 shows

Man with a Camera1958 · Series
Lawman1958 · Series
Maverick1957 · Series
M Squad1957 · Series · Edwin Winkler
Wagon Train1957 · Series · Old Timer
Sugarfoot1957 · Series · Barber
State Trooper1956 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · Series · Pop Henderson
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954 · Series
Boston Blackie1951 · Series