Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 19, 1895
Place of Birth:
Grange, Mississippi, USA
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Roscoe 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Pet Shop Owner |
| 1961 | The Silent Call | Sid |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Town Loafer (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Big Caper | Falkenburg |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring | Shorty Wilkins |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Wagon Driver |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jake Hooper |
| 1953 | Those Redheads from Seattle | Dan Taylor |
| 1952 | The Blazing Forest | Beans |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma | Dismal - the Cook |
| 1950 | Father's Wild Game | Rancher |
| 1948 | Inner Sanctum | Willie |
| 1948 | The Tioga Kid | Soapy |
| 1948 | The Hawk of Powder River | Soapy Jones |
| 1948 | Tornado Range | Soapy Jones |
| 1948 | Thunder in the Pines | Wheezer, Boomer's head logger |
| 1948 | The Westward Trail | Soapy Jones |
| 1948 | Check Your Guns | Soapy Jones |
| 1947 | Black Hills | Soapy Jones |
| 1947 | Wild Country | Soapy Jones |
| 1947 | Shadow Valley | Soapy Jones |
| 1947 | Range Beyond the Blue | Soapy Jones |
| 1947 | West to Glory | Soapy Jones |
| 1946 | Tumbleweed Trail | Soapy Jones |
| 1946 | Colorado Serenade | Soapy |
| 1946 | Driftin' River | Soapy |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Pappy |
| 1946 | Stars Over Texas | Soapy Jones |
| 1946 | Wild West | Soapy Jones |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Lemuel (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Police Chief Dan Cady |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1941 | I'll Sell My Life | Happy Hogan |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Reg'lar Fellers | Emory McQuade |
| 1941 | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Jailer Guffy |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Lafe |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | Gas Station Attendant |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | George Reynolds (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Ike Wayfish |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Process Server |
| 1940 | You're Next! | Mr. Tillson |
| 1940 | Untamed | Bert Dillon |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | Chips |
| 1940 | The Cowboy from Sundown | Deputy Gloomy Day |
| 1940 | Rancho Grande | Ranch Hand |
| 1939 | Three Texas Steers | Sheriff Brown |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Convalescent Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Jim Blakely |
| 1938 | Riders of the Black Hills | Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates) |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Gander Hopkins |
| 1936 | Fair Exchange | Elmer Goodge |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Slip Laflin |
| 1935 | On the Wagon | Elmer |
| 1935 | Why Pay Rent? | Elmer Whipple |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | The Trapper |
| 1934 | Dizzy & Daffy | 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire |
| 1934 | Woman in the Dark | Tommy Logan |
| 1934 | She Made Her Bed | Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates) |
| 1934 | So You Won't T-T-T-Talk | Elmer Whipple |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Fish |
| 1933 | What! No Beer? | Schultz |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils | Gabby |
| 1933 | Scarlet River | Ulysses |
| 1933 | The Cheyenne Kid | Bush (as Rosco Ates) |
| 1933 | King Kong | Press Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou |
| 1933 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Bill-poster Klondike |
| 1933 | Signing 'em Up | Himself |
| 1932 | Sham Poo, the Magician | Tourist |
| 1932 | The Roadhouse Murder | Edmund Joyce |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self |
| 1932 | Young Bride | Pool Room Bartender Mike |
| 1932 | Ladies of the Jury | Andrew MacKaig |
| 1932 | Hold 'Em Jail | Slippery Sam Brown |
| 1932 | Renegades of the West | Dr. Henry Fawcett |
| 1932 | Come on Danger! | Rusty (as Rosco Ates) |
| 1932 | The Rainbow Trail | Ike Wilkins |
| 1932 | Freaks | Roscoe |
| 1931 | The Champ | Sponge |
| 1931 | The Great Lover | Rosco |
| 1931 | Politics | Peter Higgins |
| 1931 | The Big Shot | Rusty |
| 1931 | Too Many Cooks | Mr. Wilson |
| 1931 | Reducing | Ticket Agent |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates) |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited) |
| 1930 | City Girl | Reaper |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Old Stuff |
| 1930 | Check and Double Check | Brother Arthur |
| 1930 | Love in the Rough | Proprietor |
| 1930 | Those Three French Girls | Elmer (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Soup to Nuts | Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Big House | Putnam |
| 1930 | Double Cross Roads | Ticket Agent |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | |
| 1958 | Lawman | |
| 1957 | M Squad | Edwin Winkler |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Barber |
| 1957 | Maverick | |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pop Henderson |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Zack Martin |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ben White |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tavern Customer |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Piano Player |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
| The Marshal of Gunsight Pass |