
Roscoe Ates
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1895
- Died
- March 1, 1962 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Grange, Mississippi, USA
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
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Filmography

The Ladies Man
Movie · as Pet Shop Owner

The Silent Call
Movie · as Sid

The Sheepman
Movie · as Town Loafer (uncredited)

Man with a Camera
TV · 1 ep

Lawman
TV · 4 eps

The Big Caper
Movie · as Falkenburg

M Squad
TV · as Edwin Winkler · 1 ep

Sugarfoot
TV · as Barber · 1 ep

Maverick
TV · as Albert · 3 eps

Wagon Train
TV · as Old Timer · 1 ep

Come Next Spring
Movie · as Shorty Wilkins

State Trooper
TV · 1 ep

Lucy Gallant
Movie · as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie · as Wagon Driver

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Pop Henderson, Zack Martin, Ben White, Tavern Customer, Piano Player · 1 ep

MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · 1 ep

The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie · as Jake Hooper

Those Redheads from Seattle
Movie · as Dan Taylor

The Blazing Forest
Movie · as Beans

Boston Blackie
TV · 1 ep

Hills of Oklahoma
Movie · as Dismal - the Cook

Father's Wild Game
Movie · as Rancher
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
TV · 1 ep

The Cisco Kid
TV · as Henry Wilson · 1 ep

Inner Sanctum
Movie · as Willie

The Tioga Kid
Movie · as Soapy

The Hawk of Powder River
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Tornado Range
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Thunder in the Pines
Movie · as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

The Westward Trail
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Check Your Guns
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Black Hills
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Wild Country
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Shadow Valley
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Range Beyond the Blue
Movie · as Soapy Jones

West to Glory
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Tumbleweed Trail
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Colorado Serenade
Movie · as Soapy

Driftin' River
Movie · as Soapy

Down Missouri Way
Movie · as Pappy

Stars Over Texas
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Wild West
Movie · as Soapy Jones

Can't Help Singing
Movie · as Lemuel (uncredited)

The Great Moment
Movie · as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story
Movie · as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie · as Police Chief Dan Cady

Birth of the Blues
Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)

I'll Sell My Life
Movie · as Happy Hogan

Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

Reg'lar Fellers
Movie · as Emory McQuade

Robin Hood of the Pecos
Movie · as Jailer Guffy

Bad Men of Missouri
Movie · as Lafe

She Knew All the Answers
Movie · as Gas Station Attendant

One Foot in Heaven
Movie · as George Reynolds (uncredited)

Chad Hanna
Movie · as Ike Wayfish

I Want a Divorce
Movie · as Process Server

You're Next!
Movie · as Mr. Tillson

Untamed
Movie · as Bert Dillon

Captain Caution
Movie · as Chips

The Cowboy from Sundown
Movie · as Deputy Gloomy Day

Rancho Grande
Movie · as Ranch Hand

Three Texas Steers
Movie · as Sheriff Brown

Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Movie · as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith, Jim Blakely

Riders of the Black Hills
Movie · as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

God's Country and the Woman
Movie · as Gander Hopkins
Fair Exchange
Movie · as Elmer Goodge

The People's Enemy
Movie · as Slip Laflin

On the Wagon
Movie · as Elmer

Why Pay Rent?
Movie · as Elmer Whipple

Merry Wives of Reno
Movie · as The Trapper

Dizzy & Daffy
Movie · as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire

Woman in the Dark
Movie · as Tommy Logan

She Made Her Bed
Movie · as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Movie · as Elmer Whipple

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Fish

What! No Beer?
Movie · as Schultz

Lucky Devils
Movie · as Gabby

Scarlet River
Movie · as Ulysses

The Cheyenne Kid
Movie · as Bush (as Rosco Ates)

King Kong
Movie · as Press Photographer (uncredited)

Golden Harvest
Movie · as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

The Past of Mary Holmes
Movie · as Bill-poster Klondike
Signing 'em Up
Movie · as Himself

Sham Poo, the Magician
Movie · as Tourist

The Roadhouse Murder
Movie · as Edmund Joyce

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Movie · as Self

Young Bride
Movie · as Pool Room Bartender Mike

Ladies of the Jury
Movie · as Andrew MacKaig

Hold 'Em Jail
Movie · as Slippery Sam Brown

Renegades of the West
Movie · as Dr. Henry Fawcett

Come on Danger!
Movie · as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

The Rainbow Trail
Movie · as Ike Wilkins

Freaks
Movie · as Roscoe
Never the Twins Shall Meet
Movie · as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy

The Champ
Movie · as Sponge

The Great Lover
Movie · as Rosco

Politics
Movie · as Peter Higgins

The Big Shot
Movie · as Rusty

Too Many Cooks
Movie · as Mr. Wilson

Reducing
Movie · as Ticket Agent

Cimarron
Movie · as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

A Free Soul
Movie · as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

City Girl
Movie · as Reaper

Billy the Kid
Movie · as Old Stuff

Check and Double Check
Movie · as Brother Arthur

Love in the Rough
Movie · as Proprietor

Those Three French Girls
Movie · as Elmer (uncredited)

Soup to Nuts
Movie · as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

The Big House
Movie · as Putnam

Double Cross Roads
Movie · as Ticket Agent


