Roscoe Ates
Born
January 19, 1895
Died
March 1, 1962 (67 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
The Ladies Man
Pet Shop Owner
1961
The Silent Call
Sid
1961
Man with a Camera
(1 episode)
1958
Lawman
(4 episodes)
1958
The Sheepman
Town Loafer (uncredited)
1958
Maverick
(4 episodes)
1957
M Squad
Edwin Winkler · (1 episode)
1957
Sugarfoot
Barber · (1 episode)
1957
The Big Caper
Falkenburg
1957
State Trooper
(1 episode)
1956
Come Next Spring
Shorty Wilkins
1956
Lucy Gallant
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pop Henderson · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Zack Martin · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ben White · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tavern Customer · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Piano Player · (1 episode)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Wagon Driver
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(1 episode)
1954
Those Redheads from Seattle
Dan Taylor
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jake Hooper
1953
The Blazing Forest
Beans
1952
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(1 episode)
1951
Father's Wild Game
Rancher
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
Dismal - the Cook
1950
Thunder in the Pines
Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
1948
Inner Sanctum
Willie
1948
The Tioga Kid
Soapy
1948
The Hawk of Powder River
Soapy Jones
1948
The Westward Trail
Soapy Jones
1948
Tornado Range
Soapy Jones
1948
Check Your Guns
Soapy Jones
1948
Shadow Valley
Soapy Jones
1947
Black Hills
Soapy Jones
1947
West to Glory
Soapy Jones
1947
Range Beyond the Blue
Soapy Jones
1947
Wild Country
Soapy Jones
1947
Wild West
Soapy Jones
1946
Stars Over Texas
Soapy Jones
1946
Driftin' River
Soapy
1946
Down Missouri Way
Pappy
1946
Tumbleweed Trail
Soapy Jones
1946
Colorado Serenade
Soapy
1946
Can't Help Singing
Lemuel (uncredited)
1944
The Great Moment
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
1944
The Palm Beach Story
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Police Chief Dan Cady
1942
Birth of the Blues
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven
George Reynolds (uncredited)
1941
I'll Sell My Life
Happy Hogan
1941
Reg'lar Fellers
Emory McQuade
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
Lafe
1941
She Knew All the Answers
Gas Station Attendant
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Jailer Guffy
1941
Chad Hanna
Ike Wayfish
1940
I Want a Divorce
Process Server
1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
Deputy Gloomy Day
1940
Captain Caution
Chips
1940
Untamed
Bert Dillon
1940
You're Next!
Mr. Tillson
1940
Rancho Grande
Ranch Hand
1940
Gone with the Wind
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
1939
Three Texas Steers
Sheriff Brown
1939
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)
1938
God's Country and the Woman
Gander Hopkins
1937
Fair Exchange
Elmer Goodge
1936
On the Wagon
Elmer
1935
Why Pay Rent?
Elmer Whipple
1935
The People's Enemy
Slip Laflin
1935
Dizzy & Daffy
'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
1934
Woman in the Dark
Tommy Logan
1934
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Elmer Whipple
1934
She Made Her Bed
Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
The Trapper
1934
Alice in Wonderland
Fish
1933
Signing 'em Up
Himself
1933
Golden Harvest
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
1933
King Kong
Press Photographer (uncredited)
1933
Scarlet River
Ulysses
1933
What! No Beer?
Schultz
1933
Lucky Devils
Gabby
1933
The Cheyenne Kid
Bush (as Rosco Ates)
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
Bill-poster Klondike
1933
Sham Poo, the Magician
Tourist
1932
Renegades of the West
Dr. Henry Fawcett
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Self
1932
Come on Danger!
Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
Slippery Sam Brown
1932
The Roadhouse Murder
Edmund Joyce
1932
Young Bride
Pool Room Bartender Mike
1932
Ladies of the Jury
Andrew MacKaig
1932
The Rainbow Trail
Ike Wilkins
1932
Freaks
Roscoe
1932
The Big Shot
Rusty
1931
The Champ
Sponge
1931
The Great Lover
Rosco
1931
Too Many Cooks
Mr. Wilson
1931
A Free Soul
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
1931
Politics
Peter Higgins
1931
Cimarron
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
1931
Reducing
Ticket Agent
1931
Billy the Kid
Old Stuff
1930
Those Three French Girls
Elmer (uncredited)
1930
Check and Double Check
Brother Arthur
1930
Soup to Nuts
Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
1930
Love in the Rough
Proprietor
1930
The Big House
Putnam
1930
Double Cross Roads
Ticket Agent
1930
City Girl
Reaper
1930
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
(1 episode)