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)