Roscoe Ates
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
The Ladies Man
1961
as Pet Shop Owner
The Silent Call
1961
as Sid
The Sheepman
1958
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
Man with a Camera
1958
Lawman
1958
The Big Caper
1957
as Falkenburg
M Squad
1957
as Edwin Winkler
Sugarfoot
1957
as Barber
Maverick
1957
Wagon Train
1957
as Old Timer
Maverick
1957
as Albert
Come Next Spring
1956
as Shorty Wilkins
State Trooper
1956
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Wagon Driver
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Pop Henderson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Zack Martin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ben White
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Tavern Customer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Piano Player
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jake Hooper
Those Redheads from Seattle
1953
as Dan Taylor
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Beans
Boston Blackie
1951
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Dismal - the Cook
Father's Wild Game
1950
as Rancher
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1950
Inner Sanctum
1948
as Willie
The Tioga Kid
1948
as Soapy
The Hawk of Powder River
1948
as Soapy Jones
Tornado Range
1948
as Soapy Jones
Thunder in the Pines
1948
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
The Westward Trail
1948
as Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns
1948
as Soapy Jones
Black Hills
1947
as Soapy Jones
Wild Country
1947
as Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley
1947
as Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue
1947
as Soapy Jones
West to Glory
1947
as Soapy Jones
Tumbleweed Trail
1946
as Soapy Jones
Colorado Serenade
1946
as Soapy
Driftin' River
1946
as Soapy
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Pappy
Stars Over Texas
1946
as Soapy Jones
Wild West
1946
as Soapy Jones
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Lemuel (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Police Chief Dan Cady
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
I'll Sell My Life
1941
as Happy Hogan
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
as Emory McQuade
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Jailer Guffy
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Lafe
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Gas Station Attendant
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
Chad Hanna
1940
as Ike Wayfish
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Process Server
You're Next!
1940
as Mr. Tillson
Untamed
1940
as Bert Dillon
Captain Caution
1940
as Chips
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
as Deputy Gloomy Day
Rancho Grande
1940
as Ranch Hand
Three Texas Steers
1939
as Sheriff Brown
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Jim Blakely
Riders of the Black Hills
1938
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Gander Hopkins
Fair Exchange
1936
as Elmer Goodge
The People's Enemy
1935
as Slip Laflin
On the Wagon
1935
as Elmer
Why Pay Rent?
1935
as Elmer Whipple
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as The Trapper
Dizzy & Daffy
1934
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Woman in the Dark
1934
as Tommy Logan
She Made Her Bed
1934
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934
as Elmer Whipple
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Fish
What! No Beer?
1933
as Schultz
Lucky Devils
1933
as Gabby
Scarlet River
1933
as Ulysses
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
King Kong
1933
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Bill-poster Klondike
Signing 'em Up
1933
as Himself
Sham Poo, the Magician
1932
as Tourist
The Roadhouse Murder
1932
as Edmund Joyce
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
Young Bride
1932
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
Ladies of the Jury
1932
as Andrew MacKaig
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Slippery Sam Brown
Renegades of the West
1932
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
Come on Danger!
1932
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as Ike Wilkins
Freaks
1932
as Roscoe
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
The Champ
1931
as Sponge
The Great Lover
1931
as Rosco
Politics
1931
as Peter Higgins
The Big Shot
1931
as Rusty
Too Many Cooks
1931
as Mr. Wilson
Reducing
1931
as Ticket Agent
Cimarron
1931
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
A Free Soul
1931
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
City Girl
1930
as Reaper
Billy the Kid
1930
as Old Stuff
Check and Double Check
1930
as Brother Arthur
Love in the Rough
1930
as Proprietor
Those Three French Girls
1930
as Elmer (uncredited)
Soup to Nuts
1930
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
The Big House
1930
as Putnam
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Ticket Agent