Acting
Roscoe Ates
Born January 19, 1895 · Grange, Mississippi, USA · Died March 1, 1962
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
8.2
Gone with the Wind
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
7.9
King Kong
Press Photographer (uncredited)
7.8
Freaks
Roscoe
8.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pop Henderson, Zack Martin, Ben White, Tavern Customer, Piano Player
7.4
The Palm Beach Story
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
5.8
Cimarron
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
6.3
The Ladies Man
Pet Shop Owner
7.7
City Girl
Reaper
6.3
Alice in Wonderland
Fish
6.8
The Sheepman
Town Loafer (uncredited)
7.2
The Champ
Sponge
7.1
The Big House
Putnam
6.6
A Free Soul
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
8.0
Maverick
1957 · Series
6.7
Ziegfeld Girl
Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
6.3
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Wagon Driver
5.9
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jake Hooper
7.6
Wagon Train
Old Timer
5.0 TMDB
Inner Sanctum
Willie
6.5
The Big Caper
Falkenburg
Filmography
- 1961The Ladies ManPet Shop OwnerMovie
- 1961The Silent CallSidMovie
- 1958Man with a CameraSeries
- 1958LawmanSeries
- 1958The SheepmanTown Loafer (uncredited)Movie
- 1957MaverickSeries
- 1957M SquadEdwin WinklerSeries
- 1957Wagon TrainOld TimerSeries
- 1957SugarfootBarberSeries
- 1957The Big CaperFalkenburgMovie
- 1956State TrooperSeries
- 1956Come Next SpringShorty WilkinsMovie
- 1955Lucy GallantClem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)Movie
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsPop Henderson, Zack Martin, Ben White, Tavern Customer, Piano PlayerSeries
- 1955MGM ParadeSelfSeries
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsWagon DriverMovie
- 1954The Adventures of Rin Tin TinSeries
- 1953Those Redheads from SeattleDan TaylorMovie
- 1953The Stranger Wore a GunJake HooperMovie
- 1952The Blazing ForestBeansMovie
- 1951Boston BlackieSeries
- 1950Father's Wild GameRancherMovie
- 1950Hills of OklahomaDismal - the CookMovie
- 1950The Marshal of Gunsight PassSeries
- 1948Thunder in the PinesWheezer, Boomer's head loggerMovie
- 1948Inner SanctumWillieMovie
- 1948The Tioga KidSoapyMovie
- 1948The Hawk of Powder RiverSoapy JonesMovie
- 1948The Westward TrailSoapy JonesMovie
- 1948Tornado RangeSoapy JonesMovie
- 1948Check Your GunsSoapy JonesMovie
- 1947Shadow ValleySoapy JonesMovie
- 1947Black HillsSoapy JonesMovie
- 1947West to GlorySoapy JonesMovie
- 1947Range Beyond the BlueSoapy JonesMovie
- 1947Wild CountrySoapy JonesMovie
- 1946Wild WestSoapy JonesMovie
- 1946Stars Over TexasSoapy JonesMovie
- 1946Driftin' RiverSoapyMovie
- 1946Down Missouri WayPappyMovie
- 1946Tumbleweed TrailSoapy JonesMovie
- 1946Colorado SerenadeSoapyMovie
- 1944Can't Help SingingLemuel (uncredited)Movie
- 1944The Great MomentMorton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)Movie
- 1942The Palm Beach StoryFourth Member Ale and Quail ClubMovie
- 1942The Affairs of Jimmy ValentinePolice Chief Dan CadyMovie
- 1941Birth of the BluesCab Driver (uncredited)Movie
- 1941One Foot in HeavenGeorge Reynolds (uncredited)Movie
- 1941I'll Sell My LifeHappy HoganMovie
- 1941Reg'lar FellersEmory McQuadeMovie
- 1941Bad Men of MissouriLafeMovie
- 1941She Knew All the AnswersGas Station AttendantMovie
- 1941Ziegfeld GirlJanitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)Movie
- 1941Robin Hood of the PecosJailer GuffyMovie
- 1940Chad HannaIke WayfishMovie
- 1940I Want a DivorceProcess ServerMovie
- 1940The Cowboy from SundownDeputy Gloomy DayMovie
- 1940Captain CautionChipsMovie
- 1940UntamedBert DillonMovie
- 1940You're Next!Mr. TillsonMovie
- 1940Rancho GrandeRanch HandMovie
- 1939Gone with the WindConvalescent Soldier (uncredited)Movie
- 1939Three Texas SteersSheriff BrownMovie
- 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokOscar Snake-Eyes Smith, Jim BlakelyMovie
- 1938Riders of the Black HillsSheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)Movie
- 1937God's Country and the WomanGander HopkinsMovie
- 1936Fair ExchangeElmer GoodgeMovie
- 1935On the WagonElmerMovie
- 1935Why Pay Rent?Elmer WhippleMovie
- 1935The People's EnemySlip LaflinMovie
- 1934Dizzy & Daffy'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the UmpireMovie
- 1934Woman in the DarkTommy LoganMovie
- 1934So You Won't T-T-T-TalkElmer WhippleMovie
- 1934She Made Her BedSanta Fe (as Rosco Ates)Movie
- 1934Merry Wives of RenoThe TrapperMovie
- 1933Alice in WonderlandFishMovie
- 1933Signing 'em UpHimselfMovie
- 1933Golden HarvestLouis Jenkins aka Loopey LouMovie
- 1933King KongPress Photographer (uncredited)Movie
- 1933Scarlet RiverUlyssesMovie
- 1933What! No Beer?SchultzMovie
- 1933Lucky DevilsGabbyMovie
- 1933The Cheyenne KidBush (as Rosco Ates)Movie
- 1933The Past of Mary HolmesBill-poster KlondikeMovie
- 1932Renegades of the WestDr. Henry FawcettMovie
- 1932Sham Poo, the MagicianTouristMovie
- 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-3SelfMovie
- 1932Come on Danger!Rusty (as Rosco Ates)Movie
- 1932Hold 'Em JailSlippery Sam BrownMovie
- 1932The Roadhouse MurderEdmund JoyceMovie
- 1932Young BridePool Room Bartender MikeMovie
- 1932Never the Twins Shall MeetAlfred Guppy / Albert GuppyMovie
- 1932Ladies of the JuryAndrew MacKaigMovie
- 1932The Rainbow TrailIke WilkinsMovie
- 1932FreaksRoscoeMovie
- 1931The Big ShotRustyMovie
- 1931The ChampSpongeMovie
- 1931The Great LoverRoscoMovie
- 1931Too Many CooksMr. WilsonMovie
- 1931A Free SoulMan Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)Movie
- 1931PoliticsPeter HigginsMovie
- 1931CimarronJesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)Movie
- 1931ReducingTicket AgentMovie
- 1930Billy the KidOld StuffMovie
- 1930Those Three French GirlsElmer (uncredited)Movie
- 1930Check and Double CheckBrother ArthurMovie
- 1930Soup to NutsPants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)Movie
- 1930Love in the RoughProprietorMovie
- 1930The Big HousePutnamMovie
- 1930Double Cross RoadsTicket AgentMovie
- 1930City GirlReaperMovie