Roscoe Ates
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 January 1895 · Grange, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- 1 March 1962
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
Acting 99
- 1961The Ladies Man as Pet Shop Owner
- 1961The Silent Call as Sid
- 1958The Sheepman as Town Loafer (uncredited)
- 1957The Big Caper as Falkenburg
- 1956Come Next Spring as Shorty Wilkins
- 1955Lucy Gallant as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Wagon Driver
- 1953Those Redheads from Seattle as Dan Taylor
- 1953The Stranger Wore a Gun as Jake Hooper
- 1952The Blazing Forest as Beans
- 1950Father's Wild Game as Rancher
- 1950Hills of Oklahoma as Dismal - the Cook
- 1948Thunder in the Pines as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
- 1948Inner Sanctum as Willie
- 1948The Tioga Kid as Soapy
- 1948The Hawk of Powder River as Soapy Jones
- 1948The Westward Trail as Soapy Jones
- 1948Tornado Range as Soapy Jones
- 1948Check Your Guns as Soapy Jones
- 1947Shadow Valley as Soapy Jones
- 1947Black Hills as Soapy Jones
- 1947West to Glory as Soapy Jones
- 1947Range Beyond the Blue as Soapy Jones
- 1947Wild Country as Soapy Jones
- 1946Wild West as Soapy Jones
- 1946Stars Over Texas as Soapy Jones
- 1946Driftin' River as Soapy
- 1946Down Missouri Way as Pappy
- 1946Tumbleweed Trail as Soapy Jones
- 1946Colorado Serenade as Soapy
- 1944Can't Help Singing as Lemuel (uncredited)
- 1944The Great Moment as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
- 1942The Palm Beach Story as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
- 1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Police Chief Dan Cady
- 1941Birth of the Blues as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1941One Foot in Heaven as George Reynolds (uncredited)
- 1941I'll Sell My Life as Happy Hogan
- 1941Reg'lar Fellers as Emory McQuade
- 1941Bad Men of Missouri as Lafe
- 1941She Knew All the Answers as Gas Station Attendant
- 1941Ziegfeld Girl as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
- 1941Robin Hood of the Pecos as Jailer Guffy
- 1940Chad Hanna as Ike Wayfish
- 1940I Want a Divorce as Process Server
- 1940The Cowboy from Sundown as Deputy Gloomy Day
- 1940Captain Caution as Chips
- 1940Untamed as Bert Dillon
- 1940You're Next! as Mr. Tillson
- 1940Rancho Grande as Ranch Hand
- 1939Gone with the Wind as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
- 1939Three Texas Steers as Sheriff Brown
- 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
- 1938Riders of the Black Hills as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
- 1937God's Country and the Woman as Gander Hopkins
- 1936Fair Exchange as Elmer Goodge
- 1935On the Wagon as Elmer
- 1935Why Pay Rent? as Elmer Whipple
- 1935The People's Enemy as Slip Laflin
- 1934Dizzy & Daffy as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
- 1934Woman in the Dark as Tommy Logan
- 1934So You Won't T-T-T-Talk as Elmer Whipple
- 1934She Made Her Bed as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
- 1934Merry Wives of Reno as The Trapper
- 1933Alice in Wonderland as Fish
- 1933Signing 'em Up as Himself
- 1933Golden Harvest as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
- 1933King Kong as Press Photographer (uncredited)
- 1933Scarlet River as Ulysses
- 1933What! No Beer? as Schultz
- 1933Lucky Devils as Gabby
- 1933The Cheyenne Kid as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
- 1933The Past of Mary Holmes as Bill-poster Klondike
- 1932Renegades of the West as Dr. Henry Fawcett
- 1932Sham Poo, the Magician as Tourist
- 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 as Self
- 1932Come on Danger! as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
- 1932Hold 'Em Jail as Slippery Sam Brown
- 1932The Roadhouse Murder as Edmund Joyce
- 1932Young Bride as Pool Room Bartender Mike
- 1932Never the Twins Shall Meet as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
- 1932Ladies of the Jury as Andrew MacKaig
- 1932The Rainbow Trail as Ike Wilkins
- 1932Freaks as Roscoe
- 1931The Big Shot as Rusty
- 1931The Champ as Sponge
- 1931Too Many Cooks as Mr. Wilson
- 1931The Great Lover as Rosco
- 1931A Free Soul as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
- 1931Politics as Peter Higgins
- 1931Cimarron as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
- 1931Reducing as Ticket Agent
- 1930Billy the Kid as Old Stuff
- 1930Those Three French Girls as Elmer (uncredited)
- 1930Check and Double Check as Brother Arthur
- 1930Soup to Nuts as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
- 1930Love in the Rough as Proprietor
- 1930The Big House as Putnam
- 1930Double Cross Roads as Ticket Agent
- 1930City Girl as Reaper