Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Acting
🎂 1895-01-19 (67 years old at death)
✝️ 1962-03-01
📍 Grange, Mississippi, USA
👤 Male
🎬 97 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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.

Filmography (97 movies)

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