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Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Born on January 19th, 1895

Grange, Mississippi, USA

Died on March 1st, 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.

Filmography

The Ladies Man

1961

Pet Shop Owner

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The Silent Call

1961

Sid

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The Sheepman

1958

Town Loafer (uncredited)

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The Big Caper

1957

Falkenburg

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Come Next Spring

1956

Shorty Wilkins

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Lucy Gallant

1955

Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955

Wagon Driver

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Those Redheads from Seattle

1953

Dan Taylor

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The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

Jake Hooper

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The Blazing Forest

1952

Beans

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Father's Wild Game

1950

Rancher

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Hills of Oklahoma

1950

Dismal - the Cook

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Thunder in the Pines

1948

Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

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Inner Sanctum

1948

Willie

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The Tioga Kid

1948

Soapy

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The Hawk of Powder River

1948

Soapy Jones

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The Westward Trail

1948

Soapy Jones

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Tornado Range

1948

Soapy Jones

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Check Your Guns

1948

Soapy Jones

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Shadow Valley

1947

Soapy Jones

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Black Hills

1947

Soapy Jones

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West to Glory

1947

Soapy Jones

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Range Beyond the Blue

1947

Soapy Jones

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Wild Country

1947

Soapy Jones

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Wild West

1946

Soapy Jones

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Stars Over Texas

1946

Soapy Jones

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Driftin' River

1946

Soapy

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Down Missouri Way

1946

Pappy

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Tumbleweed Trail

1946

Soapy Jones

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Colorado Serenade

1946

Soapy

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Can't Help Singing

1944

Lemuel (uncredited)

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The Great Moment

1944

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

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The Palm Beach Story

1942

Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942

Police Chief Dan Cady

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Birth of the Blues

1941

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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One Foot in Heaven

1941

George Reynolds (uncredited)

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I'll Sell My Life

1941

Happy Hogan

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Reg'lar Fellers

1941

Emory McQuade

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Bad Men of Missouri

1941

Lafe

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She Knew All the Answers

1941

Gas Station Attendant

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Ziegfeld Girl

1941

Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

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Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941

Jailer Guffy

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Chad Hanna

1940

Ike Wayfish

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I Want a Divorce

1940

Process Server

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The Cowboy from Sundown

1940

Deputy Gloomy Day

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Captain Caution

1940

Chips

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Untamed

1940

Bert Dillon

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You're Next!

1940

Mr. Tillson

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Rancho Grande

1940

Ranch Hand

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Gone with the Wind

1939

Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

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Three Texas Steers

1939

Sheriff Brown

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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1938

Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1938

Jim Blakely

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Riders of the Black Hills

1938

Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

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God's Country and the Woman

1937

Gander Hopkins

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Fair Exchange

1936

Elmer Goodge

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On the Wagon

1935

Elmer

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Why Pay Rent?

1935

Elmer Whipple

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The People's Enemy

1935

Slip Laflin

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Dizzy & Daffy

1934

'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire

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Woman in the Dark

1934

Tommy Logan

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So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

1934

Elmer Whipple

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She Made Her Bed

1934

Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

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Merry Wives of Reno

1934

The Trapper

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Alice in Wonderland

1933

Fish

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Signing 'em Up

1933

Himself

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Golden Harvest

1933

Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

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King Kong

1933

Press Photographer (uncredited)

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Scarlet River

1933

Ulysses

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What! No Beer?

1933

Schultz

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Lucky Devils

1933

Gabby

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The Cheyenne Kid

1933

Bush (as Rosco Ates)

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The Past of Mary Holmes

1933

Bill-poster Klondike

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Sham Poo, the Magician

1932

Tourist

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Renegades of the West

1932

Dr. Henry Fawcett

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932

Self

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Come on Danger!

1932

Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

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Hold 'Em Jail

1932

Slippery Sam Brown

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The Roadhouse Murder

1932

Edmund Joyce

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Young Bride

1932

Pool Room Bartender Mike

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Ladies of the Jury

1932

Andrew MacKaig

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The Rainbow Trail

1932

Ike Wilkins

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Freaks

1932

Roscoe

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The Big Shot

1931

Rusty

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The Champ

1931

Sponge

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The Great Lover

1931

Rosco

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Too Many Cooks

1931

Mr. Wilson

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A Free Soul

1931

Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

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Politics

1931

Peter Higgins

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Cimarron

1931

Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

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Reducing

1931

Ticket Agent

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Billy the Kid

1930

Old Stuff

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Those Three French Girls

1930

Elmer (uncredited)

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Check and Double Check

1930

Brother Arthur

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Soup to Nuts

1930

Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

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Love in the Rough

1930

Proprietor

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The Big House

1930

Putnam

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City Girl

1930

Reaper

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