Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1895-01-19
- Day of Death1962-03-01 (67 years)
- Place of BirthGrange, Mississippi, USA
- Also Known AsRoscoe Blevel AtesRosco Ates
Roscoe Ates
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.
Acting Career
- 1961
The Ladies Man
As: Pet Shop Owner
- 1961
The Silent Call
As: Sid
- 1958
The Sheepman
As: Town Loafer (uncredited)
- 1957
M Squad
As: Edwin Winkler
- 1957
Sugarfoot
As: Barber
- 1957
The Big Caper
As: Falkenburg
- 1956
Come Next Spring
As: Shorty Wilkins
- 1955
Lucy Gallant
As: Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Pop Henderson
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Zack Martin
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Ben White
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Tavern Customer
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Piano Player
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)
- 1942
The 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
- 1939
Gone 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
- 1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
As: Jim Blakely
1938Riders of the Black Hills
As: Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
1937God's Country and the Woman
As: Gander Hopkins
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
1933Golden Harvest
As: Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
- 1933
King 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
1932Sham Poo, the Magician
As: Tourist
1932Renegades of the West
As: Dr. Henry Fawcett
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
1932Ladies of the Jury
As: Andrew MacKaig
1932The Rainbow Trail
As: Ike Wilkins
- 1932
Freaks
As: Roscoe
1931The Big Shot
As: Rusty
1931The Champ
As: Sponge
1931The Great Lover
As: Rosco
1931Too Many Cooks
As: Mr. Wilson
1931A Free Soul
As: Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
1931Politics
As: Peter Higgins
- 1931
Cimarron
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