Acting
Roscoe Ates
Born 1895-01-19
Grange, Mississippi, USA
Department: Acting
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.
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Prominent works featuring Roscoe Ates
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Gone with the Wind
1939
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King Kong
1933
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Freaks
1932
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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Wagon Train
1957
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Maverick
1957
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Lawman
1958
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The Palm Beach Story
1942
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Cimarron
1931
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The Ladies Man
1961
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (117 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Ladies Man | Pet Shop Owner | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Silent Call | Sid | Movie | 1961 |
 | Man with a Camera | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Lawman | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Sheepman | Town Loafer (uncredited) | Movie | 1958 |
 | Maverick | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1957 |
| Maverick | Albert | TV Series | 1957 |
 | M Squad | Edwin Winkler | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Wagon Train | Old Timer | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Sugarfoot | Barber | TV Series | 1957 |
 | The Big Caper | Falkenburg | Movie | 1957 |
| State Trooper | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 | |
 | Come Next Spring | Shorty Wilkins | Movie | 1956 |
 | Lucy Gallant | Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1955 |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pop Henderson | TV Series | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Zack Martin | TV Series | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ben White | TV Series | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tavern Customer | TV Series | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Piano Player | TV Series | 1955 |
 | MGM Parade | Self | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Wagon Driver | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Those Redheads from Seattle | Dan Taylor | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jake Hooper | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Blazing Forest | Beans | Movie | 1952 |
 | Boston Blackie | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Father's Wild Game | Rancher | Movie | 1950 |
 | Hills of Oklahoma | Dismal - the Cook | Movie | 1950 |
| The Marshal of Gunsight Pass | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Thunder in the Pines | Wheezer, Boomer's head logger | Movie | 1948 |
 | Inner Sanctum | Willie | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Tioga Kid | Soapy | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Hawk of Powder River | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Westward Trail | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1948 |
 | Tornado Range | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1948 |
 | Check Your Guns | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1948 |
 | Shadow Valley | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1947 |
 | Black Hills | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1947 |
 | West to Glory | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1947 |
 | Range Beyond the Blue | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1947 |
 | Wild Country | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1947 |
 | Wild West | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1946 |
 | Stars Over Texas | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1946 |
 | Driftin' River | Soapy | Movie | 1946 |
 | Down Missouri Way | Pappy | Movie | 1946 |
 | Tumbleweed Trail | Soapy Jones | Movie | 1946 |
 | Colorado Serenade | Soapy | Movie | 1946 |
 | Can't Help Singing | Lemuel (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Palm Beach Story | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Police Chief Dan Cady | Movie | 1942 |
 | Birth of the Blues | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | One Foot in Heaven | George Reynolds (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | I'll Sell My Life | Happy Hogan | Movie | 1941 |
 | Reg'lar Fellers | Emory McQuade | Movie | 1941 |
 | Bad Men of Missouri | Lafe | Movie | 1941 |
 | She Knew All the Answers | Gas Station Attendant | Movie | 1941 |
 | Ziegfeld Girl | Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Jailer Guffy | Movie | 1941 |
 | Chad Hanna | Ike Wayfish | Movie | 1940 |
 | I Want a Divorce | Process Server | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Cowboy from Sundown | Deputy Gloomy Day | Movie | 1940 |
 | Captain Caution | Chips | Movie | 1940 |
 | Untamed | Bert Dillon | Movie | 1940 |
 | You're Next! | Mr. Tillson | Movie | 1940 |
 | Rancho Grande | Ranch Hand | Movie | 1940 |
 | Gone with the Wind | Convalescent Soldier (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Three Texas Steers | Sheriff Brown | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith | Movie | 1938 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Jim Blakely | Movie | 1938 |
 | Riders of the Black Hills | Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates) | Movie | 1938 |
 | God's Country and the Woman | Gander Hopkins | Movie | 1937 |
| Fair Exchange | Elmer Goodge | Movie | 1936 | |
 | On the Wagon | Elmer | Movie | 1935 |
 | Why Pay Rent? | Elmer Whipple | Movie | 1935 |
 | The People's Enemy | Slip Laflin | Movie | 1935 |
 | Dizzy & Daffy | 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire | Movie | 1934 |
 | Woman in the Dark | Tommy Logan | Movie | 1934 |
 | So You Won't T-T-T-Talk | Elmer Whipple | Movie | 1934 |
 | She Made Her Bed | Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates) | Movie | 1934 |
 | Merry Wives of Reno | The Trapper | Movie | 1934 |
 | Alice in Wonderland | Fish | Movie | 1933 |
| Signing 'em Up | Himself | Movie | 1933 | |
 | Golden Harvest | Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou | Movie | 1933 |
 | King Kong | Press Photographer (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Scarlet River | Ulysses | Movie | 1933 |
 | What! No Beer? | Schultz | Movie | 1933 |
 | Lucky Devils | Gabby | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Cheyenne Kid | Bush (as Rosco Ates) | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Bill-poster Klondike | Movie | 1933 |
 | Sham Poo, the Magician | Tourist | Movie | 1932 |
 | Renegades of the West | Dr. Henry Fawcett | Movie | 1932 |
 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self | Movie | 1932 |
 | Come on Danger! | Rusty (as Rosco Ates) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Hold 'Em Jail | Slippery Sam Brown | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Roadhouse Murder | Edmund Joyce | Movie | 1932 |
 | Young Bride | Pool Room Bartender Mike | Movie | 1932 |
| Never the Twins Shall Meet | Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy | Movie | 1932 | |
 | Ladies of the Jury | Andrew MacKaig | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Rainbow Trail | Ike Wilkins | Movie | 1932 |
 | Freaks | Roscoe | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Big Shot | Rusty | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Champ | Sponge | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Great Lover | Rosco | Movie | 1931 |
 | Too Many Cooks | Mr. Wilson | Movie | 1931 |
 | A Free Soul | Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
 | Politics | Peter Higgins | Movie | 1931 |
 | Cimarron | Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates) | Movie | 1931 |
 | Reducing | Ticket Agent | Movie | 1931 |
 | Billy the Kid | Old Stuff | Movie | 1930 |
 | Those Three French Girls | Elmer (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |
 | Check and Double Check | Brother Arthur | Movie | 1930 |
 | Soup to Nuts | Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |
 | Love in the Rough | Proprietor | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Big House | Putnam | Movie | 1930 |
 | Double Cross Roads | Ticket Agent | Movie | 1930 |
 | City Girl | Reaper | Movie | 1930 |