Acting · Grange, Mississippi, USA · Born January 19, 1895
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.
MovieThe Ladies Man
1961
as Pet Shop Owner
MovieThe Silent Call
1961
as Sid
TVMan with a Camera
1958
TVLawman
1958
MovieThe Sheepman
1958
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
TVMaverick
1957
TVM Squad
1957
as Edwin Winkler
TVWagon Train
1957
as Old Timer
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Barber
MovieThe Big Caper
1957
as Falkenburg
State Trooper
1956
MovieCome Next Spring
1956
as Shorty Wilkins
MovieLucy Gallant
1955
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Pop Henderson
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
MovieAbbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Wagon Driver
TVThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
MovieThose Redheads from Seattle
1953
as Dan Taylor
MovieThe Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jake Hooper
MovieThe Blazing Forest
1952
as Beans
TVBoston Blackie
1951
MovieFather's Wild Game
1950
as Rancher
MovieHills of Oklahoma
1950
as Dismal - the Cook
MovieThunder in the Pines
1948
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
MovieInner Sanctum
1948
as Willie
MovieThe Tioga Kid
1948
as Soapy
MovieThe Hawk of Powder River
1948
as Soapy Jones
MovieThe Westward Trail
1948
as Soapy Jones
MovieTornado Range
1948
as Soapy Jones
MovieCheck Your Guns
1948
as Soapy Jones
MovieShadow Valley
1947
as Soapy Jones
MovieBlack Hills
1947
as Soapy Jones
MovieWest to Glory
1947
as Soapy Jones
MovieRange Beyond the Blue
1947
as Soapy Jones
MovieWild Country
1947
as Soapy Jones
MovieWild West
1946
as Soapy Jones
MovieStars Over Texas
1946
as Soapy Jones
MovieDriftin' River
1946
as Soapy
MovieDown Missouri Way
1946
as Pappy
MovieTumbleweed Trail
1946
as Soapy Jones
MovieColorado Serenade
1946
as Soapy
MovieCan't Help Singing
1944
as Lemuel (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
MovieThe Palm Beach Story
1942
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
MovieThe Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Police Chief Dan Cady
MovieBirth of the Blues
1941
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
MovieI'll Sell My Life
1941
as Happy Hogan
MovieReg'lar Fellers
1941
as Emory McQuade
MovieBad Men of Missouri
1941
as Lafe
MovieShe Knew All the Answers
1941
as Gas Station Attendant
MovieZiegfeld Girl
1941
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
MovieRobin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Jailer Guffy
MovieChad Hanna
1940
as Ike Wayfish
MovieI Want a Divorce
1940
as Process Server
MovieThe Cowboy from Sundown
1940
as Deputy Gloomy Day
MovieCaptain Caution
1940
as Chips
MovieUntamed
1940
as Bert Dillon
MovieYou're Next!
1940
as Mr. Tillson
MovieRancho Grande
1940
as Ranch Hand
MovieGone with the Wind
1939
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
MovieThree Texas Steers
1939
as Sheriff Brown
MovieThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
MovieRiders of the Black Hills
1938
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
MovieGod's Country and the Woman
1937
as Gander Hopkins
Fair Exchange
1936
as Elmer Goodge
MovieOn the Wagon
1935
as Elmer
MovieWhy Pay Rent?
1935
as Elmer Whipple
MovieThe People's Enemy
1935
as Slip Laflin
MovieDizzy & Daffy
1934
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
MovieWoman in the Dark
1934
as Tommy Logan
MovieSo You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934
as Elmer Whipple
MovieShe Made Her Bed
1934
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
MovieMerry Wives of Reno
1934
as The Trapper
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1933
as Fish
Signing 'em Up
1933
as Himself
MovieGolden Harvest
1933
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
MovieKing Kong
1933
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
MovieScarlet River
1933
as Ulysses
MovieWhat! No Beer?
1933
as Schultz
MovieLucky Devils
1933
as Gabby
MovieThe Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
MovieThe Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Bill-poster Klondike
MovieSham Poo, the Magician
1932
as Tourist
MovieRenegades of the West
1932
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
MovieHollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
MovieCome on Danger!
1932
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
MovieHold 'Em Jail
1932
as Slippery Sam Brown
MovieThe Roadhouse Murder
1932
as Edmund Joyce
MovieYoung Bride
1932
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
MovieLadies of the Jury
1932
as Andrew MacKaig
MovieThe Rainbow Trail
1932
as Ike Wilkins
MovieFreaks
1932
as Roscoe
MovieThe Big Shot
1931
as Rusty
MovieThe Champ
1931
as Sponge
MovieThe Great Lover
1931
as Rosco
MovieToo Many Cooks
1931
as Mr. Wilson
MovieA Free Soul
1931
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
MoviePolitics
1931
as Peter Higgins
MovieCimarron
1931
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
MovieReducing
1931
as Ticket Agent
MovieBilly the Kid
1930
as Old Stuff
MovieThose Three French Girls
1930
as Elmer (uncredited)
MovieCheck and Double Check
1930
as Brother Arthur
MovieSoup to Nuts
1930
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
MovieLove in the Rough
1930
as Proprietor
MovieThe Big House
1930
as Putnam
MovieDouble Cross Roads
1930
as Ticket Agent
MovieCity Girl
1930
as Reaper
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
