Roscoe Ates

1895-01-19 - 1962-03-01 Grange, Mississippi, USA

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.

Movies

Shadow Valley

as Soapy Jones

Inner Sanctum

as Willie

Freaks

as Roscoe

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

King Kong

as Press Photographer (uncredited)

Lucy Gallant

as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Sheepman

as Town Loafer (uncredited)

Reducing

as Ticket Agent

A Free Soul

as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

Wild West

as Soapy Jones

The Hawk of Powder River

The Hawk of Powder River

as Soapy Jones

Soup to Nuts

as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

Black Hills

as Soapy Jones

The Great Lover

The Great Lover

as Rosco

The Champ

as Sponge

The Ladies Man

as Pet Shop Owner

West to Glory

as Soapy Jones

Scarlet River

as Ulysses

Tornado Range

as Soapy Jones

The Cheyenne Kid

The Cheyenne Kid

as Bush (as Rosco Ates)

Politics

as Peter Higgins

Colorado Serenade

Colorado Serenade

as Soapy

Renegades of the West

Renegades of the West

as Dr. Henry Fawcett

Billy the Kid

as Old Stuff

Hold 'Em Jail

as Slippery Sam Brown

The Big House

as Putnam

The Roadhouse Murder

The Roadhouse Murder

as Edmund Joyce

Wild Country

as Soapy Jones

The Big Caper

as Falkenburg

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

as Jake Hooper

The Silent Call

The Silent Call

as Sid

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Jim Blakely

Three Texas Steers

Three Texas Steers

as Sheriff Brown

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Robin Hood of the Pecos

as Jailer Guffy

The Tioga Kid

as Soapy

Double Cross Roads

Double Cross Roads

as Ticket Agent

Untamed

as Bert Dillon

I Want a Divorce

I Want a Divorce

as Process Server

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

as George Reynolds (uncredited)

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Young Bride

as Pool Room Bartender Mike

What! No Beer?

as Schultz

Rancho Grande

as Ranch Hand

Cimarron

as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

as Wagon Driver

Too Many Cooks

as Mr. Wilson

Down Missouri Way

Down Missouri Way

as Pappy

Captain Caution

Captain Caution

as Chips

Reg'lar Fellers

Reg'lar Fellers

as Emory McQuade

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark

as Tommy Logan

Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

as Shorty Wilkins

Lucky Devils

as Gabby

The Big Shot

as Rusty

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers

as Gas Station Attendant

City Girl

as Reaper

The Rainbow Trail

The Rainbow Trail

as Ike Wilkins

The People's Enemy

The People's Enemy

as Slip Laflin

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury

as Andrew MacKaig

Thunder in the Pines

Thunder in the Pines

as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing

as Lemuel (uncredited)

Dizzy & Daffy

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

Check Your Guns

Check Your Guns

as Soapy Jones

The Great Moment

The Great Moment

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

Check and Double Check

Check and Double Check

as Brother Arthur

Range Beyond the Blue

Range Beyond the Blue

as Soapy Jones

Ziegfeld Girl

as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest

as Beans

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle

as Dan Taylor

Chad Hanna

as Ike Wayfish

Those Three French Girls

Those Three French Girls

as Elmer (uncredited)

The Past of Mary Holmes

The Past of Mary Holmes

as Bill-poster Klondike

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as Police Chief Dan Cady

Merry Wives of Reno

Merry Wives of Reno

as The Trapper

God's Country and the Woman

God's Country and the Woman

as Gander Hopkins

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri

as Lafe

On the Wagon

as Elmer

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

as Fish

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

as Self

Riders of the Black Hills

Riders of the Black Hills

as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

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

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

as Elmer Whipple

Father's Wild Game

Father's Wild Game

as Rancher

She Made Her Bed

She Made Her Bed

as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

Stars Over Texas

Stars Over Texas

as Soapy Jones

Love in the Rough

Love in the Rough

as Proprietor

Driftin' River

as Soapy

The Cowboy from Sundown

The Cowboy from Sundown

as Deputy Gloomy Day

Tumbleweed Trail

Tumbleweed Trail

as Soapy Jones

You're Next!

as Mr. Tillson

Why Pay Rent?

as Elmer Whipple

Come on Danger!

Come on Danger!

as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

I'll Sell My Life

I'll Sell My Life

as Happy Hogan

Hills of Oklahoma

Hills of Oklahoma

as Dismal - the Cook

The Westward Trail

The Westward Trail

as Soapy Jones

Sham Poo, the Magician

Sham Poo, the Magician

as Tourist

TV Shows

Wagon Train

as Old Timer

Sugarfoot

as Barber

M Squad

as Edwin Winkler

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Pop Henderson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Zack Martin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Ben White

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Tavern Customer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Piano Player