Birthday:
Jan 19, 1895
Place of Birth: Grange, Mississippi, USA
Place of Birth: Grange, Mississippi, USA
Roscoe Ates
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Palm Beach Story | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club | 1942 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Fish | 1933 |
| City Girl | Reaper | 1930 |
| The Champ | Sponge | 1931 |
| Inner Sanctum | Willie | 1948 |
| Can't Help Singing | Lemuel (uncredited) | 1944 |
| The Big Caper | Falkenburg | 1957 |
| What! No Beer? | Schultz | 1933 |
| Sham Poo, the Magician | Tourist | 1932 |
| The People's Enemy | Slip Laflin | 1935 |
| Birth of the Blues | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Merry Wives of Reno | The Trapper | 1934 |
| Three Texas Steers | Sheriff Brown | 1939 |
| God's Country and the Woman | Gander Hopkins | 1937 |
| Chad Hanna | Ike Wayfish | 1940 |
| Black Hills | Soapy Jones | 1947 |
| The Roadhouse Murder | Edmund Joyce | 1932 |
| The Great Lover | Rosco | 1931 |
| Billy the Kid | Old Stuff | 1930 |
| Dizzy & Daffy | 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire | 1934 |
| Politics | Peter Higgins | 1931 |
| The Big Shot | Rusty | 1931 |
| Woman in the Dark | Tommy Logan | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self | 1932 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith | 1938 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Jim Blakely | 1938 |
| The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Police Chief Dan Cady | 1942 |
| Wild Country | Soapy Jones | 1947 |
| The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jake Hooper | 1953 |
| I Want a Divorce | Process Server | 1940 |
| Too Many Cooks | Mr. Wilson | 1931 |
| Tumbleweed Trail | Soapy Jones | 1946 |
| The Tioga Kid | Soapy | 1948 |
| Colorado Serenade | Soapy | 1946 |
| Driftin' River | Soapy | 1946 |
| Young Bride | Pool Room Bartender Mike | 1932 |
| Come Next Spring | Shorty Wilkins | 1956 |
| Reducing | Ticket Agent | 1931 |
| Ladies of the Jury | Andrew MacKaig | 1932 |
| The Blazing Forest | Beans | 1952 |
| Lucky Devils | Gabby | 1933 |
| Scarlet River | Ulysses | 1933 |
| On the Wagon | Elmer | 1935 |
| I'll Sell My Life | Happy Hogan | 1941 |
| The Hawk of Powder River | Soapy Jones | 1948 |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Sheepman | Town Loafer (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Cimarron | Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates) | 1931 |
| Gone with the Wind | Convalescent Soldier (uncredited) | 1939 |
| You're Next! | Mr. Tillson | 1940 |
| Tornado Range | Soapy Jones | 1948 |
| Untamed | Bert Dillon | 1940 |
| Shadow Valley | Soapy Jones | 1947 |
| Reg'lar Fellers | Emory McQuade | 1941 |
| The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Hold 'Em Jail | Slippery Sam Brown | 1932 |
| Check and Double Check | Brother Arthur | 1930 |
| Captain Caution | Chips | 1940 |
| The Cheyenne Kid | Bush (as Rosco Ates) | 1933 |
| Down Missouri Way | Pappy | 1946 |
| Riders of the Black Hills | Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates) | 1938 |
| She Made Her Bed | Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates) | 1934 |
| The Ladies Man | Pet Shop Owner | 1961 |
| Renegades of the West | Dr. Henry Fawcett | 1932 |
| The Cowboy from Sundown | Deputy Gloomy Day | 1940 |
| The Silent Call | Sid | 1961 |
| King Kong | Press Photographer (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Love in the Rough | Proprietor | 1930 |
| Those Three French Girls | Elmer (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Fair Exchange | Elmer Goodge | 1936 |
| Thunder in the Pines | Wheezer, Boomer's head logger | 1948 |
| Stars Over Texas | Soapy Jones | 1946 |
| Hills of Oklahoma | Dismal - the Cook | 1950 |
| Rancho Grande | Ranch Hand | 1940 |
| Robin Hood of the Pecos | Jailer Guffy | 1941 |
| Wild West | Soapy Jones | 1946 |
| Range Beyond the Blue | Soapy Jones | 1947 |
| The Westward Trail | Soapy Jones | 1948 |
| West to Glory | Soapy Jones | 1947 |
| Golden Harvest | Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou | 1933 |
| Check Your Guns | Soapy Jones | 1948 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Lafe | 1941 |
| Those Redheads from Seattle | Dan Taylor | 1953 |
| Soup to Nuts | Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited) | 1930 |
| So You Won't T-T-T-Talk | Elmer Whipple | 1934 |
| Why Pay Rent? | Elmer Whipple | 1935 |
| Lucy Gallant | Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Big House | Putnam | 1930 |
| The Past of Mary Holmes | Bill-poster Klondike | 1933 |
| Come on Danger! | Rusty (as Rosco Ates) | 1932 |
| She Knew All the Answers | Gas Station Attendant | 1941 |
| A Free Soul | Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Father's Wild Game | Rancher | 1950 |
| Signing 'em Up | Himself | 1933 |
| The Rainbow Trail | Ike Wilkins | 1932 |
| Freaks | Roscoe | 1932 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Wagon Driver | 1955 |
| One Foot in Heaven | George Reynolds (uncredited) | 1941 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Man with a Camera | 1958 | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pop Henderson | 1955 |
| M Squad | Edwin Winkler | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1954 | |
| Lawman | 1958 | |
| Sugarfoot | Barber | 1957 |
| State Trooper | 1956 | |
| The Marshal of Gunsight Pass | 1970 | |
| The Adventures of Boston Blackie | 1951 | |
| Maverick | 1957 | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Zack Martin | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ben White | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tavern Customer | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Piano Player | 1955 |
