Roscoe Ates

Acting

Born: 1895-01-19 in Grange, Mississippi, USA

Died: 1962-03-01

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

The Palm Beach Story

Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Alice in Wonderland

Fish

City Girl

Reaper

The Champ

Sponge

Inner Sanctum

Willie

Can't Help Singing

Lemuel (uncredited)

The Big Caper

Falkenburg

What! No Beer?

Schultz

Sham Poo, the Magician

Tourist

The People's Enemy

Slip Laflin

Birth of the Blues

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Merry Wives of Reno

The Trapper

Three Texas Steers

Sheriff Brown

God's Country and the Woman

Gander Hopkins

Chad Hanna

Ike Wayfish

Black Hills

Soapy Jones

The Roadhouse Murder

Edmund Joyce

The Great Lover

Rosco

Billy the Kid

Old Stuff

Dizzy & Daffy

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

Politics

Peter Higgins

The Big Shot

Rusty

Woman in the Dark

Tommy Logan

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Self

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Jim Blakely

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Police Chief Dan Cady

Wild Country

Soapy Jones

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Jake Hooper

I Want a Divorce

Process Server

Too Many Cooks

Mr. Wilson

Tumbleweed Trail

Soapy Jones

The Tioga Kid

Soapy

Colorado Serenade

Soapy

Driftin' River

Soapy

Young Bride

Pool Room Bartender Mike

Come Next Spring

Shorty Wilkins

Reducing

Ticket Agent

Ladies of the Jury

Andrew MacKaig

The Blazing Forest

Beans

Lucky Devils

Gabby

Scarlet River

Ulysses

On the Wagon

Elmer

I'll Sell My Life

Happy Hogan

The Hawk of Powder River

Soapy Jones

Ziegfeld Girl

Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

The Sheepman

Town Loafer (uncredited)

Cimarron

Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

Gone with the Wind

Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

You're Next!

Mr. Tillson

Tornado Range

Soapy Jones

Untamed

Bert Dillon

Shadow Valley

Soapy Jones

Reg'lar Fellers

Emory McQuade

The Great Moment

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

Hold 'Em Jail

Slippery Sam Brown

Check and Double Check

Brother Arthur

Captain Caution

Chips

The Cheyenne Kid

Bush (as Rosco Ates)

Down Missouri Way

Pappy

Riders of the Black Hills

Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

She Made Her Bed

Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

The Ladies Man

Pet Shop Owner

Renegades of the West

Dr. Henry Fawcett

The Cowboy from Sundown

Deputy Gloomy Day

The Silent Call

Sid

King Kong

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Love in the Rough

Proprietor

Those Three French Girls

Elmer (uncredited)

Thunder in the Pines

Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

Fair Exchange

Elmer Goodge

Stars Over Texas

Soapy Jones

Hills of Oklahoma

Dismal - the Cook

Rancho Grande

Ranch Hand

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Jailer Guffy

Wild West

Soapy Jones

The Westward Trail

Soapy Jones

Range Beyond the Blue

Soapy Jones

West to Glory

Soapy Jones

Golden Harvest

Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

Check Your Guns

Soapy Jones

Bad Men of Missouri

Lafe

Those Redheads from Seattle

Dan Taylor

Soup to Nuts

Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

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

Elmer Whipple

Why Pay Rent?

Elmer Whipple

Lucy Gallant

Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Big House

Putnam

The Past of Mary Holmes

Bill-poster Klondike

Come on Danger!

Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

She Knew All the Answers

Gas Station Attendant

A Free Soul

Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Father's Wild Game

Rancher

Signing 'em Up

Himself

The Rainbow Trail

Ike Wilkins

Freaks

Roscoe

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Wagon Driver

One Foot in Heaven

George Reynolds (uncredited)

Double Cross Roads

Ticket Agent

Never the Twins Shall Meet

Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy

The Palm Beach Story

Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

Alice in Wonderland

Fish

City Girl

Reaper

The Champ

Sponge

Inner Sanctum

Willie

Can't Help Singing

Lemuel (uncredited)

The Big Caper

Falkenburg

What! No Beer?

Schultz

Sham Poo, the Magician

Tourist

The People's Enemy

Slip Laflin

Birth of the Blues

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Merry Wives of Reno

The Trapper

Three Texas Steers

Sheriff Brown

God's Country and the Woman

Gander Hopkins

Chad Hanna

Ike Wayfish

Black Hills

Soapy Jones

The Roadhouse Murder

Edmund Joyce

The Great Lover

Rosco

Billy the Kid

Old Stuff

Dizzy & Daffy

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

Politics

Peter Higgins

The Big Shot

Rusty

Woman in the Dark

Tommy Logan

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Self

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Jim Blakely

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Police Chief Dan Cady

Wild Country

Soapy Jones

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Jake Hooper

I Want a Divorce

Process Server

Too Many Cooks

Mr. Wilson

Tumbleweed Trail

Soapy Jones

The Tioga Kid

Soapy

Colorado Serenade

Soapy

Driftin' River

Soapy

Young Bride

Pool Room Bartender Mike

Come Next Spring

Shorty Wilkins

Reducing

Ticket Agent

Ladies of the Jury

Andrew MacKaig

The Blazing Forest

Beans

Lucky Devils

Gabby

Scarlet River

Ulysses

On the Wagon

Elmer

I'll Sell My Life

Happy Hogan

The Hawk of Powder River

Soapy Jones

Ziegfeld Girl

Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

The Sheepman

Town Loafer (uncredited)

Cimarron

Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

Gone with the Wind

Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

You're Next!

Mr. Tillson

Tornado Range

Soapy Jones

Untamed

Bert Dillon

Shadow Valley

Soapy Jones

Reg'lar Fellers

Emory McQuade

The Great Moment

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

Hold 'Em Jail

Slippery Sam Brown

Check and Double Check

Brother Arthur

Captain Caution

Chips

The Cheyenne Kid

Bush (as Rosco Ates)

Down Missouri Way

Pappy

Riders of the Black Hills

Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

She Made Her Bed

Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

The Ladies Man

Pet Shop Owner

Renegades of the West

Dr. Henry Fawcett

The Cowboy from Sundown

Deputy Gloomy Day

The Silent Call

Sid

King Kong

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Love in the Rough

Proprietor

Those Three French Girls

Elmer (uncredited)

Thunder in the Pines

Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

Fair Exchange

Elmer Goodge

Stars Over Texas

Soapy Jones

Hills of Oklahoma

Dismal - the Cook

Rancho Grande

Ranch Hand

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Jailer Guffy

Wild West

Soapy Jones

The Westward Trail

Soapy Jones

Range Beyond the Blue

Soapy Jones

West to Glory

Soapy Jones

Golden Harvest

Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

Check Your Guns

Soapy Jones

Bad Men of Missouri

Lafe

Those Redheads from Seattle

Dan Taylor

Soup to Nuts

Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

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

Elmer Whipple

Why Pay Rent?

Elmer Whipple

Lucy Gallant

Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Big House

Putnam

The Past of Mary Holmes

Bill-poster Klondike

Come on Danger!

Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

She Knew All the Answers

Gas Station Attendant

A Free Soul

Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Father's Wild Game

Rancher

Signing 'em Up

Himself

The Rainbow Trail

Ike Wilkins

Freaks

Roscoe

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Wagon Driver

One Foot in Heaven

George Reynolds (uncredited)

Double Cross Roads

Ticket Agent

Never the Twins Shall Meet

Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy