Roscoe Ates

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

102

Birth Date

1895-01-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

Grange, Mississippi, USA

Known For

• 

  Politics
• 

  Tornado Range
• 

  Why Pay Rent?
• 

  So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
• Signing 'em Up
• 

  Sham Poo, the Magician

Credits

• actors (102 credits)

  • The Ladies Man

    Pet Shop Owner

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Silent Call

    Sid

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Sheepman

    Town Loafer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Lawman

    - The Stranger (1960) ... actor actors

    - The Friend (1959) ... actor actors

    - The Ring (1959) ... actor actors

    - The Visitor (1959) ... actor actors
    1958
  • The Big Caper

    Falkenburg

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Maverick

    - Hadley's Hunters (1960) ... Albert actor actors
    1957
  • Come Next Spring

    Shorty Wilkins

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Lucy Gallant

    Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

    Wagon Driver

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - Outlaw in Town (1960) ... Zack Martin actor actors

    - The Little Man Who Was There (1960) ... Piano Player actor actors

    - Road Hog (1959) ... Tavern Customer actor actors

    - And the Desert Shall Blossom (1958) ... Ben White actor actors

    - The Jokester (1958) ... Pop Henderson actor actors
    1955
  • Those Redheads from Seattle

    Dan Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Stranger Wore a Gun

    Jake Hooper

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Blazing Forest

    Beans

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Father's Wild Game

    Rancher

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Hills of Oklahoma

    Dismal - the Cook

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Thunder in the Pines

    Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Inner Sanctum

    Willie

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Tioga Kid

    Soapy

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Hawk of Powder River

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Westward Trail

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Tornado Range

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Check Your Guns

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Shadow Valley

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Black Hills

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • West to Glory

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Range Beyond the Blue

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Wild Country

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Wild West

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Stars Over Texas

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Driftin' River

    Soapy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Down Missouri Way

    Pappy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Tumbleweed Trail

    Soapy Jones

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Colorado Serenade

    Soapy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Can't Help Singing

    Lemuel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Great Moment

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

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Palm Beach Story

    Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    Police Chief Dan Cady

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Birth of the Blues

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • One Foot in Heaven

    George Reynolds (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • I'll Sell My Life

    Happy Hogan

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Reg'lar Fellers

    Emory McQuade

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bad Men of Missouri

    Lafe

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • She Knew All the Answers

    Gas Station Attendant

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ziegfeld Girl

    Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Robin Hood of the Pecos

    Jailer Guffy

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Chad Hanna

    Ike Wayfish

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • I Want a Divorce

    Process Server

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Cowboy from Sundown

    Deputy Gloomy Day

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Captain Caution

    Chips

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Untamed

    Bert Dillon

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • You're Next!

    Mr. Tillson

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Rancho Grande

    Ranch Hand

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Gone with the Wind

    Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Three Texas Steers

    Sheriff Brown

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    Jim Blakely

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Riders of the Black Hills

    Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • God's Country and the Woman

    Gander Hopkins

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Fair Exchange

    Elmer Goodge

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • On the Wagon

    Elmer

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Why Pay Rent?

    Elmer Whipple

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The People's Enemy

    Slip Laflin

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Dizzy & Daffy

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

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Woman in the Dark

    Tommy Logan

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

    Elmer Whipple

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • She Made Her Bed

    Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Merry Wives of Reno

    The Trapper

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Alice in Wonderland

    Fish

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Signing 'em Up

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Golden Harvest

    Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • King Kong

    Press Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Scarlet River

    Ulysses

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • What! No Beer?

    Schultz

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Lucky Devils

    Gabby

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Cheyenne Kid

    Bush (as Rosco Ates)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Past of Mary Holmes

    Bill-poster Klondike

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Renegades of the West

    Dr. Henry Fawcett

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Sham Poo, the Magician

    Tourist

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Come on Danger!

    Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hold 'Em Jail

    Slippery Sam Brown

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Roadhouse Murder

    Edmund Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Young Bride

    Pool Room Bartender Mike

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Never the Twins Shall Meet

    Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Ladies of the Jury

    Andrew MacKaig

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Rainbow Trail

    Ike Wilkins

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Freaks

    Roscoe

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Big Shot

    Rusty

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Champ

    Sponge

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Great Lover

    Rosco

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Too Many Cooks

    Mr. Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • A Free Soul

    Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Politics

    Peter Higgins

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Cimarron

    Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Reducing

    Ticket Agent

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Billy the Kid

    Old Stuff

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Those Three French Girls

    Elmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Check and Double Check

    Brother Arthur

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Soup to Nuts

    Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Love in the Rough

    Proprietor

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Big House

    Putnam

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Double Cross Roads

    Ticket Agent

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • City Girl

    Reaper

    actor

    actors
    1930