Roscoe Ates

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Gone with the Wind1939
King Kong1933
Freaks1932
The Palm Beach Story1942

About Roscoe Ates

Known for: Acting
Born: January 19, 1895
Died: March 1, 1962 (age 67)
Birthplace: Grange, Mississippi, USA

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.

Also credited as

Roscoe Blevel Ates, Rosco Ates

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Filmography

The Ladies Man1961as Pet Shop Owner

The Silent Call1961as Sid
The Sheepman1958as Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Big Caper1957as Falkenburg
Come Next Spring1956as Shorty Wilkins
Lucy Gallant1955as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops1955as Wagon Driver
Those Redheads from Seattle1953as Dan Taylor
The Stranger Wore a Gun1953as Jake Hooper
The Blazing Forest1952as Beans
Father's Wild Game1950as Rancher
Hills of Oklahoma1950as Dismal - the Cook
Thunder in the Pines1948as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Inner Sanctum1948as Willie
The Tioga Kid1948as Soapy
The Hawk of Powder River1948as Soapy Jones
The Westward Trail1948as Soapy Jones
Tornado Range1948as Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns1948as Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley1947as Soapy Jones
Black Hills1947as Soapy Jones
West to Glory1947as Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue1947as Soapy Jones
Wild Country1947as Soapy Jones
Wild West1946as Soapy Jones
Stars Over Texas1946as Soapy Jones
Driftin' River1946as Soapy
Down Missouri Way1946as Pappy
Tumbleweed Trail1946as Soapy Jones
Colorado Serenade1946as Soapy
Can't Help Singing1944as Lemuel (uncredited)
The Great Moment1944as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story1942as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942as Police Chief Dan Cady
Birth of the Blues1941as Cab Driver (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven1941as George Reynolds (uncredited)
I'll Sell My Life1941as Happy Hogan
Reg'lar Fellers1941as Emory McQuade
Bad Men of Missouri1941as Lafe
She Knew All the Answers1941as Gas Station Attendant
Ziegfeld Girl1941as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
Robin Hood of the Pecos1941as Jailer Guffy
Chad Hanna1940as Ike Wayfish
I Want a Divorce1940as Process Server
The Cowboy from Sundown1940as Deputy Gloomy Day
Captain Caution1940as Chips
Untamed1940as Bert Dillon
You're Next!1940as Mr. Tillson
Rancho Grande1940as Ranch Hand
Gone with the Wind1939as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers1939as Sheriff Brown
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1938as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith / Jim Blakely
Riders of the Black Hills1938as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
God's Country and the Woman1937as Gander Hopkins
Fair Exchange1936as Elmer Goodge
On the Wagon1935as Elmer
Why Pay Rent?1935as Elmer Whipple
The People's Enemy1935as Slip Laflin
Dizzy & Daffy1934as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Woman in the Dark1934as Tommy Logan
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk1934as Elmer Whipple
She Made Her Bed1934as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
Merry Wives of Reno1934as The Trapper
Alice in Wonderland1933as Fish
Signing 'em Up1933as Himself
Golden Harvest1933as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
King Kong1933as Press Photographer (uncredited)
Scarlet River1933as Ulysses
What! No Beer?1933as Schultz
Lucky Devils1933as Gabby
The Cheyenne Kid1933as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
The Past of Mary Holmes1933as Bill-poster Klondike
Renegades of the West1932as Dr. Henry Fawcett
Sham Poo, the Magician1932as Tourist
Hollywood on Parade No. A-31932as Self
Come on Danger!1932as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Hold 'Em Jail1932as Slippery Sam Brown
The Roadhouse Murder1932as Edmund Joyce
Young Bride1932as Pool Room Bartender Mike
Never the Twins Shall Meet1932as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
Ladies of the Jury1932as Andrew MacKaig
The Rainbow Trail1932as Ike Wilkins
Freaks1932as Roscoe
The Big Shot1931as Rusty
The Champ1931as Sponge
The Great Lover1931as Rosco
Too Many Cooks1931as Mr. Wilson
A Free Soul1931as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Politics1931as Peter Higgins
Cimarron1931as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Reducing1931as Ticket Agent
Billy the Kid1930as Old Stuff
Those Three French Girls1930as Elmer (uncredited)
Check and Double Check1930as Brother Arthur
Soup to Nuts1930as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Love in the Rough1930as Proprietor
The Big House1930as Putnam
Double Cross Roads1930as Ticket Agent
City Girl1930as Reaper

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