CINEFILER

Roscoe Ates

Born
January 19, 1895
Died
March 1, 1962
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.
Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
King Kong
(1933)
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Freaks
(1932)
Roscoe
The Sheepman
(1958)
Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Pet Shop Owner
The Big House
(1930)
Putnam
City Girl
(1930)
Reaper
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
Alice in Wonderland
(1933)
Fish
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941)
Janitor Changing Pictures (Uncredited)
A Free Soul
(1931)
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
The Champ
(1931)
Sponge
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Ike Wayfish
Full Filmography
Acting
City Girl
(1930)
Reaper
The Big House
(1930)
Putnam
Those Three French Girls
(1930)
Elmer (uncredited)
Love in the Rough
(1930)
Proprietor
Billy the Kid
(1930)
Old Stuff
Check and Double Check
(1930)
Brother Arthur
Soup to Nuts
(1930)
Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Cimarron
(1931)
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Too Many Cooks
(1931)
Mr. Wilson
A Free Soul
(1931)
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
The Champ
(1931)
Sponge
The Great Lover
(1931)
Rosco
Reducing
(1931)
Ticket Agent
The Big Shot
(1931)
Rusty
Politics
(1931)
Peter Higgins
The Roadhouse Murder
(1932)
Edmund Joyce
Sham Poo, the Magician
(1932)
Tourist
Hold 'Em Jail
(1932)
Slippery Sam Brown
Come on Danger!
(1932)
Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Young Bride
(1932)
Pool Room Bartender Mike
The Rainbow Trail
(1932)
Ike Wilkins
Renegades of the West
(1932)
Dr. Henry Fawcett
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
(1932)
Self
Freaks
(1932)
Roscoe
Ladies of the Jury
(1932)
Andrew MacKaig
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
Bill-poster Klondike
Signing 'em Up
(1933)
Himself
King Kong
(1933)
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
(1933)
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
What! No Beer?
(1933)
Schultz
Alice in Wonderland
(1933)
Fish
The Cheyenne Kid
(1933)
Bush (as Rosco Ates)
Scarlet River
(1933)
Ulysses
Lucky Devils
(1933)
Gabby
Dizzy & Daffy
(1934)
'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Woman in the Dark
(1934)
Tommy Logan
She Made Her Bed
(1934)
Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
Merry Wives of Reno
(1934)
The Trapper
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
(1934)
Elmer Whipple
On the Wagon
(1935)
Elmer
Why Pay Rent?
(1935)
Elmer Whipple
The People's Enemy
(1935)
Slip Laflin
God's Country and the Woman
(1937)
Gander Hopkins
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1938)
Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
Riders of the Black Hills
(1938)
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
Three Texas Steers
(1939)
Sheriff Brown
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
I Want a Divorce
(1940)
Process Server
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Ike Wayfish
Untamed
(1940)
Bert Dillon
Captain Caution
(1940)
Chips
You're Next!
(1940)
Mr. Tillson
Rancho Grande
(1940)
Ranch Hand
The Cowboy from Sundown
(1940)
Deputy Gloomy Day
I'll Sell My Life
(1941)
Happy Hogan
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941)
Janitor Changing Pictures (Uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
(1941)
Lafe
Reg'lar Fellers
(1941)
Emory McQuade
Birth of the Blues
(1941)
Cab Driver (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
George Reynolds (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
(1941)
Gas Station Attendant
Robin Hood of the Pecos
(1941)
Jailer Guffy
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
(1942)
Police Chief Dan Cady
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Great Moment
(1944)
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
(1944)
Lemuel (uncredited)
Stars Over Texas
(1946)
Soapy Jones
Down Missouri Way
(1946)
Pappy
Wild West
(1946)
Soapy Jones
Driftin' River
(1946)
Soapy
Colorado Serenade
(1946)
Soapy
Tumbleweed Trail
(1946)
Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley
(1947)
Soapy Jones
Wild Country
(1947)
Soapy Jones
Black Hills
(1947)
Soapy Jones
West to Glory
(1947)
Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue
(1947)
Soapy Jones
Thunder in the Pines
(1948)
Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Tornado Range
(1948)
Soapy Jones
The Hawk of Powder River
(1948)
Soapy Jones
The Tioga Kid
(1948)
Soapy
Inner Sanctum
(1948)
Willie
The Westward Trail
(1948)
Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns
(1948)
Soapy Jones
Hills of Oklahoma
(1950)
Dismal - the Cook
Father's Wild Game
(1950)
Rancher
The Blazing Forest
(1952)
Beans
The Stranger Wore a Gun
(1953)
Jake Hooper
Those Redheads from Seattle
(1953)
Dan Taylor
Lucy Gallant
(1955)
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
(1955)
Wagon Driver
Come Next Spring
(1956)
Shorty Wilkins
The Big Caper
(1957)
Falkenburg
The Sheepman
(1958)
Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Silent Call
(1961)
Sid
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Pet Shop Owner
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