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