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Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 β 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.
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Filmography
all 110
Movies 100
TV Shows 10
self 3
Roscoe
Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004)
Movie
Pet Shop Owner
The Ladies Man (1961)
Movie
Sid
The Silent Call (1961)
Movie
Man with a Camera (1958)
TV
Lawman (1958)
TV
Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Sheepman (1958)
Movie
Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Edwin Winkler
M Squad (1957)
TV
Barber
Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Falkenburg
The Big Caper (1957)
Movie
State Trooper (1956)
TV
Shorty Wilkins
Come Next Spring (1956)
Movie
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Movie
Ben White / Pop Henderson / Tavern Customer / Piano Player / Zack Martin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Wagon Driver
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Movie
6
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
TV
6
Dan Taylor
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Movie
Jake Hooper
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Movie
Beans
The Blazing Forest (1952)
Movie
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
TV
Rancher
Father's Wild Game (1950)
Movie
Dismal - the Cook
Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
Movie
Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Thunder in the Pines (1948)
Movie
Willie
Inner Sanctum (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
The Tioga Kid (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
The Hawk of Powder River (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
The Westward Trail (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Tornado Range (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Check Your Guns (1948)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley (1947)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Black Hills (1947)
Movie
Soapy Jones
West to Glory (1947)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Range Beyond the Blue (1947)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Wild Country (1947)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Wild West (1946)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Stars Over Texas (1946)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Driftin' River (1946)
Movie
Pappy
Down Missouri Way (1946)
Movie
Soapy Jones
Tumbleweed Trail (1946)
Movie
Soapy
Colorado Serenade (1946)
Movie
Lemuel (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing (1944)
Movie
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Great Moment (1944)
Movie
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Movie
6
Police Chief Dan Cady
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Movie
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Movie
George Reynolds (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Movie
Happy Hogan
I'll Sell My Life (1941)
Movie
Emory McQuade
Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
Movie
Lafe
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Movie
Self
Meet the Stars #7: Meet Roy Rogers (1941)
Movie
Gas Station Attendant
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
Movie
Janitor Changing Pictures (Uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Movie
Uncle Tom
Glove Affair (1941)
Movie
Jailer Guffy
Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
Movie
Ike Wayfish
Chad Hanna (1940)
Movie
Process Server
I Want a Divorce (1940)
Movie
Deputy Gloomy Day
The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Movie
Fireman
Fireman, Save My Choo-Choo (1940)
Movie
Chips
Captain Caution (1940)
Movie
Bert Dillon
Untamed (1940)
Movie
Mr. Tillson
You're Next! (1940)
Movie
Ranch Hand
Rancho Grande (1940)
Movie
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Movie
5.55
Sheriff Brown
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Movie
3.5
Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith / Jim Blakely
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
Movie
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Movie
Gander Hopkins
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Movie
Elmer
On the Wagon (1935)
Movie
Elmer Whipple
Why Pay Rent? (1935)
Movie
Slip Laflin
The People's Enemy (1935)
Movie
'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Dizzy & Daffy (1934)
Movie
Tommy Logan
Woman in the Dark (1934)
Movie
Elmer Whipple
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk (1934)
Movie
Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
She Made Her Bed (1934)
Movie
The Trapper
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
Movie
Fish
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Movie
Self
Signing 'em Up (1933)
Movie
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
Golden Harvest (1933)
Movie
Press Photographer (uncredited)
King Kong (1933)
Movie
5.13
Ulysses Mope
Scarlet River (1933)
Movie
Schultz
What! No Beer? (1933)
Movie
Gabby
Lucky Devils (1933)
Movie
Bush
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
Movie
Bill-poster Klondike
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
Movie
Dr. Henry Fawcett
Renegades of the West (1932)
Movie
Tourist / Rosco
Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)
Movie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932)
Movie
Rusty
Come on Danger! (1932)
Movie
Slippery Sam Brown
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Movie
Edmund Joyce
The Roadhouse Murder (1932)
Movie
Mike - Pool Hall Bartender
Young Bride (1932)
Movie
Roscoe
Freaks (1932)
Movie
5.5
Andrew MacKaig
Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Movie
Ike Wilkins
The Rainbow Trail (1932)
Movie
Rusty, the Barber
The Big Shot (1931)
Movie
Sponge
The Champ (1931)
Movie
Mr. Wilson
Too Many Cooks (1931)
Movie
Rosco
The Great Lover (1931)
Movie
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
A Free Soul (1931)
Movie
Peter Higgins
Politics (1931)
Movie
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Cimarron (1931)
Movie
Ticket Agent
Reducing (1931)
Movie
Old Stuff
Billy the Kid (1930)
Movie
Elmer (uncredited)
Those Three French Girls (1930)
Movie
Brother Arthur
Check and Double Check (1930)
Movie
Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Movie
Proprietor
Love in the Rough (1930)
Movie
Putnam
The Big House (1930)
Movie
Reaper
City Girl (1930)
Movie
Deputy Roscoe
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
TV
Ratings
Average 4.92
Based on 576 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1930
1933
1941
1934
2004
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1895-01-19
Deathday1962-03-01 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceMississippi, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRoscoe Blevel Ates, Rosco Ates
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