Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 112
Movies 102
TV Shows 10
self 3
Pet Shop Owner

The Ladies Man (1961)
Movie
Town Loafer (uncredited)

The Sheepman (1958)
Movie
Edwin Winkler

M Squad (1957)
TV
Barber

Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Road Driver

Short Cut to Hell (1957)
Movie
Falkenburg

The Big Caper (1957)
Movie
Shorty Wilkins

Come Next Spring (1956)
Movie
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Lucy Gallant (1955)
Movie
Piano Player / Ben White / Pop Henderson / Zack Martin / Tavern Customer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Dan Taylor

Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Movie
Jake Hooper

The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Movie
Dismal - the Cook

Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
Movie
Wheezer - Boomer's Head Logger

Thunder in the Pines (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
Soapy Jones

Tumbleweed Trail (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
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
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
Bert Dillon

Untamed (1940)
Movie
Mr. Tillson

You're Next! (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

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
Movie
Sheriff Brown

Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Movie
Gander Hopkins

God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Movie
Elmer Goodge

Fair Exchange (1936)
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

She Made Her Bed (1934)
Movie
The Trapper

Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
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
Bill-Poster Klondike

The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
Movie
Dr. Henry Fawcett

Renegades of the West (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
Andrew MacKaig

Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Movie
Ike Wilkins

The Rainbow Trail (1932)
Movie
Roscoe

Freaks (1932)
Movie
5.5
Rusty, the Barber

The Big Shot (1931)
Movie
Sponge

The Champ (1931)
Movie
Mr. Wilson

Too Many Cooks (1931)
Movie
Man Shot at in Men's Room

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
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
Reaper

City Girl (1930)
Movie
Deputy Roscoe

The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
TV
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1895-01-19
Deathday1962-02-12 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceMississippi, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsRoscoe Blevel Ates, Rosco Ates
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