Person Details

Birthday: 1895-01-20 21:29:40

Death: 1962-03-01 21:29:40

Aliases: Roscoe Blevel Ates , Rosco Ates

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Grange, Mississippi, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 65

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Tavern Customer
Gone with the Wind
Average
8

Gone with the Wind

(1939) Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
King Kong
Average
8

King Kong

(1933) Press Photographer (uncredited)
Freaks
Average
8

Freaks

(1932) Roscoe
Alice in Wonderland
Average
6

Alice in Wonderland

(1933) Fish
M Squad
Average
6

M Squad

(1957) Edwin Winkler
City Girl
Average
7

City Girl

(1930) Reaper
Sugarfoot
Average
4

Sugarfoot

(1957) Barber

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1961 Pet Shop Owner
Sid
1958 N/A
N/A
Town Loafer (uncredited)
1957 N/A
Edwin Winkler
Barber
Falkenburg
1956 N/A
Shorty Wilkins
1955 Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Ben White
Piano Player
Zack Martin
Pop Henderson
Tavern Customer
Wagon Driver
1954 N/A
1953 Dan Taylor
Jake Hooper
1952 Beans
1951 N/A
1950 Rancher
Dismal - the Cook
1948 Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
Willie
Soapy
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
1947 Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
1946 Soapy Jones
Soapy Jones
Soapy
Pappy
Soapy Jones
Soapy
1944 Lemuel (uncredited)
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
1942 Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
Police Chief Dan Cady
1941 Cab Driver (uncredited)
George Reynolds (uncredited)
Happy Hogan
Emory McQuade
Lafe
Gas Station Attendant
Janitor Changing Pictures (Uncredited)
Jailer Guffy
1940 Ike Wayfish
Process Server
Deputy Gloomy Day
Chips
Bert Dillon
Mr. Tillson
Ranch Hand
1939 Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Sheriff Brown
1938 Jim Blakely
Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
1937 Gander Hopkins
1935 Elmer
Elmer Whipple
Slip Laflin
1934 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Tommy Logan
Elmer Whipple
Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
The Trapper
1933 Fish
Himself
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Ulysses
Schultz
Gabby
Bill-poster Klondike
Bush (as Rosco Ates)
1932 Dr. Henry Fawcett
Tourist
Self
Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
Slippery Sam Brown
Edmund Joyce
Pool Room Bartender Mike
Roscoe
Andrew MacKaig
Ike Wilkins
1931 Rusty
Sponge
Mr. Wilson
Rosco
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Peter Higgins
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
Ticket Agent
1930 Old Stuff
Elmer (uncredited)
Brother Arthur
Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
Proprietor
Putnam
Reaper
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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