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Roscoe Ates

Acting

Born January 19, 1895 · Grange, Mississippi, USA

Died March 1, 1962

Also known as Roscoe Blevel Ates · Rosco Ates

Biography

Roscoe Blevel Ates was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones. He was also billed as Rosco Ates.

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Filmography50+ titles

Range Beyond the Blue

1947as Soapy Jones

West to Glory

1947as Soapy Jones

The Westward Trail

1948as Soapy Jones

Shadow Valley

1947as Soapy Jones

Wild West

1946as Soapy Jones

Tumbleweed Trail

1946as Soapy Jones

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940as Deputy Gloomy Day

Tornado Range

1948as Soapy Jones

Check Your Guns

1948as Soapy Jones

Colorado Serenade

1946as Soapy

Down Missouri Way

1946as Pappy

Gone with the Wind

1939as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Tavern Customer

Freaks

1932as Roscoe

King Kong

1933as Press Photographer (uncredited)

City Girl

1930as Reaper

The Champ

1931as Sponge

Maverick

1957as Albert

Lucy Gallant

1955as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Hawk of Powder River

1948as Soapy Jones

Black Hills

1947as Soapy Jones

Driftin' River

1946as Soapy

Stars Over Texas

1946as Soapy Jones

The Palm Beach Story

1942as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

The People's Enemy

1935as Slip Laflin

The Sheepman

1958as Town Loafer (uncredited)

Ziegfeld Girl

1941as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

Wagon Train

1957as Old Timer

The Big House

1930as Putnam

Dizzy & Daffy

1934as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942as Police Chief Dan Cady

Lucky Devils

1933as Gabby

The Ladies Man

1961as Pet Shop Owner

The Big Caper

1957as Falkenburg

The Tioga Kid

1948as Soapy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955as Wagon Driver

Birth of the Blues

1941as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Woman in the Dark

1934as Tommy Logan

Alice in Wonderland

1933as Fish

A Free Soul

1931as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Wild Country

1947as Soapy Jones

Can't Help Singing

1944as Lemuel (uncredited)

Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941as Jailer Guffy

Rancho Grande

1940as Ranch Hand

Come Next Spring

1956as Shorty Wilkins

Soup to Nuts

1930as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

What! No Beer?

1933as Schultz

Check and Double Check

1930as Brother Arthur

Love in the Rough

1930as Proprietor

Man with a Camera

1958