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Roscoe Ates

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Roscoe Ates

Born January 19, 1895 in Grange, Mississippi, USADied March 1, 196297 films

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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.

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Gone with the Wind posterFirst watchGone with the Wind19397.9as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
King Kong poster7.6King Kong1933Freaks poster7.8Freaks1932The Palm Beach Story poster7.0The Palm Beach Story1942City Girl poster7.5City Girl1930The Ladies Man poster6.3The Ladies Man1961The Champ poster7.1The Champ1931The Sheepman poster6.9The Sheepman1958Cimarron poster5.5Cimarron1931

Filmography

97 films as actor
  1. 1961The Ladies ManPet Shop Owner
  2. 1961The Silent CallSid
  3. 1958The SheepmanTown Loafer (uncredited)
  4. 1957The Big CaperFalkenburg
  5. 1956Come Next SpringShorty Wilkins
  6. 1955Lucy GallantClem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  7. 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsWagon Driver
  8. 1953Those Redheads from SeattleDan Taylor
  9. 1953The Stranger Wore a GunJake Hooper
  10. 1952The Blazing ForestBeans
  11. 1950Father's Wild GameRancher
  12. 1950Hills of OklahomaDismal - the Cook
  13. 1948Thunder in the PinesWheezer, Boomer's head logger
  14. 1948Inner SanctumWillie
  15. 1948The Tioga KidSoapy
  16. 1948The Hawk of Powder RiverSoapy Jones
  17. 1948The Westward TrailSoapy Jones
  18. 1948Tornado RangeSoapy Jones
  19. 1948Check Your GunsSoapy Jones
  20. 1947Shadow ValleySoapy Jones
  21. 1947Black HillsSoapy Jones
  22. 1947West to GlorySoapy Jones
  23. 1947Range Beyond the BlueSoapy Jones
  24. 1947Wild CountrySoapy Jones
  25. 1946Wild WestSoapy Jones
  26. 1946Stars Over TexasSoapy Jones
  27. 1946Driftin' RiverSoapy
  28. 1946Down Missouri WayPappy
  29. 1946Tumbleweed TrailSoapy Jones
  30. 1946Colorado SerenadeSoapy
  31. 1944Can't Help SingingLemuel (uncredited)
  32. 1944The Great MomentMorton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
  33. 1942The Palm Beach StoryFourth Member Ale and Quail Club
  34. 1942The Affairs of Jimmy ValentinePolice Chief Dan Cady
  35. 1941Birth of the BluesCab Driver (uncredited)
  36. 1941One Foot in HeavenGeorge Reynolds (uncredited)
  37. 1941I'll Sell My LifeHappy Hogan
  38. 1941Reg'lar FellersEmory McQuade
  39. 1941Bad Men of MissouriLafe
  40. 1941She Knew All the AnswersGas Station Attendant
  41. 1941Ziegfeld GirlJanitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
  42. 1941Robin Hood of the PecosJailer Guffy
  43. 1940Chad HannaIke Wayfish
  44. 1940I Want a DivorceProcess Server
  45. 1940The Cowboy from SundownDeputy Gloomy Day
  46. 1940Captain CautionChips
  47. 1940UntamedBert Dillon
  48. 1940You're Next!Mr. Tillson
  49. 1940Rancho GrandeRanch Hand
  50. 1939Gone with the WindConvalescent Soldier (uncredited)
  51. 1939Three Texas SteersSheriff Brown
  52. 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokOscar Snake-Eyes Smith
  53. 1938Riders of the Black HillsSheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
  54. 1937God's Country and the WomanGander Hopkins
  55. 1936Fair ExchangeElmer Goodge
  56. 1935On the WagonElmer
  57. 1935Why Pay Rent?Elmer Whipple
  58. 1935The People's EnemySlip Laflin
  59. 1934Dizzy & Daffy'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
  60. 1934Woman in the DarkTommy Logan
  61. 1934So You Won't T-T-T-TalkElmer Whipple
  62. 1934She Made Her BedSanta Fe (as Rosco Ates)
  63. 1934Merry Wives of RenoThe Trapper
  64. 1933Alice in WonderlandFish
  65. 1933Golden HarvestLouis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
  66. 1933King KongPress Photographer (uncredited)
  67. 1933Scarlet RiverUlysses
  68. 1933What! No Beer?Schultz
  69. 1933Lucky DevilsGabby
  70. 1933The Cheyenne KidBush (as Rosco Ates)
  71. 1933The Past of Mary HolmesBill-poster Klondike
  72. 1932Sham Poo, the MagicianTourist
  73. 1932Renegades of the WestDr. Henry Fawcett
  74. 1932Come on Danger!Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
  75. 1932Hold 'Em JailSlippery Sam Brown
  76. 1932The Roadhouse MurderEdmund Joyce
  77. 1932Young BridePool Room Bartender Mike
  78. 1932Never the Twins Shall MeetAlfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
  79. 1932Ladies of the JuryAndrew MacKaig
  80. 1932The Rainbow TrailIke Wilkins
  81. 1932FreaksRoscoe
  82. 1931The Big ShotRusty
  83. 1931The ChampSponge
  84. 1931The Great LoverRosco
  85. 1931Too Many CooksMr. Wilson
  86. 1931A Free SoulMan Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
  87. 1931PoliticsPeter Higgins
  88. 1931CimarronJesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
  89. 1931ReducingTicket Agent
  90. 1930Billy the KidOld Stuff
  91. 1930Those Three French GirlsElmer (uncredited)
  92. 1930Check and Double CheckBrother Arthur
  93. 1930Soup to NutsPants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
  94. 1930Love in the RoughProprietor
  95. 1930The Big HousePutnam
  96. 1930Double Cross RoadsTicket Agent
  97. 1930City GirlReaper