Roscoe Ates

Deceased · Born: Jan 19, 1895 · Died: Mar 1, 1962

Personal Details

Born Jan 19, 1895 Grange, Mississippi, USA

Spouse

Beatrice Heisser
( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Barbara Ray
( Dec 31, 1969 to May 19, 1955 )
Barbara Ray
( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Clara C. Adrian
( Jun 12, 1923 to Dec 31, 1969 )

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.

Career

acting

2004

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema as Roscoe

1961

The Silent Call

The Silent Call as Sid

1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ben White

1957

Short Cut to Hell

Short Cut to Hell as Road Driver

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Wagon Driver

1953

Those Redheads from Seattle

Those Redheads from Seattle as Dan Taylor

1952

The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest as Beans

1950

Hills of Oklahoma

Hills of Oklahoma as Dismal - the Cook

1948

The Hawk of Powder River

The Hawk of Powder River as Soapy Jones

The Westward Trail

The Westward Trail as Soapy Jones

Check Your Guns

Check Your Guns as Soapy Jones

The Tioga Kid as Soapy

Thunder in the Pines

Thunder in the Pines as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

Tornado Range as Soapy Jones

Inner Sanctum as Willie

1947

West to Glory as Soapy Jones

Shadow Valley as Soapy Jones

Range Beyond the Blue

Range Beyond the Blue as Soapy Jones

Black Hills as Soapy Jones

Wild Country as Soapy Jones

1946

Down Missouri Way

Down Missouri Way as Pappy

Wild West as Soapy Jones

Tumbleweed Trail

Tumbleweed Trail as Soapy Jones

Driftin' River as Soapy

Stars Over Texas

Stars Over Texas as Soapy Jones

Colorado Serenade

Colorado Serenade as Soapy

1942

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Police Chief Dan Cady

1941

I'll Sell My Life

I'll Sell My Life as Happy Hogan

Reg'lar Fellers

Reg'lar Fellers as Emory McQuade

1940

Chad Hanna as Ike Wayfish

Captain Caution

Captain Caution as Chips

Rancho Grande as Ranch Hand

The Cowboy from Sundown

The Cowboy from Sundown as Deputy Gloomy Day

1939

Three Texas Steers

Three Texas Steers as Sheriff Brown

1938

Riders of the Black Hills

Riders of the Black Hills as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith

1935

The People's Enemy

The People's Enemy as Slip Laflin

1934

Merry Wives of Reno

Merry Wives of Reno as The Trapper

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark as Tommy Logan

1933

King Kong as Press Photographer (uncredited)

Lucky Devils as Gabby

What-No Beer? as Schultz

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland as Fish

Scarlet River as Ulysses

The Cheyenne Kid

The Cheyenne Kid as Bush (as Rosco Ates)

1932

The Roadhouse Murder

The Roadhouse Murder as Edmund Joyce

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury as Andrew MacKaig

Hold 'Em Jail as Slippery Sam Brown

Freaks as Roscoe

1931

A Free Soul as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Politics as Peter Higgins

Too Many Cooks as Mr. Wilson

Reducing as Ticket Agent

The Champ as Sponge

Cimarron as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

The Great Lover

The Great Lover as Rosco

1930

Billy the Kid as Old Stuff

Check and Double Check

Check and Double Check as Brother Arthur