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Roscoe Ates

Actor | * 01/20/1895 († 67, 03/01/1962) | Grange, Mississippi (United States of America (USA))
Roscoe Blevel Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Comedies

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Eddie Dean's assignment is to thwart the efforts of a crooked gambler, Brad Barton, to take over the property of his half-brother Bill Ryan. In order to secure the ranch, which is believed to hold lar ...

Tumbleweed Trail

Certification unknown

1946 | 57min
Western
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A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. ...

Freaks

K-15

1932 | 3.9/5 | 1h 2min
Drama, Horror
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An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy. ...

The Great Lover

Certification unknown

1931 | 2.5/5 | 1h 11min
Drama
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A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town. ...

Politics

Certification unknown

1931 | 3.2/5 | 1h 12min
Comedy, Romance / Love, Crime
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Movies with Roscoe Ates as Actor(95)

as Himself (archive footage)2018 Schlitzie: One of Us
as Pet Shop Owner1961 The Ladies Man
as Sid1961 The Silent Call
as Town Loafer (uncredited)1958 The Sheepman
as Shorty Wilkins1956 Come Next Spring
as Wagon Driver1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)1955 Lucy Gallant
as Dan Taylor1953 Those Redheads from Seattle
as Beans1952 The Blazing Forest
as Rancher1950 Father's Wild Game
as Dismal - the Cook1950 Hills of Oklahoma
as Soapy Jones1948 Tornado Range
as Soapy Jones1948 Check Your Guns
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger1948 Thunder in the Pines
as Soapy1948 The Tioga Kid
as Soapy Jones1948 The Hawk of Powder River
as Willie1948 Inner Sanctum
as Soapy Jones1948 The Westward Trail
as Soapy Jones1947 West to Glory
as Soapy Jones1947 Wild Country
as Soapy Jones1947 Shadow Valley
as Soapy Jones1947 Range Beyond the Blue
as Soapy Jones1947 Black Hills
as Soapy Jones1946 Stars Over Texas
as Soapy1946 Colorado Serenade
as Pappy1946 Down Missouri Way
as Soapy1946 Driftin' River
as Soapy Jones1946 Wild West
as Soapy Jones1946 Tumbleweed Trail
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)1944 The Great Moment
as Lemuel (uncredited)1944 Can't Help Singing
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club1942 The Palm Beach Story
as Police Chief Dan Cady1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Gas Station Attendant1941 She Knew All the Answers
as Cab Driver (uncredited)1941 Birth of the Blues
as Janitor Changing Pictures (Uncredited)1941 Ziegfeld Girl
as Lafe1941 Bad Men of Missouri
as Emory McQuade1941 Reg'lar Fellers
as Jailer Guffy1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos
as George Reynolds (uncredited)1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Happy Hogan1941 I'll Sell My Life
as Process Server1940 I Want a Divorce
as Ranch Hand1940 Rancho Grande
as Chips1940 Captain Caution
as Mr. Tillson1940 You're Next!
as Ike Wayfish1940 Chad Hanna
as Deputy Gloomy Day1940 The Cowboy from Sundown
as Bert Dillon1940 Untamed
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)1939 Gone with the Wind
as Sheriff Brown1939 Three Texas Steers
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)1938 Riders of the Black Hills
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Jim Blakely1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Gander Hopkins1937 God's Country and the Woman
as Slip Laflin1935 The People's Enemy
as Elmer1935 On the Wagon
as Elmer Whipple1935 Why Pay Rent?
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire1934 Dizzy & Daffy
as Elmer Whipple1934 So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)1934 She Made Her Bed
as The Trapper1934 Merry Wives of Reno
as Tommy Logan1934 Woman in the Dark
as Press Photographer (uncredited)1933 King Kong
as Schultz1933 What! No Beer?
as himself1933 Signing 'em Up
as Fish1933 Alice in Wonderland
as Bill-poster Klondike1933 The Past of Mary Holmes
as Ulysses1933 Scarlet River
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)1933 The Cheyenne Kid
as Gabby1933 Lucky Devils
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou1933 Golden Harvest
as Ike Wilkins1932 The Rainbow Trail
as Dr. Henry Fawcett1932 Renegades of the West
as Pool Room Bartender Mike1932 Young Bride
as Slippery Sam Brown1932 Hold 'Em Jail
as himself1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Edmund Joyce1932 The Roadhouse Murder
as Roscoe1932 Freaks
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)1932 Come on Danger!
as Andrew MacKaig1932 Ladies of the Jury
as Peter Higgins1931 Politics
as Ticket Agent1931 Reducing
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)1931 Cimarron
as Rosco1931 The Great Lover
as Mr. Wilson1931 Too Many Cooks
as Sponge1931 The Champ
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)1931 A Free Soul
as Rusty1931 The Big Shot
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)1930 Soup to Nuts
as Old Stuff1930 Billy the Kid
as Brother Arthur1930 Check and Double Check
as Reaper1930 City Girl
as Proprietor1930 Love in the Rough
as Putnam1930 The Big House
as Elmer (uncredited)1930 Those Three French Girls

TV Shows/Series with Roscoe Ates as Actor(12)

2024 The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1958 Man with a Camera
1958 Lawman
1957 Maverick
as Barber1957 Sugarfoot
as Edwin Winkler1957 M Squad
1956 State Trooper
as Pop Henderson1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ben White1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tavern Customer1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Piano Player1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Full Name: Roscoe Ates
Born: Sunday, 01/20 1895 (January) in Grange, Mississippi (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 03/01 1962 (March) in Hollywood (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Roscoe Ates (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Roscoe Blevel Ates"
"Rosco Ates"
Roscoe Ates frequently works together with these people:
Eddie Dean (16x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (13x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (12x, Actor)
Frank Albertson (11x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (11x, Actor)
Percy Helton (11x, Actor)
Robert Emmett Tansey (11x, Crew)
Tyler McVey (11x, Actor)
Max Steiner (11x, Crew)
Ray Taylor (10x, Crew)
Robert H. Harris (10x, Actor)
David O. Selznick (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:210054, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024