Acting
Grange, Mississippi, USA
Born · Died
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.
The Sheepman· 1958
Town Loafer (uncredited)
The Big Caper· 1957
Falkenburg
Come Next Spring· 1956
Shorty Wilkins
The Stranger Wore a Gun· 1953
Jake Hooper
The Blazing Forest· 1952
Beans
Inner Sanctum· 1948
Willie
The Hawk of Powder River· 1948
Soapy Jones
The Tioga Kid· 1948
Soapy
Tornado Range· 1948
Soapy Jones
Black Hills· 1947
Soapy Jones
Shadow Valley· 1947
Soapy Jones
Wild Country· 1947
Soapy Jones
Colorado Serenade· 1946
Soapy
Down Missouri Way· 1946
Pappy
Driftin' River· 1946
Soapy
Tumbleweed Trail· 1946
Soapy Jones
Can't Help Singing· 1944
Lemuel (uncredited)
The Great Moment· 1944
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine· 1942
Police Chief Dan Cady
The Palm Beach Story· 1942
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
Birth of the Blues· 1941
Cab Driver (uncredited)
I'll Sell My Life· 1941
Happy Hogan
Reg'lar Fellers· 1941
Emory McQuade
Ziegfeld Girl· 1941
Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
Captain Caution· 1940
Chips
Chad Hanna· 1940
Ike Wayfish
I Want a Divorce· 1940
Process Server
Untamed· 1940
Bert Dillon
You're Next!· 1940
Mr. Tillson
Gone with the Wind· 1939
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers· 1939
Sheriff Brown
Riders of the Black Hills· 1938
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok· 1938
Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
God's Country and the Woman· 1937
Gander Hopkins
On the Wagon· 1935
Elmer
The People's Enemy· 1935
Slip Laflin
Dizzy & Daffy· 1934
'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
Merry Wives of Reno· 1934
The Trapper
Woman in the Dark· 1934
Tommy Logan
Alice in Wonderland· 1933
Fish
Lucky Devils· 1933
Gabby
Scarlet River· 1933
Ulysses
The Cheyenne Kid· 1933
Bush (as Rosco Ates)
What! No Beer?· 1933
Schultz
Hold 'Em Jail· 1932
Slippery Sam Brown
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3· 1932
Self
Ladies of the Jury· 1932
Andrew MacKaig
Sham Poo, the Magician· 1932
Tourist