
Roscoe Ates
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

The Palm Beach Story
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
1942

Alice in Wonderland
as Fish
1933

City Girl
as Reaper
1930

The Champ
as Sponge
1931

Inner Sanctum
as Willie
1948

Can't Help Singing
as Lemuel (uncredited)
1944

The Big Caper
as Falkenburg
1957

What! No Beer?
as Schultz
1933

Sham Poo, the Magician
as Tourist
1932

The People's Enemy
as Slip Laflin
1935

Birth of the Blues
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1941

Merry Wives of Reno
as The Trapper
1934

Three Texas Steers
as Sheriff Brown
1939

God's Country and the Woman
as Gander Hopkins
1937

Chad Hanna
as Ike Wayfish
1940

Black Hills
as Soapy Jones
1947

The Roadhouse Murder
as Edmund Joyce
1932

The Great Lover
as Rosco
1931

Billy the Kid
as Old Stuff
1930

Dizzy & Daffy
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
1934
TV Appearances

Man with a Camera
1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Pop Henderson
1955

M Squad
as Edwin Winkler
1957

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

Lawman
1958

Sugarfoot
as Barber
1957
State Trooper
1956
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
TBA

Boston Blackie
1951

Maverick
1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Zack Martin
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ben White
1955