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.

KNOWN FOR

Wagon Train
1958
Maverick
1959
Lawman
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1958
Sugarfoot
1960
M Squad
1958
State Trooper
1956
MGM Parade
1956
Gone with the Wind
1939
Boston Blackie
1952
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1957
Man with a Camera
1960

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
117
1961
The Ladies Man
as Pet Shop Owner
1961
The Silent Call
as Sid
1960
Man with a Camera
1960
Sugarfoot
as Barber
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Zack Martin
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Piano Player
1960
Maverick
as Albert
1959
Lawman
1959
Maverick
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tavern Customer
1958
The Sheepman
as Town Loafer (uncredited)
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Pop Henderson
1958
M Squad
as Edwin Winkler
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ben White
1958
Wagon Train
as Old Timer
1957
The Big Caper
as Falkenburg
1957
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1956
Come Next Spring
as Shorty Wilkins
1956
State Trooper
1956
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Wagon Driver
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jake Hooper
1953
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Dan Taylor
1952
The Blazing Forest
as Beans
1952
Boston Blackie
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
as Dismal - the Cook
1950
Father's Wild Game
as Rancher
1950
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1948
Inner Sanctum
as Willie
1948
The Tioga Kid
as Soapy
1948
The Hawk of Powder River
as Soapy Jones
1948
Tornado Range
as Soapy Jones
1948
Thunder in the Pines
as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
1948
The Westward Trail
as Soapy Jones
1948
Check Your Guns
as Soapy Jones
1947
Black Hills
as Soapy Jones
1947
Wild Country
as Soapy Jones
1947
Shadow Valley
as Soapy Jones
1947
Range Beyond the Blue
as Soapy Jones
1947
West to Glory
as Soapy Jones
1946
Tumbleweed Trail
as Soapy Jones
1946
Colorado Serenade
as Soapy
1946
Driftin' River
as Soapy
1946
Down Missouri Way
as Pappy
1946
Stars Over Texas
as Soapy Jones
1946
Wild West
as Soapy Jones
1944
Can't Help Singing
as Lemuel (uncredited)
1944
The Great Moment
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
1942
The Palm Beach Story
as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Police Chief Dan Cady
1941
Birth of the Blues
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1941
I'll Sell My Life
as Happy Hogan
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
1941
Reg'lar Fellers
as Emory McQuade
1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Jailer Guffy
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
as Lafe
1941
She Knew All the Answers
as Gas Station Attendant
1941
One Foot in Heaven
as George Reynolds (uncredited)
1940
Chad Hanna
as Ike Wayfish
1940
I Want a Divorce
as Process Server
1940
You're Next!
as Mr. Tillson
1940
Untamed
as Bert Dillon
1940
Captain Caution
as Chips
1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
as Deputy Gloomy Day
1940
Rancho Grande
as Ranch Hand
1939
Three Texas Steers
as Sheriff Brown
1939
Gone with the Wind
as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Jim Blakely
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
1937
God's Country and the Woman
as Gander Hopkins
1936
Fair Exchange
as Elmer Goodge
1935
The People's Enemy
as Slip Laflin
1935
On the Wagon
as Elmer
1935
Why Pay Rent?
as Elmer Whipple
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
as The Trapper
1934
Dizzy & Daffy
as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
1934
Woman in the Dark
as Tommy Logan
1934
She Made Her Bed
as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
1934
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
as Elmer Whipple
1933
Alice in Wonderland
as Fish
1933
What! No Beer?
as Schultz
1933
Lucky Devils
as Gabby
1933
Scarlet River
as Ulysses
1933
The Cheyenne Kid
as Bush (as Rosco Ates)
1933
King Kong
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
1933
Golden Harvest
as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Bill-poster Klondike
1933
Signing 'em Up
as Himself
1932
Sham Poo, the Magician
as Tourist
1932
The Roadhouse Murder
as Edmund Joyce
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
1932
Young Bride
as Pool Room Bartender Mike
1932
Ladies of the Jury
as Andrew MacKaig
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
as Slippery Sam Brown
1932
Renegades of the West
as Dr. Henry Fawcett
1932
Come on Danger!
as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
1932
The Rainbow Trail
as Ike Wilkins
1932
Freaks
as Roscoe
1932
Never the Twins Shall Meet
as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy
1931
The Champ
as Sponge
1931
The Great Lover
as Rosco
1931
Politics
as Peter Higgins
1931
The Big Shot
as Rusty
1931
Too Many Cooks
as Mr. Wilson
1931
Reducing
as Ticket Agent
1931
Cimarron
as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
1931
A Free Soul
as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
1930
City Girl
as Reaper
1930
Billy the Kid
as Old Stuff
1930
Check and Double Check
as Brother Arthur
1930
Love in the Rough
as Proprietor
1930
Those Three French Girls
as Elmer (uncredited)
1930
Soup to Nuts
as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
1930
The Big House
as Putnam
1930
Double Cross Roads
as Ticket Agent