Roscoe Ates: movies and TV shows
Roscoe Ates has 117 credits in the archive: 100 films and 17 TV series, from 1930 to 1961. Highest rated: Gone with the Wind (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 1961 · busiest year: 1932 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Pet Shop Owner | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1961 | The Silent Call | Sid | Film | 9.3 | 66 |
| 1958 | Lawman | TV | 5.8 | 63 | |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | TV | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Town Loafer (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Old Timer | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 62 | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Albert | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Barber | TV | 5.2 | 62 |
| 1957 | M Squad | Edwin Winkler | TV | 5.4 | 62 |
| 1957 | The Big Caper | Falkenburg | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | TV | 5.7 | 61 | |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring | Shorty Wilkins | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pop Henderson | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Zack Martin | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ben White | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tavern Customer | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Piano Player | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Wagon Driver | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jake Hooper | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1953 | Those Redheads from Seattle | Dan Taylor | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1952 | The Blazing Forest | Beans | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | TV | 4.0 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma | Dismal - the Cook | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1950 | Father's Wild Game | Rancher | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1948 | Tornado Range | Soapy Jones | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1948 | Inner Sanctum | Willie | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1948 | The Westward Trail | Soapy Jones | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1948 | Thunder in the Pines | Wheezer, Boomer's head logger | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1948 | The Hawk of Powder River | Soapy Jones | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1948 | The Tioga Kid | Soapy | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1948 | Check Your Guns | Soapy Jones | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1947 | Black Hills | Soapy Jones | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1947 | Wild Country | Soapy Jones | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1947 | Shadow Valley | Soapy Jones | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1947 | West to Glory | Soapy Jones | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1947 | Range Beyond the Blue | Soapy Jones | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1946 | Driftin' River | Soapy | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Wild West | Soapy Jones | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Pappy | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Colorado Serenade | Soapy | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Stars Over Texas | Soapy Jones | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Tumbleweed Trail | Soapy Jones | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Lemuel (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Police Chief Dan Cady | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | George Reynolds (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | Gas Station Attendant | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1941 | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Jailer Guffy | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Lafe | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1941 | Reg'lar Fellers | Emory McQuade | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1941 | I'll Sell My Life | Happy Hogan | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Process Server | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | Chips | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Ike Wayfish | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | The Cowboy from Sundown | Deputy Gloomy Day | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | Untamed | Bert Dillon | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | You're Next! | Mr. Tillson | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | Rancho Grande | Ranch Hand | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Convalescent Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1939 | Three Texas Steers | Sheriff Brown | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1938 | Riders of the Black Hills | Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates) | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Jim Blakely | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Gander Hopkins | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1936 | Fair Exchange | Elmer Goodge | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1935 | On the Wagon | Elmer | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Slip Laflin | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Why Pay Rent? | Elmer Whipple | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1934 | She Made Her Bed | Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates) | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1934 | Woman in the Dark | Tommy Logan | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | The Trapper | Film | 4.4 | 39 |
| 1934 | Dizzy & Daffy | 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1934 | So You Won't T-T-T-Talk | Elmer Whipple | Film | 3.5 | 39 |
| 1933 | King Kong | Press Photographer (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Fish | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | What! No Beer? | Schultz | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils | Gabby | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1933 | Scarlet River | Ulysses | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Bill-poster Klondike | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Cheyenne Kid | Bush (as Rosco Ates) | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | Signing 'em Up | Himself | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1932 | Freaks | Roscoe | Film | 7.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | Ladies of the Jury | Andrew MacKaig | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | Sham Poo, the Magician | Tourist | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Rainbow Trail | Ike Wilkins | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Hold 'Em Jail | Slippery Sam Brown | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Roadhouse Murder | Edmund Joyce | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Never the Twins Shall Meet | Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Come on Danger! | Rusty (as Rosco Ates) | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Young Bride | Pool Room Bartender Mike | Film | 4.2 | 37 |
| 1932 | Renegades of the West | Dr. Henry Fawcett | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates) | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1931 | The Champ | Sponge | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1931 | The Big Shot | Rusty | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Reducing | Ticket Agent | Film | 5.1 | 36 |
| 1931 | Politics | Peter Higgins | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1931 | Too Many Cooks | Mr. Wilson | Film | 4.3 | 36 |
| 1931 | The Great Lover | Rosco | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1930 | City Girl | Reaper | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1930 | The Big House | Putnam | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1930 | Love in the Rough | Proprietor | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1930 | Check and Double Check | Brother Arthur | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Old Stuff | Film | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1930 | Soup to Nuts | Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1930 | Those Three French Girls | Elmer (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1930 | Double Cross Roads | Ticket Agent | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| The Marshal of Gunsight Pass | TV | 8.0 | — |