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Roscoe Ates (1895–1962)

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Appeared in "Wild Bill Hickok" serial (1938). See more trivia »

Born:

in Grange, Mississippi, USA

Died:

(age 67) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1961 The Errand Boy
Ralph - Prop Man (uncredited)
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
Sheriff Ben Stanley
– Three for One (1961) … Sheriff Ben Stanley (as Rosco Ates)
 
1961 The Ladies Man
Pet Shop Owner
 
1961 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
the Sheriff
– Candid Clem (1961) … the Sheriff
 
1961 The Silent Call
Sid
 
1960-1961 Outlaws (TV series)
Bartender / Old Timer
– Sam Bass (1961) … Old Timer (uncredited)
– The Rape of Red Sky (1960) … Bartender
 
1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Drunk
– Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino (1961) … Drunk
 
1958-1960 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Barber / Lew Long / Old Timer
– Man from Medora (1960) … Barber
– MacBrewster the Bold (1959) … Lew Long
– A Wreath for Charity Lloyd (1958) … Old Timer (uncredited)
 
1958-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Ben White / Cemetery Clerk / Piano Player / …
– Outlaw in Town (1960) … Zack Martin (as Rosco Ates)
– The Little Man Who Was There (1960) … Piano Player (as Rosco Ates)
– Road Hog (1959) … Tavern Customer
– And the Desert Shall Blossom (1958) … Ben White
– The Jokester (1958) … Pop Henderson
See all 6 episodes »
 
1959-1960 Maverick (TV series)
Albert / Barfly / Joe the Barber / …
– Hadley's Hunters (1960) … Albert
– Two Tickets to Ten Strike (1959) … Joe the Barber
– Two Beggars on Horseback (1959) … Kibitzer
– Gun-Shy (1959) … Barfly
 
1959-1960 Lawman (TV series)
Ike Jenkins / Ike Jenkins - Barber / Ike - Townsman / …
– Man on a Mountain (1960) … Ike Jenkins - Barber (as Rosco Ates)
– The Stranger (1960) … Ike Jenkins - Barber
– The Breakup (1959) … Ike Jenkins (as Rosco Ates)
– The Exchange (1959) … Ike Jenkins
– The Friend (1959) … Ike Jenkins - Barber
See all 8 episodes »
 
1960 Shotgun Slade (TV series)
Lou Nugget
– The Fabulous Fiddle (1960) … Lou Nugget (as Rosco Ates)
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Deputy Boak
– The Missing Queen (1960) … Deputy Boak
 
1960 Man with a Camera (TV series)
Fenton
– Hot Ice Cream (1960) … Fenton
 
1958-1959 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Flanny - Typesetter / Renton
– Long Odds (1959) … Renton
– The Newspaper (1958) … Flanny - Typesetter
 
1958-1959 Wagon Train (TV series)
Joe - Bartender / Old Timer
– The Clara Duncan Story (1959) … Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
– The Sacramento Story (1958) … Old Timer
 
1959 Buckskin (TV series)
Harrison
– A Well of Gold (1959) … Harrison
 
1959 State Trooper (TV series)
Dusty Peabody
– The Man from Solitary (1959) … Dusty Peabody (as Rosco Ates)
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
– Deathtrap (1959)
 
1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Juniper Dunlap
– The Painted Beauty (1959) … Juniper Dunlap
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Edwin Winkler
– Force of Habit (1958) … Edwin Winkler (as Rosco Ates)
 
1958 The Sheepman
Town Loafer (uncredited)
 
1957 Short Cut to Hell
Road Driver (uncredited)
 
1957 Run of the Arrow
Man on Pier (uncredited)
 
1957 The Big Caper
Falkenburg (uncredited)
 
1957 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Jorgenson
– Sorrowful Joe Returns (1957) … Jorgenson
 
1956-1957 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Curly Dawes / Neighborly Walsh
– Annie and the Miser (1957) … Neighborly Walsh
– Showdown at Diablo (1956) … Curly Dawes
 
1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees
Vendor (uncredited)
 
1956 Come Next Spring
Shorty Wilkins
 
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
Scotty (uncredited)
 
1955 Lucy Gallant
Clem Anderson, Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
 
1955 The Adventures of Champion (TV series)
Canary Twigg
– The Real Unfriendly Ghost … Canary Twigg
 
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Wagon Driver
 
1954 The Mickey Rooney Show (TV series)
Henry
– The Moon or Bust (1954) … Henry
 
1953 Those Redheads from Seattle
Dan Taylor
 
1953 The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jake Hooper - Stage Driver (uncredited)
 
1953 Boston Blackie (TV series)
– Grab Bag (1953)
 
1953 My Little Margie (TV series)
Zeke
– Hillbilly Margie (1953) … Zeke
 
1953 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Henry Wilson
– The Census Taker (1953) … Henry Wilson
 
1952 The Blazing Forest
Beans
 
1952 Trail Guide
Stammering Man (uncredited)
 
1951 Honeychile
Bob
 
1950 Father's Wild Game
Rancher
 
1950 The Marshal of Gunsight Pass (TV series)
Deputy Roscoe
– Episode #1.22 (1950) … Deputy Roscoe
– Episode #1.1 (1950) … Deputy Roscoe
– Shotgun Messenger (1950) … Deputy Roscoe
 
1950 Hills of Oklahoma
Dismal - the Cook
 
1948 Thunder in the Pines
Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
 
1948 Inner Sanctum
Willie
 
1948 The Tioga Kid
Soapy Jones
 
1948 The Hawk of Powder River
Soapy Jones
 
1948 The Westward Trail
Soapy Jones
 
1948 Tornado Range
'Soapy' Jones
 
1948 Check Your Guns
Soapy Jones
 
1947 Shadow Valley
Soapy Jones
 
1947 Black Hills
Soapy Jones
 
1947 West to Glory
Soapy Jones
 
1947 Range Beyond the Blue
Soapy Jones
 
1947 Wild Country
Soapy Jones
 
1946 Wild West
Soapy Jones
 
1946 Stars Over Texas
'Soapy' Jones
 
1946 Driftin' River
Soapy Jones
 
1946 Down Missouri Way
Pappy
 
1946 Tumbleweed Trail
Soapy Jones
 
1946 Colorado Serenade
'Soapy' Jones
 
1944 Can't Help Singing
Lemuel (uncredited)
 
1944 The Great Moment
Morton's Sign Painter (uncredited)
 
1942 The Palm Beach Story
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club (as Rosco Ates)
 
1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Dan Kady
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels
Hollywood Diner Counterman (uncredited)
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Cab Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 One Foot in Heaven
George Reynolds (uncredited)
 
1941 I'll Sell My Life
Happy Hogan
 
1941 Reg'lar Fellers
Emory McQuade
 
1941 Bad Men of Missouri
Lafe
 
1941 Mountain Moonlight
Gardener
 
1941 She Knew All the Answers
Gas Station Attendant
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl
Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)
 
1941 Glove Affair (short)
 
1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos
Jailer Guffy
 
1940 Chad Hanna
Ike Wayfish
 
1940 I Want a Divorce
Process Server (uncredited)
 
1940 Fireman, Save My Choo Choo (short)
Fireman
 
1940 Captain Caution
Chips
 
1940 Untamed
Bert Dillon
 
1940 The Cowboy from Sundown
Deputy Gloomy Day
 
1940 You're Next (short)
Mr. Tillson
 
1940 Rancho Grande
Tex
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)
 
1939 Three Texas Steers
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
 
1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith (as Rosco Ates)
 
1938 Riders of the Black Hills
Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
 
1937 Drug Store Follies (short)
The Stuttering Comic
 
1937 Alpine Cabaret (short)
Elmer
 
1937 God's Country and the Woman
Gander Hopkins
 
1936 Fair Exchange
Elmer Goodge
 
1935 On the Wagon (short)
Elmer
 
1935 Why Pay Rent? (short)
Elmer
 
1935 The People's Enemy
Slip Laflin
 
1934 Dizzy & Daffy (short)
'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
 
1934 Woman in the Dark
Tommy Logan
 
1934 Merry Wives of Reno
The Trapper
 
1934 She Made Her Bed
Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)
 
1934 So You Won't T-T-T-Talk (short)
Elmer Whipple
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Fish
 
1933 Golden Harvest
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
 
1933 Scarlet River
Ulysses (as Rosco Ates)
 
1933 King Kong
Press Photographer (uncredited)
 
1933 What-No Beer?
Schultz (as Rosco Ates)
 
1933 Lucky Devils
Gabby (as Rosco Ates)
 
1933 The Past of Mary Holmes
Bill-poster Klondike
 
1933 The Cheyenne Kid
'Gabby' Bush (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 Sham Poo, the Magician (short)
Elmer
 
1932 Renegades of the West
Dr. Henry Fawcett (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 Come on Danger!
Rusty (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Sam
 
1932 The Roadhouse Murder
Joyce (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 Young Bride
Mike, the Pool Room Bartender
 
1932 Freaks
Roscoe (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 Never the Twins Shall Meet (short)
Alfred Guppy/Albert Guppy
 
1932 Ladies of the Jury
Andrew MacKaig (as Rosco Ates)
 
1932 The Rainbow Trail
Ike Wilkins
 
1932 Deported
 
1931 The Big Shot
Rusty, the Barber
 
1931/I The Champ
Sponge (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 Use Your Noodle (short)
 
1931 The Gland Parade (short)
 
1931 A Clean-Up on the Curb (short)
Rosco (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 The Lone Starved Ranger (short)
Rosco, the Stuttering Man (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 Politics
Peter Higgins (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 Too Many Cooks
Mr. Wilson
 
1931 The Great Lover
Rosco (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 A Free Soul
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
 
1931 She Went for a Tramp (short)
 
1931 Cimarron
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
 
1931 Reducing
Stuttering Ticket Agent (uncredited)
 
1931 The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (short)
 
1930 Remote Control
Stuttering Piccolo Player (uncredited)
 
1930 Billy the Kid
Old Stuff (as Rosco Ates)
 
1930 Those Three French Girls
Elmer (uncredited)
 
1930 Check and Double Check
Brother Arthur (as Rosco Ates)
 
1930 Soup to Nuts
Pants Press at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)
 
1930 Love in the Rough
Proprietor (as Rosco Ates)
 
1930 The Big House
Putnam (as Rosco Ates)
 
1930 Caught Short
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1930 Double Cross Roads
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
 
1930 City Girl
Reaper
 
1929 South Sea Rose
Ship's Cook
 
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1946 Wild West (performer: "Elmer, The Knock-Kneed Cowboy")
 
1946 Driftin' River (performer: "Way Back in Oklahoma")
 
1946 Colorado Serenade (performer: "Home on the Range")
 
1940 Captain Caution (performer: "Hilda" 1940)
 
1940 The Cowboy from Sundown (performer: The Craw-dad Song")
 
1940 Rancho Grande (performer: "Dude Ranch Cow Hands" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1935 On the Wagon (short) (performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited, "By a Waterfall" - uncredited)
 
1932 Renegades of the West (performer: "The Farmer in the Dell")
 
1930 Remote Control (performer: "The Wedding March" 1842 - uncredited)
 
1930 Billy the Kid (performer: "Turkey in the Straw" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Johnny Grant (1960) … Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #7: Meet Roy Rogers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1933 Signing 'em Up (short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Sidekcik (uncredited)
 
1956 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1959, he co-starred, with Molly Bee and Robert Easton, in a failed pilot for a sitcom, set in the Ozarks, called "Sissy".

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Alternate Names:

Rosco Ates

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Trivia:

Appeared in "Wild Bill Hickok" serial (1938). See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Aquarius