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Inner Sanctum (1948) -- A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955): Season 4: Episode 11 -- Two old men face being evicted from their shack when they show no evidence of self support.
Freaks (1932) -- AllTrailers.net - Trailer (Flash)
Check and Double Check (1930) -- Typical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle...
Stars Over Texas (1946) -- Daytime Drama, spun off from "Another World," which followed Iris Carrington from Bay City as she rediscovered Alex Wheeler...

Overview

Date of Death:
1 March 1962, Hollywood, California, USA more
Trivia:
Known for his stutter. more
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Alternate Names:
Rosco Ates

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. The Errand Boy (1961) (uncredited) .... Ralph, Prop Man
  2. "Whispering Smith" .... Sheriff (1 episode, 1961)
        - Three for One (1961) TV episode .... Sheriff
  3. The Ladies Man (1961) .... Pet Shop Owner
  4. "The Red Skelton Show" .... the Sheriff (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Candid Clem (1961) TV episode .... the Sheriff
  5. The Silent Call (1961) .... Sid
  6. "The Untouchables" .... Drunk (1 episode, 1961)
        - Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino (1961) TV episode .... Drunk
  7. "Sugarfoot" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Tenderfoot (UK)
        - Man from Medora (1960) TV episode
  8. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Ben White / ... (5 episodes, 1958-1960)
        - Outlaw in Town (1960) TV episode .... Piano Player
        - Road Hog (1959) TV episode .... Tavern Customer
        - And the Desert Shall Blossom (1958) TV episode .... Ben White
        - The Jokester (1958) TV episode .... Pop Henderson
        - Post Mortem (1958) TV episode .... Cemetery Clerk
  9. "Outlaws" .... Bartender (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Rape of Red Sky (1960) TV episode .... Bartender
  10. "Maverick" .... Albert / ... (4 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Hadley's Hunters (1960) TV episode .... Albert
        - Two Tickets to Ten Strike (1959) TV episode .... Joe the Barber
        - Two Beggars on Horseback (1959) TV episode .... Kibitzer
        - Gun-Shy (1959) TV episode .... Barfly
  11. "Tales of Wells Fargo" .... Renton (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Long Odds (1960) TV episode .... Renton
        - Long Odds (1959) TV episode .... Renton
  12. "Lawman" .... Jenkins / ... (8 episodes, 1959-1960)
    ... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
        - Man on a Mountain (1960) TV episode .... Jenkins
        - The Stranger (1960) TV episode .... Ike Jenkins
        - The Breakup (1959) TV episode .... Jenkins
        - The Exchange (1959) TV episode .... Ike Jenkins
        - The Friend (1959) TV episode .... Jenkins
          (3 more)
  13. "Shotgun Slade" .... Lou Nugget (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Fabulous Fiddle (1960) TV episode (as Rosco Ates) .... Lou Nugget
  14. "Bourbon Street Beat" .... Deputy Boak (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Missing Queen (1960) TV episode .... Deputy Boak
  15. "Man with a Camera" .... Fenton (1 episode, 1960)
        - Hot Ice Cream (1960) TV episode .... Fenton

  16. "Buckskin" .... Harrison (1 episode, 1959)
        - A Well of Gold (1959) TV episode .... Harrison
  17. "State Trooper" .... Dusty Peabody (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Man from Solitary (1959) TV episode .... Dusty Peabody
  18. "The Restless Gun" .... Juniper Dunlap (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Painted Beauty (1959) TV episode .... Juniper Dunlap
  19. "M Squad" .... Edwin Winkler (1 episode, 1958)
        - Force of Habit (1958) TV episode (as Rosco Ates) .... Edwin Winkler
  20. "Wagon Train" .... Old Timer (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
        - The Sacramento Story (1958) TV episode .... Old Timer
  21. The Sheepman (1958) (uncredited) .... Town Loafer
    ... aka Stranger with a Gun (USA: new title)
  22. Short Cut to Hell (1957) (uncredited) .... Extra road driver
  23. Run of the Arrow (1957) (uncredited) .... Man on Pier
    ... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
  24. The Big Caper (1957) .... Falkenburg, Gas Station Owner
  25. "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" .... Jorgenson (1 episode, 1957)
        - Sorrowful Joe Returns (1957) TV episode .... Jorgenson
  26. "Annie Oakley" .... Curly Dawes / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
        - Annie and the Miser (1957) TV episode .... Neighborly Walsh
        - Showdown at Diablo (1956) TV episode .... Curly Dawes
  27. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  28. The Birds and the Bees (1956) (uncredited) .... Vendor
  29. Come Next Spring (1956) .... Shorty Wilkins
  30. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (uncredited) .... Scotty, Chuck's Ranch Hand
    ... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK)
  31. Lucy Gallant (1955) (uncredited) .... Clem Anderson, Hotel Clerk
    ... aka Oil Town (USA: reissue title)
  32. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) .... Wagon Driver
  33. "The Mickey Rooney Show" .... Henry (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka Hey Mulligan
        - The Moon or Bust (1954) TV episode .... Henry
  34. Those Redheads from Seattle (1953) .... Dan Taylor
  35. The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) (uncredited) .... Jake Hooper - Stage Driver
  36. "Boston Blackie" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Grab Bag (1953) TV episode
  37. "My Little Margie" .... Zeke (1 episode, 1953)
        - Hillbilly Margie (1953) TV episode .... Zeke
  38. "The Cisco Kid" .... Henry Wilson (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Census Taker (1953) TV episode .... Henry Wilson
  39. The Blazing Forest (1952) .... Beans
  40. Trail Guide (1952) (uncredited) .... Stammering Man
  41. Honeychile (1951) .... Bob
  42. Father's Wild Game (1950) .... Rancher
  43. Hills of Oklahoma (1950) .... Dismal
  44. "The Marshal of Gunsight Pass" .... Deputy Roscoe (1 episode, 1950)
        - Shotgun Messenger (1950) TV episode .... Deputy Roscoe

  45. Thunder in the Pines (1948) .... Wheezer, Boomer's head logger
  46. Inner Sanctum (1948) .... Willie
  47. Black Hills (1948) .... Soapy Jones
  48. The Tioga Kid (1948) .... Soapy Jones
  49. The Hawk of Powder River (1948) .... Soapy Jones
  50. The Westward Trail (1948) .... Soapy Jones
  51. Tornado Range (1948) .... 'Soapy' Jones
  52. Check Your Guns (1948) .... Soapy Jones
  53. Shadow Valley (1947) .... Soapy Jones
  54. West to Glory (1947) .... Soapy Jones
  55. Range Beyond the Blue (1947) .... Soapy Jones
  56. Wild Country (1947) .... Soapy Jones
  57. Wild West (1946) .... Soapy Jones
    ... aka Prairie Outlaws (cut version)
  58. Stars Over Texas (1946) .... 'Soapy' Jones
  59. Driftin' River (1946) .... Soapy Jones
  60. Down Missouri Way (1946) .... Pappy
  61. Tumbleweed Trail (1946) .... Soapy Jones
  62. Colorado Serenade (1946) .... 'Soapy' Jones
  63. Can't Help Singing (1944) (uncredited) .... Lemuel
  64. The Great Moment (1944) (uncredited) .... Morton's Sign Painter
  65. The Palm Beach Story (1942) .... Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club
  66. The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) .... Dan Kady
    ... aka Unforgotten Crime (USA: TV title)
  67. Sullivan's Travels (1941) (uncredited) .... Counterman at Hollywood diner
  68. Birth of the Blues (1941) (uncredited) .... Cab driver
  69. One Foot in Heaven (1941) (uncredited) .... George Reynolds
  70. I'll Sell My Life (1941) .... Happy Hogan
    ... aka Some Call It Murder (USA: alternative title)
  71. Reg'lar Fellers (1941) .... Emory McQuade
  72. Bad Men of Missouri (1941) .... Lafe
  73. Mountain Moonlight (1941) .... Gardener
    ... aka Moving in Society (UK)
  74. She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... Gas Station Attendant
  75. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) (uncredited) .... Janitor Changing Pictures
  76. Glove Affair (1941)
  77. Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) .... Jailer Guffy
  78. Chad Hanna (1940) .... Ike Wayfish
  79. I Want a Divorce (1940) (uncredited) .... Process Server
    ... aka The Tragedy of Divorce (UK: new title)
  80. Captain Caution (1940) .... Chips
  81. Fireman, Save My Choo Choo (1940)
  82. Untamed (1940) .... Bert Dillon
  83. Cowboy from Sundown (1940) .... Deputy Gloomy Day
  84. You're Next (1940) .... Mr. Tillson
  85. Rancho Grande (1940) .... Ranch Hand

  86. Gone with the Wind (1939) (uncredited) .... Convalescent Soldier
  87. Three Texas Steers (1939) (as Rosco Ates) .... Sheriff Brown
    ... aka Danger Rides the Range
  88. The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) (as Rosco Ates) .... Oscar 'Snake-Eyes' Smith
    ... aka Wild Bill Hickok
  89. Riders of the Black Hills (1938) (as Rosco Ates) .... Sheriff Brown
  90. Drug Store Follies (1937) .... The Stuttering Comic
    ... aka Broadway Follies No. 1: Drug Store Follies (USA: series title)
  91. Alpine Cabaret (1937)
  92. God's Country and the Woman (1937) .... Gander Hopkins
  93. Fair Exchange (1936) .... Elmer Goodge
  94. On the Wagon (1935) (as Rosco Ates)
    ... aka Big V Comedies: On the Wagon (USA: series title)
  95. Why Pay Rent? (1935) .... Roscoe
    ... aka Big V Comedies: Why Pay Rent? (USA: series title)
  96. The People's Enemy (1935) .... Slip Laflin
    ... aka Racketeers (USA: reissue title)
  97. Dizzy & Daffy (1934) .... 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire
  98. Woman in the Dark (1934) .... Tommy Logan
    ... aka Woman in the Shadows
  99. Merry Wives of Reno (1934) .... The Trapper
  100. She Made Her Bed (1934) (as Rosco Ates) .... Santa Fe
  101. So You Won't T-T-T-Talk (1934)
  102. Alice in Wonderland (1933) .... The Fish
  103. Golden Harvest (1933) .... Loopey Lou
  104. Scarlet River (1933) (as Rosco Ates) .... Ulysses McGee
  105. King Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Press Photographer
    ... aka The Eighth Wonder
    ... aka The Eighth Wonder of the World
  106. What! No Beer? (1933) (as Rosco Ates) .... Schultz
  107. Lucky Devils (1933) (as Rosco Ates) .... Gabby
  108. The Cheyenne Kid (1933) (as Rosco Ates) .... 'Gabby' Bush
  109. The Past of Mary Holmes (1933) .... Bill-poster Klondike
  110. Renegades of the West (1932) (as Rosco Ates) .... Dr. Henry Fawcett
  111. Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)
  112. Come on Danger! (1932) (as Rosco Ates) .... Rusty
  113. Hold 'Em Jail (1932) .... Slippery Sam Brown
  114. The Roadhouse Murder (1932) (as Rosco Ates) .... Edmund Joyce
  115. Young Bride (1932) .... Mike, the Pool Room Bartender
  116. Freaks (1932) (as Rosco Ates) .... Roscoe
    ... aka Forbidden Love (USA: informal title)
    ... aka Nature's Mistakes (USA: informal title)
    ... aka The Monster Show
  117. Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932) .... Alfred Guppy/Albert Guppy
  118. Ladies of the Jury (1932) (as Rosco Ates) .... Andrew MacKaig
  119. The Rainbow Trail (1932) .... Ike Wilkins
  120. Deported (1932)
  121. The Big Shot (1931) .... Rusty, the Barber
    ... aka The Optimist
  122. The Champ (1931/I) (as Rosco Ates) .... Sponge
  123. Use Your Noodle (1931)
  124. The Gland Parade (1931)
  125. A Clean-Up on the Curb (1931)
  126. The Lone Starved Ranger (1931)
  127. Politics (1931) (as Rosco Ates) .... Peter Higgins
  128. Too Many Cooks (1931) .... Mr. Wilson
  129. The Great Lover (1931) (as Rosco Ates) .... Rosco
  130. A Free Soul (1931) (uncredited) .... Man Shot at in Men's Room
  131. She Went for a Tramp (1931)
  132. Cimarron (1931) (as Rosco Ates) .... Jesse Rickey
  133. Reducing (1931) (uncredited) .... Stuttering Ticket Agent
  134. The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931)
  135. Remote Control (1930) (uncredited) .... Stuttering Piccolo Player
  136. Billy the Kid (1930) (as Rosco Ates) .... Old Stuff
    ... aka The Highwayman Rides (USA: TV title)
  137. Those Three French Girls (1930) (uncredited) .... Elmer
  138. Check and Double Check (1930) (as Rosco Ates) .... Brother Arthur
  139. Soup to Nuts (1930) (uncredited) .... Pants Press at Al's Tailor Shop
  140. Love in the Rough (1930) (as Rosco Ates) .... Hotel Proprietor
  141. The Big House (1930) (as Rosco Ates) .... Putnam
  142. Caught Short (1930) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  143. Double Cross Roads (1930) (uncredited) .... Ticket Agent
  144. City Girl (1930) .... Reaper

  145. South Sea Rose (1929) .... Ship's Cook
Soundtrack:
  1. Wild West (1946) (performer: "Elmer, The Knock-Kneed Cowboy")
    ... aka Prairie Outlaws (cut version)
  2. Driftin' River (1946) (performer: "Way Back in Oklahoma")
  3. Colorado Serenade (1946) (performer: "Home on the Range")
  4. Captain Caution (1940) (performer: "Hilda" (1940))
  5. Cowboy from Sundown (1940) (performer: The Craw-dad Song")
  6. Rancho Grande (1940) (performer: "Dude Ranch Cow Hands"(1938) (uncredited))

  7. Renegades of the West (1932) ("The Farmer in the Dell")
  8. Remote Control (1930) ("The Wedding March")
  9. Billy the Kid (1930) ("Turkey in the Straw" (uncredited))
    ... aka The Highwayman Rides (USA: TV title)
Self:
  1. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
        - Johnny Grant (1960) TV episode .... Himself

  2. Meet the Stars #7: Meet Roy Rogers (1941) .... Himself
    ... aka Meet Roy Rogers (USA: short title)

  3. Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. "The Gabby Hayes Show"
        - Shadow Valley (1956) TV episode .... Soapy Jones


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In 1959, he co-starred in a failed pilot for a sitcom set in the Ozarks called, "Sissy". more
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