Roscoe Ates(1895-1962)

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In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.

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Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Roscoe Ates was born on 20 January 1895 in Grange, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Freaks (1932), The Great Lover (1931) and Tumbleweed Trail (1946). He was married to Beatrice Heisser, Barbara Ray and Clara C. Adrian. He died on 1 March 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

Freaks

7.8

Roscoe(as Rosco Ates)

1932

The Great Lover

5.5

Rosco(as Rosco Ates)

1931

Tumbleweed Trail

6.4

Soapy Jones

1946

Politics

6.3

Peter Higgins(as Rosco Ates)

1931

Credits

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Actor

The Errand Boy
6.4
- Ralph - Prop Man (uncredited)
- 1961
Whispering Smith
7.4
TV Series
- Sheriff Ben Stanley (as Rosco Ates)
- 1961
The Red Skelton Hour
8.1
TV Series
- Sheriff
- 1961
The Silent Call
5.8
- Sid
- 1961
The Ladies Man
6.3
- Pet Shop Owner
- 1961
Outlaws
7.3
TV Series
- Old Timer
- Bartender
- 1960–1961
The Untouchables
8.0
TV Series
- Drunk
- 1961
Sugarfoot
7.4
TV Series
- Barber
- Lew Long
- Old Timer
- 1958–1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
8.5
TV Series
- Zack Martin
- Piano Player
- Tavern Customer ...
- 1958–1960
Surfside 6
7.9
TV Series
- Clem (uncredited)
- 1960
Maverick
8.0
TV Series
- Albert
- Joe the Barber
- Kibitzer ...
- 1959–1960
Lawman
8.1
TV Series
- Ike Jenkins
- Ike - Townsman
- Old Timer
- 1959–1960
Shotgun Slade
6.8
TV Series
- Lou Nugget (as Rosco Ates)
- 1960
Bourbon Street Beat
7.8
TV Series
- Deputy Boak
- 1960
Man with a Camera
7.3
TV Series
- Fenton
- 1960

Soundtrack

Wild West
6.4
- performer: "Elmer, The Knock-Kneed Cowboy"
- 1946
Driftin' River
6.3
- performer: "Way Back in Oklahoma"
- 1946
Colorado Serenade
5.4
- performer: "Home on the Range"
- 1946
Captain Caution
5.5
- performer: "Hilda" (1940)
- 1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
5.5
- performer: The Craw-dad Song"
- 1940
On the Wagon
6.5
Short
- performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", "By a Waterfall" (uncredited)
- 1935
Renegades of the West
5.5
- performer: "The Farmer in the Dell" (uncredited)
- 1932
Remote Control
5.5
- performer: "The Wedding March" (1842) (uncredited)
- 1930
Billy the Kid
6.0
- performer: "Turkey in the Straw" (uncredited)
- 1930

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Personal details

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Alternative name
- Rosco Ates
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- January 20, 1895
- Grange, Mississippi, USA
Died
- March 1, 1962
- Hollywood, California, USA(lung cancer)
Spouses
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".
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles

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Trivia
Comedy actor, on stage from 1915, best known for his lugubrious face and nervous stutter (although he appeared in eight episodes of the western series Lawman (1958) and never stuttered once.).