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Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Actor · Died March 1, 1962, aged 67 · Grange, Mississippi, USA

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 19, 1895
Died
March 1, 1962 (aged 67)
From
Grange, Mississippi, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 108 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 19% in 30 days

What are Roscoe Ates' films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Bonds
28%
Society
15%
Self
7%
Power
7%
Survival
2%
Ideas
1%
Justice18 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 24 · Serious 5 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 19 · Charged 10 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 21 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 27 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

19 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 16 of 19 analyzed roles.

Ally
16 of 19
Trickster
2 of 19
Shadow
1 of 19
Show the 19 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Thrilling
11
Hopeful
14
Joyful
10
Melancholic
7
Other
21

How their films linger

Feel-good20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy26
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Roscoe Ates' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on STARZ (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Roscoe Ates' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

108 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Ladies Man(1961)

    as Pet Shop Owner

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Silent Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Sid

  • Man with a Camera(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • The Sheepman(1958)

    as Town Loafer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Maverick(1957)

    Show 3 episodes · as Albert

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • M Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Edwin Winkler

  • Wagon Train(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Old Timer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Barber

  • The Big Caper(1957)

    as Falkenburg

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • State Trooper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Come Next Spring(1956)

    as Shorty Wilkins

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Lucy Gallant(1955)

    as Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben White · as Piano Player · as Pop Henderson · as Tavern Customer · as Zack Martin

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops(1955)

    as Wagon Driver

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Those Redheads from Seattle(1953)

    as Dan Taylor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger Wore a Gun(1953)

    as Jake Hooper

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Blazing Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Beans

  • Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Father's Wild Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Rancher

  • Hills of Oklahoma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Dismal - the Cook

  • The Marshal of Gunsight Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Thunder in the Pines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Wheezer, Boomer's head logger

  • Inner Sanctum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Willie

  • The Tioga Kid(1948)

    as Soapy

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Hawk of Powder River(1948)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Westward Trail(1948)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Tornado Range(1948)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Check Your Guns(1948)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Shadow Valley(1947)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black Hills(1947)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • West to Glory(1947)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Range Beyond the Blue(1947)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Wild Country(1947)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Wild West(1946)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Stars Over Texas(1946)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Driftin' River(1946)

    as Soapy

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Down Missouri Way(1946)

    as Pappy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Tumbleweed Trail(1946)

    as Soapy Jones

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Colorado Serenade(1946)

    as Soapy

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Can't Help Singing(1944)

    as Lemuel (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Great Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

  • The Palm Beach Story(1942)

    as Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Police Chief Dan Cady

  • Birth of the Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Cab Driver (uncredited)

  • One Foot in Heaven(1941)

    as George Reynolds (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • I'll Sell My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Happy Hogan

  • Reg'lar Fellers(1941)

    as Emory McQuade

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Bad Men of Missouri(1941)

    as Lafe

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • She Knew All the Answers(1941)

    as Gas Station Attendant

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ziegfeld Girl(1941)

    as Janitor Changing Pictures (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Robin Hood of the Pecos(1941)

    as Jailer Guffy

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Chad Hanna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Ike Wayfish

  • I Want a Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Process Server

  • The Cowboy from Sundown(1940)

    as Deputy Gloomy Day

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Captain Caution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Chips

  • Untamed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Bert Dillon

  • You're Next! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mr. Tillson

  • Rancho Grande(1940)

    as Ranch Hand

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Gone with the Wind(1939)

    as Convalescent Soldier (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Three Texas Steers(1939)

    as Sheriff Brown

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Oscar Snake-Eyes Smith · as Jim Blakely

  • Riders of the Black Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)

  • God's Country and the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Gander Hopkins

  • Fair Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Elmer Goodge

  • On the Wagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Elmer

  • Why Pay Rent? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Elmer Whipple

  • The People's Enemy(1935)

    as Slip Laflin

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dizzy & Daffy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as 'Call-'Em-Wrong' Jones, the Umpire

  • Woman in the Dark(1934)

    as Tommy Logan

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • So You Won't T-T-T-Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Elmer Whipple

  • She Made Her Bed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Santa Fe (as Rosco Ates)

  • Merry Wives of Reno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as The Trapper

  • Alice in Wonderland(1933)

    as Fish

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Golden Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

  • King Kong(1933)

    as Press Photographer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Scarlet River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Ulysses

  • What-No Beer?(1933)

    as Schultz

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Lucky Devils(1933)

    as Gabby

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Cheyenne Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Bush (as Rosco Ates)

  • The Past of Mary Holmes(1933)

    as Bill-poster Klondike

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Renegades of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Dr. Henry Fawcett

  • Sham Poo, the Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Tourist

  • Come on Danger! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Rusty (as Rosco Ates)

  • Hold 'Em Jail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Slippery Sam Brown

  • The Roadhouse Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Edmund Joyce

  • Young Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Pool Room Bartender Mike

  • Never the Twins Shall Meet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Alfred Guppy / Albert Guppy

  • Ladies of the Jury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Andrew MacKaig

  • The Rainbow Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Ike Wilkins

  • Freaks(1932)

    as Roscoe

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Big Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Rusty

  • The Champ(1931)

    as Sponge

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Great Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Rosco

  • Too Many Cooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mr. Wilson

  • A Free Soul(1931)

    as Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Politics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Peter Higgins

  • Cimarron(1931)

    as Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Reducing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Ticket Agent

  • Billy the Kid(1930)

    as Old Stuff

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Those Three French Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Elmer (uncredited)

  • Check and Double Check (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Brother Arthur

  • Soup to Nuts(1930)

    as Pants Presser at Al's Tailor Shop (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Love in the Rough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Proprietor

  • The Big House(1930)

    as Putnam

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Double Cross Roads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Ticket Agent

  • City Girl(1930)

    as Reaper

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 108 titles from 1930 to 1961.

Biggest box office

Freaks (1932)

$4.7K worldwide

Highest rated

Freaks (1932)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

King Kong (1933)

Film career

  • 1930Screen debut· City Girl
  • 1932Career best· Freaks

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting108 of 108: 108 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47th

By decade

1930s48 · acting1940s37 · acting1950s21 · acting1960s2 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
3040

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Roscoe Ates' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 51; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

9thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th21
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 55 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed26

Most divisive · actor

Reg'lar Fellers (1941)

66th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Roscoe Ates work with?

People who share at least 2 of Roscoe Ates' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eddie Dean shares the most, 15.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers