Roscoe Ates was born on January 20, 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 March 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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.).
Barbara Ray divorced Roscoe Ates in 1944 and remarried him in 1949.