- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRoscoe Blevel Ates
- Nicknames
- Uncle Pinky
- Rosco Ates
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Roscoe Ates was born on January 20, 1895 in Grange, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Freaks (1932), Stars Over Texas (1946) and Politics (1931). He was married to Beatrice Heisser, Barbara Ray and Clara C. Adrian. He died on March 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpousesBeatrice Heisser(1960 - 1962) (third wife)Barbara Ray(1949 - May 19, 1955) (her death)Barbara Ray(1938 - 1944) (divorced)Clara C. Adrian(June 12, 1923 - 1935) (divorced, 1 child)
- His severe stutter both on and off camera.
- 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.
- Was in two Oscar Best Picture winners: Cimarron (1931) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and three other nominees: The Big House (1930), The Champ (1931) and One Foot in Heaven (1941).
- He served in the US military in World War I and in the US Army Air Force in World War II.
- Th-th-that's easy f-f-for you to say!
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