Roscoe Karns

Actor Sep 6 (died age 78) San Bernardino, California, USA 1915–1964 (49 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roscoe Karns (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking (and often tipsy) characters, and his rapid-fire delivery enlivened many comedies and crime thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s. Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as Wings and Beggars of Life, his career didn't really take off until sound arrived. Arguably his best-known fil…

Known For

Film

It Happened One Night

Oscar Shapeley

Film

His Girl Friday

McCue

Film

Wings

Lieutenant Cameron

Film

Woman of the Year

Phil Whittaker

Film

Man's Favorite Sport?

Major Phipps

Film

They Drive by Night

Irish McGurn

Film

The Jazz Singer

Agent (uncredited)

Film

Twentieth Century

Owen O'Malley

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (136)

Man's Favorite Sport?

as Major Phipps

Onionhead

as 'Windy' Woods

The Inside Story

as Eustace Peabody

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Officer Carmody

Devil's Cargo

as Lt. Hardy

Speed to Spare

as Kangaroo

That's My Man

as Toby Gleeton

Vigilantes of Boomtown

as Bill Delaney

One Way to Love

as Hobie Simmons

Avalanche

as Red Kelly

I Ring Doorbells

1946

as Stubby

Hi, Good Lookin'!

as Archie

Minstrel Man

as Lasses White

The Navy Way

as Frankie Gimble

His Butler's Sister

as Fields

Riding High

as Shorty

My Son, The Hero

as Big-Time Morgan

Stage Door Canteen

as Roscoe Karns

Old Acquaintance

as Charlie Archer

A Tragedy at Midnight

as Cassidy

Woman of the Year

as Phil Whittaker

Yokel Boy

as Al Devers

You Can't Escape Forever

as 'Mac' McTurk

Road to Happiness

as Charley Grady

Petticoat Politics

as Joe Higgins

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

as Monahan

6.8

The Gay Vagabond

1941

as Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon

Black Eyes and Blues

1941

as Alfred Harmon

Half Shot at Sunrise

1941

as Henry Warren

His Girl Friday

as McCue

They Drive by Night

as Irish McGurn

Double Alibi

as Jeremiah Jenkins

Saturday's Children

as Willie Sands

Ladies Must Live

as Pete Larrabee

Meet the Missus

as Joe Higgins

Dancing Co-Ed

as Joe Drews

King of Chinatown

as Rip Harrigan

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Mal Stamp

Everything's on Ice

as Felix Miller

Dangerous to Know

as Duncan

Tip-Off Girls

as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan

6.0

You and Me

1938

as Cuffy

6.5

Thanks for the Memory

1938

as George Kent

5.6

Scandal Street

1938

as Austin Brown

Clarence

1937

as Clarence Smith

Night of Mystery

1937

as Sergeant Heath

Murder Goes to College

1937

as Sim Perkins

3.0

Partners in Crime

1937

as Sim Perkins

On Such a Night

1937

as Joe Flynn

Three Married Men

1936

as Peter Cary

Woman Trap

1936

as Mopsy

Border Flight

as Calico Smith

Cain and Mabel

as Reilly

Front Page Woman

as Toots O'Grady

Wings in the Dark

as Nick Williams

Red Hot Tires

as Bud Keene

Four Hours to Kill!

as Johnson

The Woman in Red

as Man in court room (uncredited)

Alibi Ike

as Carey

Two-Fisted

as Chick Moran

Come On, Marines!

as Spud McGurke

It Happened One Night

as Oscar Shapeley

Twentieth Century

as Owen O'Malley

Shoot the Works

as Sailor Burke

I Sell Anything

as Monk

Gambling Ship

as Blooey

Alice in Wonderland

as Tweedledee

Today We Live

as McGinnis

One Sunday Afternoon

as Snappy Downer

The Women in His Life

1933

as Aloysius Lester

3.5

Grand Slam

1933

as Contest Radio Announcer

4.0

A Lady's Profession

1933

as Tony

Under-Cover Man

as Dannie

Stowaway

as Insp. Redding

Night After Night

as Leo

If I Had a Million

as Private O'Brien

Lawyer Man

as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)

6.0

Play Girl

1932

as Gambler (uncredited)

4.5

High Pressure

1932

as Telephone Salesman (uncredited)

5.4

One Way Passage

1932

as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)

7.3

They Call It Sin

1932

as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)

The Roadhouse Murder

as Dale

Week-End Marriage

as Jim Davis

The Crooked Circle

as Harry Carter

Two Against the World

as Segall, reporter

Dirigible

as Sock McGuire

Laughing Sinners

as Fred Geer

Pleasure

as Arnie

Left Over Ladies

as 'Scoop'

Ladies of the Big House

1931

as Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)

6.0

Many a Slip

1931

as Stan Price

The Costello Case

1930

as Blair

Man Trouble

1930

as Scott

5.0

The Gorilla

1930

as Simmons

Safety in Numbers

as Bertram Shapiro

Troopers Three

as Bugs

Little Accident

as Gilbert

The Flying Fleet

1929

as Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)

6.3

Copy

1929

as City Editor John Mack

New York Nights

1929

as Johnny Dolan

4.8

This Thing Called Love

1929

as Harry Bertrand

Moran of the Marines

1928

as Swatty

The Shopworn Angel

1928

as Dance Director

Warming Up

1928

as Hippo

Win That Girl

1928

as Johnny Norton II

Beggars of Life

1928

as Lame Hoppy

7.1

Jazz Mad

1928

as Sol Levy

The Desert Bride

1928

as Pvt. Terry

4.7

Beau Sabreur

1928

as Buddy

Something Always Happens

1928

as George

The Vanishing Pioneer

1928

as Ray Hearn

The Trail of '98

1928

as Man on Ship (uncredited)

5.9

Object: Alimony

1928

as Al Bryant

6.0

Ten Modern Commandments

1927

as Benny Burnaway

Wings

1927

as Lieutenant Cameron

7.2

The Jazz Singer

1927

as Agent (uncredited)

6.1

Ritzy

1927

as Smith's Valet

You'd Be Surprised

1926

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.5

The Overland Limited

1925

as Patrick Henry Madden

Dollar Down

1925

as Gene Meadows

The Midnight Express

1924

as Switch Hogan

3.0

The Foolish Virgin

1924

as Chuck Brady

Bluff

1924

as Jack Hallowell

The Ten Commandments

1923

as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)

6.5

Other Men's Daughters

1923

as Hubert

The Trouper

1922

Her Own Money

1922

as Jerry Woodward

Conquering the Woman

1922

as Shorty Thompson

The Man Tamer

1921

as Bradley P. Caldwell Jr

The Life of the Party

1920

as Sam Perkins

5.2

The Family Honor

1920

as Dal Tucker

Poor Relations

1919

as Henry

Mr. Carlson of Arizona

1915

A Species of Mexican Man

1915

From Champion to Tramp

1915

as The Girl's Father

A Western Governor's Humanity

1915

as The Sheriff

Television (6)

The Lucy Show

1962

as Mr. Foley

7.0

Hennesey

1959

as Capt. Walter Shafer

6.0

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Ed Church

December Bride

Rocky King, Detective

1950

as Police Inspector Rocky King

Inside Detective

1950

as Police Inspector Rocky King