Roscoe Karns actor
- All known tv series 7
- Total known movies 125
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 didnt really take off until sound arrived. Arguably his best-known film role was the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night (1934), quickly followed by one of his best performances as the boozy press agent Owen OMalley in Howard Hawks Twentieth Century. (Six years later, he co-starred as one of the reporters in another Hawks classic, His Girl Friday.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with Lynne Overman as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College and Partners in Crime. From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in that series.From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Admiral Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale.His final film was another Hawks comedy, Mans Favorite Sport?, in 1964.Karns was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roscoe Karns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Oscar Shapeley
Movie 1934
McCue
Movie 1940
Dal Tucker
Movie 1920
Phil Whittaker
Movie 1942
Owen O'Malley
Movie 1934
The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
Movie 1923
Joe Higgins
Movie 1941
Tweedledee
Movie 1933
Swatty
Movie 1928
Monahan
Movie 1941
Lt. Hardy
Movie 1948
Jerry Woodward
Movie 1922
Leo
Movie 1932
Benny Burnaway
Movie 1927
Nick Williams
Movie 1935
Jeremiah Jenkins
Movie 1940
Tony
Movie 1933
Fred Geer
Movie 1931
Johnson
Movie 1935
Hubert
Movie 1923
Private O'Brien
Movie 1932
Harry Bertrand
Movie 1929
Carey
Movie 1935
Snappy Downer
Movie 1933
Willie Sands
Movie 1940
Johnny Dolan
Movie 1929
Jim Davis
Movie 1932
Johnny Norton II
Movie 1928
Cassidy
Movie 1942
Red Kelly
Movie 1946
Reilly
Movie 1936
Segall, reporter
Movie 1932
Bertram Shapiro
Movie 1930
Big-Time Morgan
Movie 1943
George Kent
Movie 1938
Arnie
Movie 1931
Sailor Burke
Movie 1934
Kangaroo
Movie 1948
Shorty
Movie 1943
Chick Moran
Movie 1935
Man in court room (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Joe Flynn
Movie 1937
Sergeant Heath
Movie 1937
Pete Larrabee
Movie 1940
Peter Cary
Movie 1936
Officer Carmody
Movie 1948
Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
Movie 1938
Monk
Movie 1934
Sim Perkins
Movie 1937
Bugs
Movie 1930
Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Dance Director
Movie 1928
Sim Perkins
Movie 1937
Rep Harrigan
Movie 1939
Duncan
Movie 1938
Hobie Simmons
Movie 1946
Scott
Movie 1930
S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Bill Delaney
Movie 1947
City Editor John Mack
Movie 1929
Archie
Movie 1944
Bud Keene
Movie 1935
Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)
Movie 1929
Simmons
Movie 1930
Sam Perkins
Movie 1920
Charlie Archer
Movie 1943
Joe Drews
Movie 1939
Stubby
Movie 1946
Sock McGuire
Movie 1931
Felix Miller
Movie 1939
Dannie
Movie 1932
Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon
Movie 1941
Al Devers
Movie 1942
Agent (uncredited)
Movie 1927
Man on Ship (uncredited)
Movie 1928
Dale
Movie 1932
Party Guest
Movie 1926
Mopsy
Movie 1936
Clarence Smith
Movie 1937
Roscoe Karns
Movie 1943
Lasses White
Movie 1944
Frankie Gimble
Movie 1944
Charley Grady
Movie 1941
Lieutenant Cameron
Movie 1927
Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)
Movie 1931
'Windy' Woods
Movie 1958
Blooey
Movie 1933
Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Insp. Redding
Movie 1932
Sol Levy
Movie 1928
Contest Radio Announcer
Movie 1933
Gambler (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Ray Hearn
Movie 1928
Fields
Movie 1943
Calico Smith
Movie 1936
Alfred Harmon
Movie 1941
Henry Warren
Movie 1941
'Scoop'
Movie 1931
Hippo
Movie 1928
Joe Higgins
Movie 1940
Gilbert
Movie 1930
Blair
Movie 1930
Buddy
Movie 1928
Switch Hogan
Movie 1924
Austin Brown
Movie 1938
Pvt. Terry
Movie 1928
Movie 1922
Lame Hoppy
Movie 1928
Stan Price
Movie 1931
The Sheriff
Movie 1915
Movie 1915
The Girl's Father
Movie 1915
Movie 1915
Tv 1954
Mr. Foley
Tv 1962
Tv 1959
Ed Church
Tv 1957
Tv
Police Inspector Rocky King
Tv 1950
Charley Allen
Tv 1954
