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Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

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 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 O'Malley 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, Man's 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

Personal information

Birthday

1891-09-06

Birth Place

San Bernardino, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Lady's Profession

A Lady's Profession

1933

0.0

Movie
A Species of Mexican Man

A Species of Mexican Man

1915

0.0

Movie
A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942

4.0

Movie
A Western Governor's Humanity

A Western Governor's Humanity

1915

0.0

Movie
Alibi Ike

Alibi Ike

1935

5.8

Movie
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1933

6.1

Movie
Avalanche

Avalanche

1946

0.0

Movie
Beau Sabreur

Beau Sabreur

1928

0.0

Movie
Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life

1928

7.1

Movie
Black Eyes and Blues

Black Eyes and Blues

1941

0.0

Movie
Border Flight

Border Flight

1936

6.0

Movie
Cain and Mabel

Cain and Mabel

1936

6.2

Movie
Clarence

Clarence

1937

0.0

Movie
Come On, Marines!

Come On, Marines!

1934

5.0

Movie
Copy

Copy

1929

0.0

Movie
Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed

1939

6.2

Movie
Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know

1938

6.5

Movie
poster

December Bride

1954

5.5

TV
Devil's Cargo

Devil's Cargo

1948

5.5

Movie
Dirigible

Dirigible

1931

5.2

Movie
Double Alibi

Double Alibi

1940

4.5

Movie
Everything's on Ice

Everything's on Ice

1939

4.8

Movie
Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

6.9

Movie
Four Hours to Kill!

Four Hours to Kill!

1935

5.0

Movie
From Champion to Tramp

From Champion to Tramp

1915

0.0

Movie
Front Page Woman

Front Page Woman

1935

5.8

Movie
Gambling Ship

Gambling Ship

1933

5.2

Movie
Grand Slam

Grand Slam

1933

3.7

Movie
Half Shot at Sunrise

Half Shot at Sunrise

1941

0.0

Movie
poster

Hennesey

1959

6.0

TV
Her Own Money

Her Own Money

1922

0.0

Movie
Hi, Good Lookin'!

Hi, Good Lookin'!

1944

5.7

Movie
His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister

1943

7.1

Movie
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940

7.4

Movie
I Ring Doorbells

I Ring Doorbells

1946

0.0

Movie
I Sell Anything

I Sell Anything

1934

4.5

Movie
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

6.6

Movie
poster

Inside Detective

0.0

TV
It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

1934

7.8

Movie
Jazz Mad

Jazz Mad

1928

0.0

Movie
King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown

1939

5.9

Movie
Ladies Must Live

Ladies Must Live

1940

6.0

Movie
Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House

1931

6.0

Movie
Laughing Sinners

Laughing Sinners

1931

5.4

Movie
Lawyer Man

Lawyer Man

1932

5.8

Movie
Left Over Ladies

Left Over Ladies

1931

0.0

Movie
Little Accident

Little Accident

1930

0.0

Movie
Man Trouble

Man Trouble

1930

5.0

Movie
Man's Favorite Sport?

Man's Favorite Sport?

1964

7.0

Movie
Many a Slip

Many a Slip

1931

0.0

Movie
Meet the Missus

Meet the Missus

1940

0.0

Movie
Minstrel Man

Minstrel Man

1944

5.0

Movie
Moran of the Marines

Moran of the Marines

1928

0.0

Movie
Mr. Carlson of Arizona

Mr. Carlson of Arizona

1915

0.0

Movie
Murder Goes to College

Murder Goes to College

1937

3.0

Movie
My Son, The Hero

My Son, The Hero

1943

0.0

Movie
New York Nights

New York Nights

1929

4.8

Movie
Night After Night

Night After Night

1932

6.2

Movie
Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery

1937

0.0

Movie
Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance

1943

6.9

Movie
On Such a Night

On Such a Night

1937

0.0

Movie
One Sunday Afternoon

One Sunday Afternoon

1933

6.3

Movie
One Way Passage

One Way Passage

1932

7.3

Movie
One Way to Love

One Way to Love

1946

7.0

Movie
Onionhead

Onionhead

1958

5.5

Movie
Other Men's Daughters

Other Men's Daughters

1923

0.0

Movie
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1937

0.0

Movie
Petticoat Politics

Petticoat Politics

1941

0.0

Movie
Play Girl

Play Girl

1932

5.2

Movie
Pleasure

Pleasure

1931

3.5

Movie
Red Hot Tires

Red Hot Tires

1935

5.8

Movie
poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

6.2

TV
Riding High

Riding High

1943

4.0

Movie
Road to Happiness

Road to Happiness

1941

5.5

Movie
poster

Rocky King, Detective

1950

0.0

TV
Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

1930

5.0

Movie
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940

6.4

Movie
Scandal Street

Scandal Street

1938

0.0

Movie
Shoot the Works

Shoot the Works

1934

5.0

Movie
Speed to Spare

Speed to Spare

1948

5.0

Movie
Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

6.1

Movie
Stowaway

Stowaway

1932

5.0

Movie
Ten Modern Commandments

Ten Modern Commandments

1927

0.0

Movie
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

6.0

Movie
Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

1938

5.7

Movie
That's My Man

That's My Man

1947

6.0

Movie
That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939

5.7

Movie
The Costello Case

The Costello Case

1930

0.0

Movie
The Crooked Circle

The Crooked Circle

1932

4.8

Movie
The Desert Bride

The Desert Bride

1928

5.5

Movie
The Family Honor

The Family Honor

1920

0.0

Movie
The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet

1929

6.3

Movie
The Gay Vagabond

The Gay Vagabond

1941

0.0

Movie
The Gorilla

The Gorilla

1930

0.0

Movie
The Inside Story

The Inside Story

1948

6.5

Movie
The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1927

6.1

Movie
The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party

1920

5.2

Movie
poster

The Lucy Show

1962

7.1

TV
The Midnight Express

The Midnight Express

1924

3.0

Movie
The Navy Way

The Navy Way

1944

5.7

Movie
The Roadhouse Murder

The Roadhouse Murder

1932

3.3

Movie
The Shopworn Angel

The Shopworn Angel

1928

0.0

Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1923

6.6

Movie
The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98

1928

6.2

Movie
The Trouper

The Trouper

1922

0.0

Movie
The Vanishing Pioneer

The Vanishing Pioneer

1928

0.0

Movie
The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red

1935

6.1

Movie
The Women in His Life

The Women in His Life

1933

4.0

Movie
They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

1932

5.8

Movie
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940

6.9

Movie
This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

1929

0.0

Movie
Three Married Men

Three Married Men

1936

0.0

Movie
Tip-Off Girls

Tip-Off Girls

1938

6.0

Movie
Today We Live

Today We Live

1933

6.5

Movie
Troopers Three

Troopers Three

1930

7.0

Movie
Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

1934

6.8

Movie
Two Against the World

Two Against the World

1932

5.6

Movie
Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted

1935

7.0

Movie
Under-Cover Man

Under-Cover Man

1932

4.5

Movie
Vigilantes of Boomtown

Vigilantes of Boomtown

1947

0.0

Movie
Warming Up

Warming Up

1928

0.0

Movie
Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage

1932

6.0

Movie
Win That Girl

Win That Girl

1928

0.0

Movie
Wings

Wings

1927

7.2

Movie
Wings in the Dark

Wings in the Dark

1935

6.4

Movie
Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

1942

6.9

Movie
Woman Trap

Woman Trap

1936

0.0

Movie
Yokel Boy

Yokel Boy

1942

4.7

Movie
You and Me

You and Me

1938

6.7

Movie
You Can't Escape Forever

You Can't Escape Forever

1942

5.4

Movie
You'd Be Surprised

You'd Be Surprised

1926

6.3

Movie