Roscoe Karns

Known For: Acting
Born: September 6, 1891
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, USA
Died: February 6, 1970

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…

Filmography

Man's Favorite Sport?

1964 · Major Phipps

The Lucy Show

1962 · Mr. Foley

Hennesey

1959 · Capt. Walter Shafer

Onionhead

1958 · 'Windy' Woods

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957 · Ed Church

December Bride

1954 · , Charley Allen

Rocky King, Detective

Rocky King, Detective

1950 · Police Inspector Rocky King

Inside Detective

Inside Detective

1950 · Police Inspector Rocky King

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948 · Officer Carmody

Speed to Spare

1948 · Kangaroo

Devil's Cargo

1948 · Lt. Hardy

The Inside Story

1948 · Eustace Peabody

That's My Man

1947 · Toby Gleeton

Vigilantes of Boomtown

1947 · Bill Delaney

Avalanche

1946 · Red Kelly

I Ring Doorbells

1946 · Stubby

One Way to Love

1946 · Hobie Simmons

Hi, Good Lookin'!

1944 · Archie

The Navy Way

1944 · Frankie Gimble

Minstrel Man

1944 · Lasses White

Old Acquaintance

1943 · Charlie Archer

His Butler's Sister

1943 · Fields

Riding High

1943 · Shorty

Stage Door Canteen

1943 · Roscoe Karns

My Son, The Hero

1943 · Big-Time Morgan

You Can't Escape Forever

1942 · 'Mac' McTurk

Yokel Boy

1942 · Al Devers

Woman of the Year

1942 · Phil Whittaker

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942 · Cassidy

Road to Happiness

1941 · Charley Grady

Half Shot at Sunrise

1941 · Henry Warren

The Gay Vagabond

1941 · Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon

Black Eyes and Blues

Black Eyes and Blues

1941 · Alfred Harmon

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 · Monahan

Petticoat Politics

1941 · Joe Higgins

Meet the Missus

1940 · Joe Higgins

Ladies Must Live

1940 · Pete Larrabee

They Drive by Night

1940 · Irish McGurn

Saturday's Children

1940 · Willie Sands

Double Alibi

1940 · Jeremiah Jenkins

His Girl Friday

1940 · McCue

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939 · Mal Stamp

Everything's on Ice

1939 · Felix Miller

Dancing Co-Ed

1939 · Joe Drews

King of Chinatown

1939 · Rip Harrigan

Thanks for the Memory

1938 · George Kent

You and Me

1938 · Cuffy

Tip-Off Girls

1938 · Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan

Dangerous to Know

1938 · Duncan

Scandal Street

1938 · Austin Brown

Partners in Crime

1937 · Sim Perkins

On Such a Night

1937 · Joe Flynn

Night of Mystery

1937 · Sergeant Heath

Murder Goes to College

1937 · Sim Perkins

Clarence

1937 · Clarence Smith

Cain and Mabel

1936 · Reilly

Three Married Men

1936 · Peter Cary

Border Flight

1936 · Calico Smith

Woman Trap

1936 · Mopsy

Two-Fisted

1935 · Chick Moran

Front Page Woman

1935 · Toots O'Grady

Alibi Ike

1935 · Carey

Four Hours to Kill!

1935 · Johnson

The Woman in Red

1935 · Man in court room (uncredited)

Red Hot Tires

1935 · Bud Keene

Wings in the Dark

1935 · Nick Williams

I Sell Anything

1934 · Monk

Elmer and Elsie

Elmer and Elsie

1934 · Rocky Cott

Shoot the Works

1934 · Sailor Burke

Twentieth Century

1934 · Owen O'Malley

Come On, Marines!

1934 · Spud McGurke

It Happened One Night

1934 · Oscar Shapeley

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · Tweedledee

The Women in His Life

1933 · Aloysius Lester

One Sunday Afternoon

1933 · Snappy Downer

Gambling Ship

1933 · Blooey

A Lady's Profession

1933 · Tony

Today We Live

1933 · McGinnis

Grand Slam

1933 · Contest Radio Announcer

Lawyer Man

1932 · Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)

Under-Cover Man

1932 · Dannie

If I Had a Million

1932 · Private O'Brien

They Call It Sin

1932 · Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)

Night After Night

1932 · Leo

One Way Passage

1932 · S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)

The Crooked Circle

1932 · Harry Carter

Two Against the World

1932 · Segall, reporter

Week-End Marriage

1932 · Jim Davis

The Roadhouse Murder

1932 · Dale

Play Girl

1932 · Gambler (uncredited)

Stowaway

1932 · Insp. Redding

High Pressure

1932 · Telephone Salesman (uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House

1931 · Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)

Left Over Ladies

1931 · 'Scoop'

Pleasure

1931 · Arnie

Laughing Sinners

1931 · Fred Geer

Many a Slip

1931 · Stan Price

Dirigible

1931 · Sock McGuire

The Gorilla

1930 · Simmons

The Costello Case

1930 · Blair

Man Trouble

1930 · Scott

Little Accident

1930 · Gilbert

Safety in Numbers

1930 · Bertram Shapiro

Troopers Three

1930 · Bugs

New York Nights

1929 · Johnny Dolan

This Thing Called Love

1929 · Harry Bertrand

Copy

1929 · City Editor John Mack

The Flying Fleet

1929 · Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)

The Shopworn Angel

1928 · Dance Director

Object: Alimony

1928 · Al Bryant

Jazz Mad

1928 · Sol Levy

Moran of the Marines

1928 · Swatty

Beggars of Life

1928 · Lame Hoppy

Win That Girl

1928 · Johnny Norton II

Warming Up

1928 · Hippo

The Vanishing Pioneer

1928 · Ray Hearn

Something Always Happens

1928 · George

The Desert Bride

1928 · Pvt. Terry

The Trail of '98

1928 · Man on Ship (uncredited)

Beau Sabreur

1928 · Buddy

The Jazz Singer

1927 · Agent (uncredited)

Wings

1927 · Lieutenant Cameron

Ten Modern Commandments

1927 · Benny Burnaway

Ritzy

1927 · Smith's Valet

You'd Be Surprised

1926 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Dollar Down

1925 · Gene Meadows

The Overland Limited

1925 · Patrick Henry Madden

The Foolish Virgin

1924 · Chuck Brady

The Midnight Express

1924 · Switch Hogan

Bluff

1924 · Jack Hallowell

The Ten Commandments

1923 · The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)

Other Men's Daughters

1923 · Hubert

Conquering the Woman

1922 · Shorty Thompson

The Trouper

1922

Her Own Money

1922 · Jerry Woodward

The Man Tamer

1921 · Bradley P. Caldwell Jr

The Life of the Party

1920 · Sam Perkins

The Family Honor

1920 · Dal Tucker

Poor Relations

1919 · Henry

A Western Governor's Humanity

A Western Governor's Humanity

1915 · The Sheriff

A Species of Mexican Man

A Species of Mexican Man

1915

From Champion to Tramp

From Champion to Tramp

1915 · The Girl's Father

Mr. Carlson of Arizona

Mr. Carlson of Arizona

1915

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