Roscoe Karns
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-09-06 (79 years old)
Deathday
1970-02-06
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also known As
Roscoe Karnes
Roscoe Karns
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 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),...
Acting
1934
as Oscar Shapeley
1940
as McCue
1920
as Dal Tucker
1942
as Phil Whittaker
1934
as Owen O'Malley
1923
as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
1941
as Joe Higgins
1933
as Tweedledee
1942
as 'Mac' McTurk
1928
as Swatty
1941
as Monahan
1938
as Cuffy
1940
as Irish McGurn
1964
as Major Phipps
1948
as Lt. Hardy
1922
as Jerry Woodward
1932
as Leo
1927
as Benny Burnaway
1935
as Nick Williams
1940
as Jeremiah Jenkins
1933
as Tony
1931
as Fred Geer
1935
as Johnson
1923
as Hubert
1932
as Private O'Brien
1933
as McGinnis
1929
as Harry Bertrand
1935
as Carey
1933
as Snappy Downer
1940
as Willie Sands
1935
as Toots O'Grady
1929
as Johnny Dolan
1932
as Jim Davis
1928
as Johnny Norton II
1942
as Cassidy
1946
as Red Kelly
1939
as Mal Stamp
1948
as Eustace Peabody
1936
as Reilly
1932
as Segall, reporter
1930
as Bertram Shapiro
1943
as Big-Time Morgan
1938
as George Kent
1931
as Arnie
1934
as Sailor Burke
1948
as Kangaroo
1943
as Shorty
1935
as Chick Moran
1935
as Man in court room (uncredited)
1937
as Joe Flynn
1937
as Sergeant Heath
1940
as Pete Larrabee
1936
as Peter Cary
1948
as Officer Carmody
1938
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
1934
as Monk
1937
as Sim Perkins
1930
as Bugs
1932
as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
1932
as Harry Carter
1928
as Dance Director
1947
as Toby Gleeton
1937
as Sim Perkins
1939
as Rip Harrigan
1938
as Duncan
1946
as Hobie Simmons
1930
as Scott
1933
as Aloysius Lester
1932
as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
1947
as Bill Delaney
1929
as City Editor John Mack
1944
as Archie
1935
as Bud Keene
1929
as Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)
1930
as Simmons
1920
as Sam Perkins
1943
as Charlie Archer
1939
as Joe Drews
1946
as Stubby
1931
as Sock McGuire
1939
as Felix Miller
1932
as Dannie
1941
as Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon
1942
as Al Devers
1927
as Agent (uncredited)
1928
as Man on Ship (uncredited)
1932
as Dale
1926
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1936
as Mopsy
1937
as Clarence Smith
1943
as Roscoe Karns
1944
as Lasses White
1944
as Frankie Gimble
1941
as Charley Grady
1927
as Lieutenant Cameron
1931
as Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)
1958
as 'Windy' Woods
1933
as Blooey
1932
as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
1932
as Insp. Redding
1928
as Sol Levy
1933
as Contest Radio Announcer
1932
as Gambler (uncredited)
1928
as Ray Hearn
1934
as Spud McGurke
1943
as Fields
1936
as Calico Smith
1941
as Alfred Harmon
1941
as Henry Warren
1940
as Joe Higgins
1931
as 'Scoop'
1930
as Gilbert
1928
as Hippo
1930
as Blair
1928
as Buddy
1924
as Switch Hogan
1938
as Austin Brown
1928
as Pvt. Terry
1922
1928
as Lame Hoppy
1931
as Stan Price
1915
as The Sheriff
1915
as The Girl's Father
1928
as George
1919
as Henry
1925
as Patrick Henry Madden
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