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
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    Place of birth
    San Bernardino, California, USA
    Birthday
    9/6/1891
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
7.8
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday
7.4
The Family Honor
The Family Honor
0
Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year
6.9
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
6.8
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
6.6
Petticoat Politics
Petticoat Politics
0
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
6.1
You Can't Escape Forever
You Can't Escape Forever
5.4
Moran of the Marines
Moran of the Marines
0
Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark
6.9
You and Me
You and Me
6.7
They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night
6.9
Man's Favorite Sport?
Man's Favorite Sport?
6.9
Devil's Cargo
Devil's Cargo
5.4
Her Own Money
Her Own Money
0
Night After Night
Night After Night
6.2
Ten Modern Commandments
Ten Modern Commandments
0
Wings in the Dark
Wings in the Dark
6.4
Double Alibi
Double Alibi
4.5
A Lady's Profession
A Lady's Profession
0
Laughing Sinners
Laughing Sinners
5.4
Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!
5
Other Men's Daughters
0
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
6.6
Today We Live
Today We Live
6.5
This Thing Called Love
This Thing Called Love
0
Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike
5.8
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
6.3
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children
6.4
Front Page Woman
Front Page Woman
5.8
New York Nights
New York Nights
4.8
Week-End Marriage
Week-End Marriage
6
Win That Girl
Win That Girl
0
A Tragedy at Midnight
A Tragedy at Midnight
4
Avalanche
Avalanche
0
The Inside Story
The Inside Story
6.5
That's Right – You're Wrong
That's Right – You're Wrong
5.7
Cain and Mabel
Cain and Mabel
6.3
Two Against the World
Two Against the World
5.6
Safety in Numbers
Safety in Numbers
5
My Son, The Hero
My Son, The Hero
0
Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory
5.7
Pleasure
Pleasure
3.5
Shoot the Works
Shoot the Works
5
Speed to Spare
Speed to Spare
5
Riding High
Riding High
4
Two-Fisted
Two-Fisted
7
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red
6.1
On Such a Night
On Such a Night
0
Night of Mystery
Night of Mystery
0
Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live
6
Three Married Men
Three Married Men
0
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
6
Tip-Off Girls
Tip-Off Girls
6
I Sell Anything
I Sell Anything
4.5
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime
0
Troopers Three
Troopers Three
7
Lawyer Man
Lawyer Man
5.8
The Crooked Circle
The Crooked Circle
4.8
The Shopworn Angel
The Shopworn Angel
0
That's My Man
That's My Man
6
Murder Goes to College
Murder Goes to College
3
King of Chinatown
King of Chinatown
5.9
Dangerous to Know
Dangerous to Know
6.5
One Way to Love
One Way to Love
7
Man Trouble
Man Trouble
5
The Women in His Life
The Women in His Life
4
One Way Passage
One Way Passage
7.3
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Vigilantes of Boomtown
0
Copy
0
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Hi, Good Lookin'!
5.7
Red Hot Tires
Red Hot Tires
5.8
The Flying Fleet
The Flying Fleet
6.3
The Gorilla
The Gorilla
0
The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party
5.2
Old Acquaintance
Old Acquaintance
6.9
Dancing Co-Ed
Dancing Co-Ed
6.2
I Ring Doorbells
I Ring Doorbells
0
Dirigible
Dirigible
5.2
Everything's on Ice
Everything's on Ice
4.8
Under-Cover Man
Under-Cover Man
4.5
The Gay Vagabond
The Gay Vagabond
0
Yokel Boy
Yokel Boy
4.7
The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer
6.1
The Trail of '98
The Trail of '98
6.2
The Roadhouse Murder
The Roadhouse Murder
3.3
You'd Be Surprised
You'd Be Surprised
6.3
Woman Trap
Woman Trap
0
Clarence
Clarence
0
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
6.1
Minstrel Man
Minstrel Man
5
The Navy Way
The Navy Way
5.7
Road to Happiness
Road to Happiness
5.5
Wings
Wings
7.2
Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House
6
Onionhead
Onionhead
5.5
Gambling Ship
Gambling Ship
5.2
They Call It Sin
They Call It Sin
5.8
Stowaway
Stowaway
5
Jazz Mad
Jazz Mad
0
Grand Slam
Grand Slam
3.7
Play Girl
Play Girl
5.2
The Vanishing Pioneer
The Vanishing Pioneer
0
Come On, Marines!
Come On, Marines!
5
His Butler's Sister
His Butler's Sister
7.1
Border Flight
Border Flight
6
Black Eyes and Blues
Black Eyes and Blues
0
Half Shot at Sunrise
Half Shot at Sunrise
0
Little Accident
Little Accident
0
Meet the Missus
Meet the Missus
0
Left Over Ladies
Left Over Ladies
0
Warming Up
Warming Up
0
The Costello Case
The Costello Case
0
Beau Sabreur
Beau Sabreur
0
The Midnight Express
The Midnight Express
3
Scandal Street
Scandal Street
0
The Desert Bride
The Desert Bride
5
The Trouper
The Trouper
0
Beggars of Life
Beggars of Life
7.1
Many a Slip
Many a Slip
0
A Western Governor's Humanity
0
A Species of Mexican Man
0
From Champion to Tramp
0
Mr. Carlson of Arizona
0
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