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
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1891-09-06
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As: Roscoe Karnes

Movies List of Roscoe Karns

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It Happened One Night

1934 Movie
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His Girl Friday

1940 Movie
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The Family Honor

1920 Movie
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Woman of the Year

1942 Movie
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Twentieth Century

1934 Movie
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The Ten Commandments

1923 Movie
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Petticoat Politics

1941 Movie
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Alice in Wonderland

1933 Movie
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Moran of the Marines

1928 Movie
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Footsteps in the Dark

1941 Movie
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You and Me

1938 Movie
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They Drive by Night

1940 Movie
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Man's Favorite Sport?

1964 Movie
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Devil's Cargo

1948 Movie
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Her Own Money

1922 Movie
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Night After Night

1932 Movie
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Wings in the Dark

1935 Movie
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Double Alibi

1940 Movie
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A Lady's Profession

1933 Movie
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Laughing Sinners

1931 Movie
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Four Hours to Kill!

1935 Movie
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Other Men's Daughters

1923 Movie
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If I Had a Million

1932 Movie
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Today We Live

1933 Movie
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Alibi Ike

1935 Movie
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One Sunday Afternoon

1933 Movie
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Saturday's Children

1940 Movie
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Front Page Woman

1935 Movie
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New York Nights

1929 Movie
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Week-End Marriage

1932 Movie
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Win That Girl

1928 Movie
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A Tragedy at Midnight

1942 Movie
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Avalanche

1946 Movie
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The Inside Story

1948 Movie
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Cain and Mabel

1936 Movie
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Two Against the World

1932 Movie
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Safety in Numbers

1930 Movie
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My Son, The Hero

1943 Movie
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Thanks for the Memory

1938 Movie
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Pleasure

1931 Movie
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Shoot the Works

1934 Movie
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Speed to Spare

1948 Movie
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Riding High

1943 Movie
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Two-Fisted

1935 Movie
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The Woman in Red

1935 Movie
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On Such a Night

1937 Movie
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Night of Mystery

1937 Movie
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Ladies Must Live

1940 Movie
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Three Married Men

1936 Movie
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Tip-Off Girls

1938 Movie
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I Sell Anything

1934 Movie
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Partners in Crime

1937 Movie
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Troopers Three

1930 Movie
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Lawyer Man

1932 Movie
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The Crooked Circle

1932 Movie
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The Shopworn Angel

1928 Movie
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That's My Man

1947 Movie
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King of Chinatown

1939 Movie
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Dangerous to Know

1938 Movie
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One Way to Love

1946 Movie
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Man Trouble

1930 Movie
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The Women in His Life

1933 Movie
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One Way Passage

1932 Movie
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Copy

1929 Movie
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Hi, Good Lookin'!

1944 Movie
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Red Hot Tires

1935 Movie
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The Flying Fleet

1929 Movie
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The Gorilla

1930 Movie
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The Life of the Party

1920 Movie
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Old Acquaintance

1943 Movie
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Dancing Co-Ed

1939 Movie
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I Ring Doorbells

1946 Movie
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Dirigible

1931 Movie
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Everything's on Ice

1939 Movie
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Under-Cover Man

1932 Movie
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The Gay Vagabond

1941 Movie
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Yokel Boy

1942 Movie
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The Jazz Singer

1927 Movie
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The Trail of '98

1928 Movie
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The Roadhouse Murder

1932 Movie
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You'd Be Surprised

1926 Movie
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Woman Trap

1936 Movie
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Clarence

1937 Movie
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Stage Door Canteen

1943 Movie
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Minstrel Man

1944 Movie
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The Navy Way

1944 Movie
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Road to Happiness

1941 Movie
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Wings

1927 Movie
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Onionhead

1958 Movie
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Gambling Ship

1933 Movie
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They Call It Sin

1932 Movie
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Stowaway

1932 Movie
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Jazz Mad

1928 Movie
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Grand Slam

1933 Movie
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Play Girl

1932 Movie
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The Vanishing Pioneer

1928 Movie
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Come On, Marines!

1934 Movie
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His Butler's Sister

1943 Movie
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Border Flight

1936 Movie
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Black Eyes and Blues

1941 Movie
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Half Shot at Sunrise

1941 Movie
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Little Accident

1930 Movie
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Meet the Missus

1940 Movie
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Left Over Ladies

1931 Movie
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Warming Up

1928 Movie
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The Costello Case

1930 Movie
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Beau Sabreur

1928 Movie
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The Midnight Express

1924 Movie
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Scandal Street

1938 Movie
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The Desert Bride

1928 Movie
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The Trouper

1922 Movie
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Beggars of Life

1928 Movie
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Many a Slip

1931 Movie