Roscoe Karns
male
Born on September 06, 1891 (133 years old)
Passed Away on February 06, 1970
From San Bernardino, California, USA
Known for Acting
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), 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
Cast Credits
- 1964
- 1962
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1954
- 1950
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
- 1932
Night After Night
as
Leo
1932
If I Had a Million
as
Private O'Brien
1932
Week-End Marriage
as
Jim Davis
1932
Two Against the World
as
Segall, reporter
1932
Lawyer Man
as
Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
1932
The Crooked Circle
as
Harry Carter
1932
One Way Passage
as
S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
1932
Under-Cover Man
as
Dannie
1932
The Roadhouse Murder
as
Dale
1932
They Call It Sin
as
Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
1932
Stowaway
as
Insp. Redding
1932
Play Girl
as
Gambler (uncredited)
1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
Moran of the Marines
as
Swatty
1928
Win That Girl
as
Johnny Norton II
1928
The Shopworn Angel
as
Dance Director
1928
The Trail of '98
as
Man on Ship (uncredited)
1928
Jazz Mad
as
Sol Levy
1928
The Vanishing Pioneer
as
Ray Hearn
1928
Warming Up
as
Hippo
1928
Beau Sabreur
as
Buddy
1928
The Desert Bride
as
Pvt. Terry
1928
Beggars of Life
as
Lame Hoppy
1928
Something Always Happens
as
George
1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1920
- 1919
- 1915
