Acting
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
Filmography
Man's Favorite Sport?
Film · 1964
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
Hennesey
Series · 1959
Onionhead
Film · 1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Series · 1957
December Bride
Series · 1954
December Bride
Series · 1954
Inside Detective
Series · 1950
Rocky King, Detective
Series · 1950
Devil's Cargo
Film · 1948
The Inside Story
Film · 1948
Speed to Spare
Film · 1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Film · 1948
That's My Man
Film · 1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Film · 1947
Avalanche
Film · 1946
One Way to Love
Film · 1946
I Ring Doorbells
Film · 1946
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Film · 1944
Minstrel Man
Film · 1944
The Navy Way
Film · 1944
My Son, The Hero
Film · 1943
Riding High
Film · 1943
Old Acquaintance
Film · 1943
Stage Door Canteen
Film · 1943
His Butler's Sister
Film · 1943
Woman of the Year
Film · 1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Film · 1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
Film · 1942
Yokel Boy
Film · 1942
Petticoat Politics
Film · 1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Film · 1941
The Gay Vagabond
Film · 1941
Road to Happiness
Film · 1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Film · 1941
Half Shot at Sunrise
Film · 1941
His Girl Friday
Film · 1940
They Drive by Night
Film · 1940
Double Alibi
Film · 1940
Saturday's Children
Film · 1940
Ladies Must Live
Film · 1940
Meet the Missus
Film · 1940
That's Right – You're Wrong
Film · 1939
King of Chinatown
Film · 1939
Dancing Co-Ed
Film · 1939
Everything's on Ice
Film · 1939
You and Me
Film · 1938
Thanks for the Memory
Film · 1938
Tip-Off Girls
Film · 1938
Dangerous to Know
Film · 1938
Scandal Street
Film · 1938
On Such a Night
Film · 1937
Night of Mystery
Film · 1937
Partners in Crime
Film · 1937
Murder Goes to College
Film · 1937
Clarence
Film · 1937
Cain and Mabel
Film · 1936
Three Married Men
Film · 1936
Woman Trap
Film · 1936
Border Flight
Film · 1936
Three Cheers for Love
Film · 1936
Wings in the Dark
Film · 1935
Four Hours to Kill!
Film · 1935
Alibi Ike
Film · 1935
Front Page Woman
Film · 1935
Two-Fisted
Film · 1935
The Woman in Red
Film · 1935
Red Hot Tires
Film · 1935
It Happened One Night
Film · 1934
Twentieth Century
Film · 1934
Shoot the Works
Film · 1934
I Sell Anything
Film · 1934
Come On, Marines!
Film · 1934
Elmer and Elsie
Film · 1934
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1933
A Lady's Profession
Film · 1933
Today We Live
Film · 1933
One Sunday Afternoon
Film · 1933
The Women in His Life
Film · 1933
Gambling Ship
Film · 1933
Grand Slam
Film · 1933
Night After Night
Film · 1932
If I Had a Million
Film · 1932
Week-End Marriage
Film · 1932
Two Against the World
Film · 1932
Lawyer Man
Film · 1932
The Crooked Circle
Film · 1932
One Way Passage
Film · 1932
Under-Cover Man
Film · 1932
The Roadhouse Murder
Film · 1932
They Call It Sin
Film · 1932
Stowaway
Film · 1932
Play Girl
Film · 1932
High Pressure
Film · 1932
Laughing Sinners
Film · 1931
Pleasure
Film · 1931
Dirigible
Film · 1931
Ladies of the Big House
Film · 1931
Left Over Ladies
Film · 1931
Many a Slip
Film · 1931
Safety in Numbers
Film · 1930
Troopers Three
Film · 1930
Man Trouble
Film · 1930
The Gorilla
Film · 1930
Little Accident
Film · 1930
The Costello Case
Film · 1930
This Thing Called Love
Film · 1929
New York Nights
Film · 1929
Copy
Film · 1929
The Flying Fleet
Film · 1929
Moran of the Marines
Film · 1928
Win That Girl
Film · 1928
The Shopworn Angel
Film · 1928
The Trail of '98
Film · 1928
Jazz Mad
Film · 1928
The Vanishing Pioneer
Film · 1928
Warming Up
Film · 1928
Beau Sabreur
Film · 1928
The Desert Bride
Film · 1928
Beggars of Life
Film · 1928
Something Always Happens
Film · 1928
Object: Alimony
Film · 1928
Ten Modern Commandments
Film · 1927
The Jazz Singer
Film · 1927
Wings
Film · 1927
Ritzy
Film · 1927
You'd Be Surprised
Film · 1926
The Overland Limited
Film · 1925
Dollar Down
Film · 1925
The Midnight Express
Film · 1924
Bluff
Film · 1924
The Foolish Virgin
Film · 1924
The Ten Commandments
Film · 1923
Other Men's Daughters
Film · 1923
Her Own Money
Film · 1922
The Trouper
Film · 1922
Conquering the Woman
Film · 1922
The Man Tamer
Film · 1921
The Family Honor
Film · 1920
The Life of the Party
Film · 1920
Poor Relations
Film · 1919
A Western Governor's Humanity
Film · 1915
A Species of Mexican Man
Film · 1915
From Champion to Tramp
Film · 1915
Mr. Carlson of Arizona
Film · 1915