Roscoe Karns
Acting
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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…
Filmography
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Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
The Lucy Show
1962
Hennesey
1959
Onionhead
1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
December Bride
1954
Rocky King, Detective
Rocky King, Detective
1950
Inside Detective
Inside Detective
1950
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
Speed to Spare
1948
Devil's Cargo
1948
The Inside Story
1948
That's My Man
1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
Avalanche
1946
I Ring Doorbells
1946
One Way to Love
1946
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944
The Navy Way
1944
Minstrel Man
1944
Old Acquaintance
1943
His Butler's Sister
1943
Riding High
1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943
My Son, The Hero
1943
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
Yokel Boy
1942
Woman of the Year
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Road to Happiness
1941
Half Shot at Sunrise
1941
The Gay Vagabond
1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Black Eyes and Blues
1941
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
Petticoat Politics
1941
Meet the Missus
1940
Ladies Must Live
1940
They Drive by Night
1940
Saturday's Children
1940
Double Alibi
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
Everything's on Ice
1939
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
King of Chinatown
1939
Thanks for the Memory
1938
You and Me
1938
Tip-Off Girls
1938
Dangerous to Know
1938
Scandal Street
1938
Partners in Crime
1937
On Such a Night
1937
Night of Mystery
1937
Murder Goes to College
1937
Clarence
1937
Cain and Mabel
1936
Three Married Men
1936
Border Flight
1936
Woman Trap
1936
Two-Fisted
1935
Front Page Woman
1935
Alibi Ike
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
The Woman in Red
1935
Red Hot Tires
1935
Wings in the Dark
1935
I Sell Anything
1934
Elmer and Elsie
Elmer and Elsie
1934
Shoot the Works
1934
Twentieth Century
1934
Come On, Marines!
1934
It Happened One Night
1934
Alice in Wonderland
1933
The Women in His Life
1933
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
Gambling Ship
1933
A Lady's Profession
1933
Today We Live
1933
Grand Slam
1933
Lawyer Man
1932