Birthday
1891/09/06
Day of death
1970/02/06 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also know as
Roscoe Karnes
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 fil...Read more
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Oscar Shapeley
(1940) His Girl Friday
as McCue
(1920) The Family Honor
as Dal Tucker
(1942) Woman of the Year
as Phil Whittaker
(1934) Twentieth Century
as Owen O'Malley
(1923) The Ten Commandments
as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
(1941) Petticoat Politics
as Joe Higgins
(1933) Alice in Wonderland
as Tweedledee
(1942) You Can't Escape Forever
as 'Mac' McTurk
(1928) Moran of the Marines
as Swatty
(1941) Footsteps in the Dark
as Monahan
(1938) You and Me
as Cuffy
(1940) They Drive by Night
as Irish McGurn
(1964) Man's Favorite Sport?
as Major Phipps
(1948) Devil's Cargo
as Lt. Hardy
(1922) Her Own Money
as Jerry Woodward
(1932) Night After Night
as Leo
(1927) Ten Modern Commandments
as Benny Burnaway
(1935) Wings in the Dark
as Nick Williams
(1940) Double Alibi
as Jeremiah Jenkins
(1933) A Lady's Profession
as Tony
(1931) Laughing Sinners
as Fred Geer
(1935) Four Hours to Kill!
as Johnson
(1923) Other Men's Daughters
as Hubert
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Private O'Brien
(1933) Today We Live
as McGinnis
(1929) This Thing Called Love
as Harry Bertrand
(1935) Alibi Ike
as Carey
(1933) One Sunday Afternoon
as Snappy Downer
(1940) Saturday's Children
as Willie Sands
(1935) Front Page Woman
as Toots O'Grady
(1929) New York Nights
as Johnny Dolan
(1932) Week-End Marriage
as Jim Davis
(1928) Win That Girl
as Johnny Norton II
(1942) A Tragedy at Midnight
as Cassidy
(1946) Avalanche
as Red Kelly
(1948) The Inside Story
as Eustace Peabody
(1939) That's Right – You're Wrong
as Mal Stamp
(1936) Cain and Mabel
as Reilly
(1932) Two Against the World
as Segall, reporter
(1930) Safety in Numbers
as Bertram Shapiro
(1943) My Son, The Hero
as Big-Time Morgan
(1938) Thanks for the Memory
as George Kent
(1931) Pleasure
as Arnie
(1934) Shoot the Works
as Sailor Burke
(1948) Speed to Spare
as Kangaroo
(1943) Riding High
as Shorty
(1935) Two-Fisted
as Chick Moran
(1935) The Woman in Red
as Man in court room (uncredited)
(1937) On Such a Night
as Joe Flynn
(1937) Night of Mystery
as Sergeant Heath
(1940) Ladies Must Live
as Pete Larrabee
(1936) Three Married Men
as Peter Cary
(1948) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Officer Carmody
(1938) Tip-Off Girls
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
(1934) I Sell Anything
as Monk
(1937) Partners in Crime
as Sim Perkins
(1930) Troopers Three
as Bugs
(1932) Lawyer Man
as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
(1932) The Crooked Circle
as Harry Carter
(1928) The Shopworn Angel
as Dance Director
(1947) That's My Man
as Toby Gleeton
(1937) Murder Goes to College
as Sim Perkins
(1939) King of Chinatown
as Rep Harrigan
(1938) Dangerous to Know
as Duncan
(1946) One Way to Love
as Hobie Simmons
(1930) Man Trouble
as Scott
(1933) The Women in His Life
as Aloysius Lester
(1932) One Way Passage
as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
(1947) Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Bill Delaney
(1929) Copy
as City Editor John Mack
(1944) Hi, Good Lookin'!
as Archie
(1935) Red Hot Tires
as Bud Keene
(1929) The Flying Fleet
as Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)
(1930) The Gorilla
as Simmons
(1920) The Life of the Party
as Sam Perkins
(1943) Old Acquaintance
as Charlie Archer
(1939) Dancing Co-Ed
as Joe Drews
(1946) I Ring Doorbells
as Stubby
(1931) Dirigible
as Sock McGuire
(1939) Everything's on Ice
as Felix Miller
(1932) Under-Cover Man
as Dannie
(1941) The Gay Vagabond
as Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon
(1942) Yokel Boy
as Al Devers
(1927) The Jazz Singer
as Agent (uncredited)
(1928) The Trail of '98
as Man on Ship (uncredited)
(1932) The Roadhouse Murder
as Dale
(1926) You'd Be Surprised
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1936) Woman Trap
as Mopsy
(1937) Clarence
as Clarence Smith
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Roscoe Karns
(1944) Minstrel Man
as Lasses White
(1944) The Navy Way
as Frankie Gimble
(1941) Road to Happiness
as Charley Grady
(1927) Wings
as Lieutenant Cameron
(1931) Ladies of the Big House
as Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)
(1958) Onionhead
as 'Windy' Woods
(1933) Gambling Ship
as Blooey
(1932) They Call It Sin
as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
(1932) Stowaway
as Insp. Redding
(1928) Jazz Mad
as Sol Levy
(1933) Grand Slam
as Contest Radio Announcer
(1932) Play Girl
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1928) The Vanishing Pioneer
as Ray Hearn
(1934) Come On, Marines!
as Spud McGurke
(1943) His Butler's Sister
as Fields
(1936) Border Flight
as Calico Smith
(1941) Black Eyes and Blues
as Alfred Harmon
(1941) Half Shot at Sunrise
as Henry Warren
(1930) Little Accident
as Gilbert
(1940) Meet the Missus
as Joe Higgins
(1931) Left Over Ladies
as 'Scoop'
(1928) Warming Up
as Hippo
(1930) The Costello Case
as Blair
(1928) Beau Sabreur
as Buddy
(1924) The Midnight Express
as Switch Hogan
(1938) Scandal Street
as Austin Brown
(1928) The Desert Bride
as Pvt. Terry
(1922) The Trouper
as ---
(1928) Beggars of Life
as Lame Hoppy
(1931) Many a Slip
as Stan Price
(1915) A Western Governor's Humanity
as The Sheriff
(1915) A Species of Mexican Man
as ---
(1915) From Champion to Tramp
as The Girl's Father
(1915) Mr. Carlson of Arizona
as ---
(1928) Something Always Happens
as George
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Mr. Foley
(1959) Hennesey
as ---
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ed Church
(1950) Inside Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King
(1950) Rocky King, Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King
(1954) December Bride
as Charley Allen