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