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Roscoe Karns

Actor | * 09/07/1891 († 78, 02/06/1970) | San Bernardino, California (United States of America (USA))
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him. ...

Twentieth Century

Certification unknown

1934 | 3.5/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down ...

His Girl Friday

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.7/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops. ...

It Happened One Night

Certification unknown

1934 | 3.9/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle. ...

Woman of the Year

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1942 | 3.5/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with Roscoe Karns as Actor(119)

as Major Phipps1964 Man's Favorite Sport?
as 'Windy' Woods1958 Onionhead
as Officer Carmody1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Eustace Peabody1948 The Inside Story
as Lt. Hardy1948 Devil's Cargo
as Kangaroo1948 Speed to Spare
as Bill Delaney1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Toby Gleeton1947 That's My Man
as Stubby1946 I Ring Doorbells
as Red Kelly1946 Avalanche
as Hobie Simmons1946 One Way to Love
as Frankie Gimble1944 The Navy Way
as Lasses White1944 Minstrel Man
as Archie1944 Hi, Good Lookin'!
as himself1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Fields1943 His Butler's Sister
as Shorty1943 Riding High
as Charlie Archer1943 Old Acquaintance
as Big-Time Morgan1943 My Son, The Hero
as Phil Whittaker1942 Woman of the Year
as Cassidy1942 A Tragedy at Midnight
as 'Mac' McTurk1942 You Can't Escape Forever
as Al Devers1942 Yokel Boy
as Charley Grady1941 Road to Happiness
as Monahan1941 Footsteps in the Dark
as Henry Warren1941 Half Shot at Sunrise
as Joe Higgins1941 Petticoat Politics
as Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon1941 The Gay Vagabond
as Alfred Harmon1941 Black Eyes and Blues
as McCue1940 His Girl Friday
as Joe Higgins1940 Meet the Missus
as Irish McGurn1940 They Drive by Night
as Pete Larrabee1940 Ladies Must Live
as Willie Sands1940 Saturday's Children
as Jeremiah Jenkins1940 Double Alibi
as Joe Drews1939 Dancing Co-Ed
as Rep Harrigan1939 King of Chinatown
as Mal Stamp1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
as Felix Miller1939 Everything's on Ice
as George Kent1938 Thanks for the Memory
as Duncan1938 Dangerous to Know
as Cuffy1938 You and Me
as Austin Brown1938 Scandal Street
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan1938 Tip-Off Girls
as Clarence Smith1937 Clarence
as Sergeant Heath1937 Night of Mystery
as Joe Flynn1937 On Such a Night
as Sim Perkins1937 Partners in Crime
as Sim Perkins1937 Murder Goes to College
as Peter Cary1936 Three Married Men
as Mopsy1936 Woman Trap
as Reilly1936 Cain and Mabel
as Calico Smith1936 Border Flight
as Toots O'Grady1935 Front Page Woman
as Nick Williams1935 Wings in the Dark
as Chick Moran1935 Two-Fisted
as Johnson1935 Four Hours to Kill!
as Bud Keene1935 Red Hot Tires
as Carey1935 Alibi Ike
as Owen O'Malley1934 Twentieth Century
as Spud McGurke1934 Come On, Marines!
as Monk1934 I Sell Anything
as Oscar Shapeley1934 It Happened One Night
as Sailor Burke1934 Shoot the Works
as McGinnis1933 Today We Live
as Contest Radio Announcer1933 Grand Slam
as Tweedledee1933 Alice in Wonderland
as Blooey1933 Gambling Ship
as Aloysius Lester1933 The Women in His Life
as Tony1933 A Lady's Profession
as Snappy Downer1933 One Sunday Afternoon
as Gambler (uncredited)1932 Play Girl
as Segall, reporter1932 Two Against the World
as Harry Carter1932 The Crooked Circle
as Leo1932 Night After Night
as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)1932 Lawyer Man
as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)1932 They Call It Sin
as Dale1932 The Roadhouse Murder
as Insp. Redding1932 Stowaway
as Dannie1932 Under-Cover Man
as Private O'Brien1932 If I Had a Million
as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)1932 One Way Passage
as Jim Davis1932 Week-End Marriage
as Arnie1931 Pleasure
as 'Scoop'1931 Left Over Ladies
as Stan Price1931 Many a Slip
as Sock McGuire1931 Dirigible
as Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)1931 Ladies of the Big House
as Fred Geer1931 Laughing Sinners
as Gilbert1930 Little Accident
as Simmons1930 The Gorilla
as Scott1930 Man Trouble
as Bertram Shapiro1930 Safety in Numbers
as Bugs1930 Troopers Three
as Blair1930 The Costello Case
as Harry Bertrand1929 This Thing Called Love
as Johnny Dolan1929 New York Nights
as Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)1929 The Flying Fleet
as City Editor John Mack1929 Copy
as Sol Levy1928 Jazz Mad
as Pvt. Terry1928 The Desert Bride
as Johnny Norton II1928 Win That Girl
as Hippo1928 Warming Up
as Man on Ship (uncredited)1928 The Trail of '98
as Dance Director1928 The Shopworn Angel
as Ray Hearn1928 The Vanishing Pioneer
as Buddy1928 Beau Sabreur
as Swatty1928 Moran of the Marines
as Lame Hoppy1928 Beggars of Life
as Benny Burnaway1927 Ten Modern Commandments
as Lieutenant Cameron1927 Wings
as Agent (uncredited)1927 The Jazz Singer
as Party Guest1926 You'd Be Surprised
as Switch Hogan1924 The Midnight Express
as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)1923 The Ten Commandments
1922 The Trouper
as Jerry Woodward1922 Her Own Money
as Sam Perkins1920 The Life of the Party
as Dal Tucker1920 The Family Honor

TV Shows/Series with Roscoe Karns as Actor(4)

1962 The Lucy Show
1959 Hennesey
as Ed Church1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1954 December Bride

Full Name: Roscoe Karns
Born: Monday, 09/07 1891 (September) in San Bernardino, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 02/06 1970 (February) in Los Angeles (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Todd Karns
Other names for Roscoe Karns (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Roscoe Karnes"
Roscoe Karns frequently works together with these people:
Hans Dreier (12x, Crew)
Howard Hawks (8x, Crew)
Gary Cooper (7x, Actor)
Irving Bacon (7x, Actor)
Wade Boteler (7x, Actor)
Orry-Kelly (7x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (7x, Crew)
George Raft (6x, Actor)
Hobart Cavanaugh (6x, Actor)
James Burke (6x, Actor)
Tom Kennedy (6x, Actor)
Herb Vigran (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:173042, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024