Roscoe Karns
Known for: Acting
Born: September 6, 1891
Died: February 6, 1970
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…
Known for
Petticoat Politics
1941
Murder Goes to College
1937
Copy
1929
The Gay Vagabond
1941
Clarence
1937
Black Eyes and Blues
1941
Half Shot at Sunrise
1941
Meet the Missus
1940
A Western Governor's Humanity
1915
The Family Honor
1920
Avalanche
1946
My Son, The Hero
1943
Two-Fisted
1935
Night of Mystery
1937
Partners in Crime
1937
Moran of the Marines
1928
Devil's Cargo
1948
Wings in the Dark
1935
Front Page Woman
1935
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
On Such a Night
1937
Three Married Men
1936
Tip-Off Girls
1938
Troopers Three
1930
That's My Man
1947
Red Hot Tires
1935
The Life of the Party
1920
I Ring Doorbells
1946
Everything's on Ice
1939
Woman Trap
1936
Come On, Marines!
1934
The Costello Case
1930
Scandal Street
1938
A Species of Mexican Man
1915
From Champion to Tramp
1915
The Man Tamer
1921
Elmer and Elsie
1934
It Happened One Night
1934
Twentieth Century
1934
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
Double Alibi
1940
This Thing Called Love
1929
Alibi Ike
1935
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
Saturday's Children
1940
Win That Girl
1928
Cain and Mabel
1936
Speed to Spare
1948
Ladies Must Live
1940
I Sell Anything
1934
The Shopworn Angel
1928
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
Under-Cover Man
1932
Minstrel Man
1944
The Navy Way
1944
Jazz Mad
1928
Border Flight
1936
Mr. Carlson of Arizona
1915
Poor Relations
1919
You and Me
1938
A Lady's Profession
1933
Today We Live
1933
Week-End Marriage
1932
Safety in Numbers
1930
Shoot the Works
1934
Dangerous to Know
1938
Man Trouble
1930
The Women in His Life
1933
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944
Dirigible
1931
Yokel Boy
1942
Road to Happiness
1941
Gambling Ship
1933
Stowaway
1932
Beau Sabreur
1928
The Desert Bride
1928
The Trouper
1922
Something Always Happens
1928
Conquering the Woman
1922
Object: Alimony
1928
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
Night After Night
1932
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
New York Nights
1929
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
Pleasure
1931
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
Left Over Ladies
1931
Little Accident
1930
Warming Up
1928
Many a Slip
1931
Ritzy
1927
Dollar Down
1925
They Drive by Night
1940
Her Own Money
1922
Laughing Sinners
1931
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
Other Men's Daughters
1923
Two Against the World
1932
Thanks for the Memory
1938
The Crooked Circle
1932
The Gorilla
1930
Old Acquaintance
1943
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Grand Slam
1933
The Overland Limited
1925
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
King of Chinatown
1939
Beggars of Life
1928
His Girl Friday
1940
Woman of the Year
1942
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
The Inside Story
1948
Riding High
1943
One Way to Love
1946
The Flying Fleet
1929
The Roadhouse Murder
1932
You'd Be Surprised
1926
Onionhead
1958
The Midnight Express
1924
Bluff
1924
The Foolish Virgin
1924
If I Had a Million
1932
Wings
1927
His Butler's Sister
1943
Lawyer Man
1932
The Jazz Singer
1927
Play Girl
1932
They Call It Sin
1932
Alice in Wonderland
1933
One Way Passage
1932
The Trail of '98
1928
The Woman in Red
1935
Ladies of the Big House
1931
High Pressure
1932
The Ten Commandments
1923
Stage Door Canteen
1943
December Bride
1954
The Lucy Show
1962
Hennesey
1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Inside Detective
1950
Rocky King, Detective
1950