Roscoe Karns
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roscoe Karns (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective from 1950 to 1954. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in the series. He was born in San Bernardino, California and died in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roscoe Karns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Sep 7, 1891 In San Bernardino, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 100
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Life of the Party 1920-11-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie Man's Favorite Sport? 1964-01-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Man's Favorite Sport? | Major Phipps | 1964-01-31 |
| Series | Hennesey | 1959-09-28 | |
| Movie | Onionhead | 'Windy' Woods | 1958-10-25 |
| Movie | The Inside Story | Eustace Peabody | 1948-03-14 |
| Movie | Devil's Cargo | Lt. Hardy | 1948-04-01 |
| Movie | Speed to Spare | Kangaroo | 1948-05-14 |
| Movie | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Officer Carmody | 1948-07-16 |
| Movie | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Bill Delaney | 1947-02-15 |
| Movie | That's My Man | Toby Gleeton | 1947-06-01 |
| Movie | I Ring Doorbells | Stubby | 1946-02-28 |
| Movie | One Way to Love | Hobie Simmons | 1946-01-08 |
| Movie | Avalanche | Red Kelly | 1946-06-30 |
| Movie | Minstrel Man | Lasses White | 1944-01-02 |
| Movie | The Navy Way | Frankie Gimble | 1944-02-26 |
| Movie | Hi, Good Lookin'! | Archie | 1944-03-22 |
| Movie | My Son, The Hero | Big-Time Morgan | 1943-04-05 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Roscoe Karns | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Riding High | Shorty | 1943-11-11 |
| Movie | A Tragedy at Midnight | Cassidy | 1942-02-02 |
| Movie | Woman of the Year | Phil Whittaker | 1942-02-05 |
| Movie | Yokel Boy | Al Devers | 1942-03-13 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | 'Mac' McTurk | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | The Gay Vagabond | Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon | 1941-05-12 |
| Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Monahan | 1941-03-08 |
| Movie | Road to Happiness | Charley Grady | 1941-12-19 |
| Movie | Double Alibi | Jeremiah Jenkins | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Saturday's Children | Willie Sands | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | His Girl Friday | McCue | 1940-01-18 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Irish McGurn | 1940-07-26 |
| Movie | Meet the Missus | Joe Higgins | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Ladies Must Live | Pete Larrabee | 1940-07-27 |
| Movie | King of Chinatown | Rep Harrigan | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | Dancing Co-Ed | Joe Drews | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Everything's on Ice | Felix Miller | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | That's Right – You're Wrong | Mal Stamp | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | Tip-Off Girls | Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan | 1938-04-01 |
| Movie | Dangerous to Know | Duncan | 1938-03-11 |
| Movie | You and Me | Cuffy | 1938-06-01 |
| Movie | Thanks for the Memory | George Kent | 1938-11-11 |
| Movie | Clarence | Clarence Smith | 1937-02-12 |
| Movie | Murder Goes to College | Sim Perkins | 1937-02-24 |
| Movie | Night of Mystery | Sergeant Heath | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | Woman Trap | Mopsy | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Border Flight | Calico Smith | 1936-05-29 |
| Movie | Three Married Men | Peter Cary | 1936-09-24 |
| Movie | Cain and Mabel | Reilly | 1936-09-26 |
| Movie | The Woman in Red | Man in court room (uncredited) | 1935-02-16 |
| Movie | Wings in the Dark | Nick Williams | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Red Hot Tires | Bud Keene | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | Four Hours to Kill! | Johnson | 1935-04-11 |
| Movie | Alibi Ike | Carey | 1935-06-15 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted | Chick Moran | 1935-10-03 |
| Movie | Front Page Woman | Toots O'Grady | 1935-07-11 |
| Movie | It Happened One Night | Oscar Shapeley | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Come On, Marines! | Spud McGurke | 1934-03-23 |
| Movie | Twentieth Century | Owen O'Malley | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | Shoot the Works | Sailor Burke | 1934-07-18 |
| Movie | I Sell Anything | Monk | 1934-10-20 |
| Movie | A Lady's Profession | Tony | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | Grand Slam | Contest Radio Announcer | 1933-02-22 |
| Movie | Today We Live | McGinnis | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | One Sunday Afternoon | Snappy Downer | 1933-09-01 |
| Movie | Gambling Ship | Blooey | 1933-06-23 |
| Movie | The Women in His Life | Aloysius Lester | 1933-12-08 |
| Movie | Two Against the World | Segall, reporter | 1932-09-03 |
| Movie | Week-End Marriage | Jim Davis | 1932-06-18 |
| Movie | The Roadhouse Murder | Dale | 1932-04-28 |
| Movie | The Crooked Circle | Harry Carter | 1932-09-25 |
| Movie | Stowaway | Insp. Redding | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | Play Girl | Gambler (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
| Movie | Lawyer Man | Merritt - Reporter (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
| Movie | One Way Passage | S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited) | 1932-10-04 |
| Movie | Under-Cover Man | Dannie | 1932-12-02 |
| Movie | If I Had a Million | Private O'Brien | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | Night After Night | Leo | 1932-10-29 |
| Movie | They Call It Sin | Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited) | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Dirigible | Sock McGuire | 1931-02-01 |
| Movie | Laughing Sinners | Fred Geer | 1931-05-30 |
| Movie | Ladies of the Big House | Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
| Movie | Pleasure | Arnie | 1931-09-01 |
| Movie | Left Over Ladies | 'Scoop' | 1931-09-30 |
| Movie | Little Accident | Gilbert | 1930-08-03 |
| Movie | Troopers Three | Bugs | 1930-02-23 |
| Movie | Safety in Numbers | Bertram Shapiro | 1930-05-30 |
| Movie | Man Trouble | Scott | 1930-08-24 |
| Movie | The Gorilla | Simmons | 1930-11-02 |
| Movie | The Flying Fleet | Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1929-01-19 |
| Movie | Copy | City Editor John Mack | 1929-10-11 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Johnny Dolan | 1929-12-28 |
| Movie | The Trail of '98 | Man on Ship (uncredited) | 1928-03-20 |
| Movie | Beau Sabreur | Buddy | 1928-01-22 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Pioneer | Ray Hearn | 1928-06-23 |
| Movie | Beggars of Life | Lame Hoppy | 1928-09-22 |
| Movie | The Shopworn Angel | Dance Director | 1928-12-29 |
| Movie | Jazz Mad | Sol Levy | 1928-11-18 |
| Movie | Wings | Lieutenant Cameron | 1927-08-12 |
| Movie | The Jazz Singer | Agent (uncredited) | 1927-10-06 |
| Movie | You'd Be Surprised | Party Guest | 1926-09-24 |
| Movie | The Ten Commandments | The Boy in the Rain (uncredited) | 1923-11-23 |
| Movie | The Life of the Party | Sam Perkins | 1920-11-21 |