Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/6/1891
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As
Roscoe Karnes
Roscoe Karns
Biography
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 tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the ...
Known For
The Trail of '98
as Man on Ship (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
as Private O'Brien
Laughing Sinners
as Fred Geer
Minstrel Man
as Lasses White
Wings
as Lieutenant Cameron
Yokel Boy
as Al Devers
Jazz Mad
as Sol Levy
Beau Sabreur
as Buddy
The Trouper
Unknown Role
Border Flight
as Calico Smith
The Jazz Singer
as Agent (uncredited)
Riding High
as Shorty
Dirigible
as Sock McGuire
The Gorilla
as Simmons
Warming Up
as Hippo
Gambling Ship
as Blooey
Avalanche
as Red Kelly
Two-Fisted
as Chick Moran
Pleasure
as Arnie
Man Trouble
as Scott
Career Timeline
1950
1948
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
Lawyer Man
as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
Under-Cover Man
as Dannie
If I Had a Million
as Private O'Brien
They Call It Sin
as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
Night After Night
as Leo
One Way Passage
as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
as Harry Carter
Two Against the World
as Segall, reporter
Week-End Marriage
as Jim Davis
The Roadhouse Murder
as Dale
Play Girl
as Gambler (uncredited)
Stowaway
as Insp. Redding
1931
1930
1929
1928
The Shopworn Angel
as Dance Director
Jazz Mad
as Sol Levy
Moran of the Marines
as Swatty
Beggars of Life
as Lame Hoppy
Win That Girl
as Johnny Norton II
Warming Up
as Hippo
The Vanishing Pioneer
as Ray Hearn
Something Always Happens
as George
The Desert Bride
as Pvt. Terry
The Trail of '98
as Man on Ship (uncredited)
Beau Sabreur
as Buddy