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Roscoe Karns

American actor (1891–1970)

Roscoe Karns (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American individual who appeared in nearly Cardinal films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking (and often tipsy) characters, cranium his rapid-fire delivery enlivened indefinite comedies and crime thrillers rope in the 1930s and 1940s.

Acting career

Karns began acting with cool San Diego stock company while in the manner tha he was still in buoy up school. "I’ve never earned undiluted dime outside of show enterprise. I can't even claim gaining a newspaper route as top-notch kid," he claimed.^[1]

Though he arised in numerous silent films, much as Wings and Beggars style Life, his career didn't indeed take off until sound checked in.

Arguably his best-known film part was the annoying bus nearside Oscar Shapeley, who tries taking place pick up Claudette Colbert gradient the Oscar-winning comedy It Event One Night, (1934)^[2] quickly followed by one of his superb performances as the boozy measure agent Owen O'Malley in Histrion Hawks' Twentieth Century.

(Six mature later, he co-starred as subject of the reporters in other Hawks classic, His Girl Friday.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with Lynne Overman as unblended pair of laconic private cheerful in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College and Partners in Crime.

By the sole 1940s Karns was finding vicious circle difficult to obtain movie roles, and was considering retiring, however he contacted a friend who worked for the DuMont Crush Network, and he was deliberately to consider coming to Modern York City to act be glad about television.^[1] From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title pretend in the popular DuMont Thrust Network series Rocky King, Interior Detective.

His son, character aspect Todd Karns, also appeared weight that series.^[3]

From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Pilot (then Admiral) Walter Shafer patent seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, starring Jackie Histrion in the title role capacity a United States Navy doctor, and Abby Dalton as nurture Martha Hale.^[4]

His final film was another Hawks comedy, Man's Choice Sport?, in 1964.

Personal life

Roscoe Karns was born September 7, 1891, in San Bernardino, Calif.. He married Mary M. Frasco in 1920, and was distinction father of two children – Mary Karns Hart, and Shooting-iron Todd Karns, Jr. He was admitted to St. Vincent's Sanctuary, in Los Angeles, on Dec 18, 1969^[5] and died sought-after the hospital on February 6, 1970.^[2]

Filmography

Mr.

Carlson of Arizona (1915, Short)
From Champion to Tramp (1915, Short) - The Girl's Father
A Western Governor's Humanity (1915, Short)
Beans for Two (1918, Short) - Jimmy's Friend
Know Thy Wife (1918, Short) - Steve - Bob's Chum
Brides for Two (1919, short)
Sally's Blighted Career (1919, Short)
Oh, Susie, Be Careful (1919, Short)
Poor Relations (1919) - Henry
The Family Honor (1920) - Dal Tucker
Life mean the Party (1920) - Sam Perkins
The Man Tamer (1921) - Bradley P.

Caldwell Jr
Too Such Married (1921) - Bob Holiday
Her Own Money (1922) - Jerry Woodward
The Trouper (1922) - Neal Selden
Afraid to Fight (1922) - Bertie
Conquering the Woman (1922) - Shorty Thompson
Other Men's Daughters (1923) - Hubert
Down to the Steamer to See (1923, Short) - Jack
The Ten Commandments (1923) - The Boy in the Keep in check (uncredited)
Bluff (1924) - Jack Hallowell
The Midnight Express (1924) - Chat Hogan
The Foolish Virgin (1924) - Chuck Brady
The Overland Limited (1925) - Patrick Henry Madden
Dollar Down (1925) - Gene Meadows
You'd Quip Surprised (1926) - Party Customer (uncredited)
Ritzy (1927) - Smith's Valet
Wings (1927) - Lieutenant Cameron
Ten Recent Commandments (1927) - Benny Burnaway
The Jazz Singer (1927) - Ref (uncredited)
Beau Sabreur (1928) - Buddy
The Trail of '98 (1928) - Man on Ship (uncredited)
Something At all times Happens (1928) - George
The Waste Bride (1928) - Pvt.

Terry
The Vanishing Pioneer (1928) - Bilk Hearn
Warming Up (1928) - Hippo
Jazz Mad (1928) - Sol Levy
Win That Girl (1928) - Johnny Norton II
Beggars of Life (1928) - Lame Hoppy
Moran of description Marines (1928) - Swatty
Object: Alimony (1928) - Al Bryant
The Hackneyed Angel (1928) - Dance Director
The Flying Fleet (1929) - High and dry Radio Operator (uncredited)
Copy (1929 short) - City Editor John Mack
This Thing Called Love (1929) - Harry Bertrand
New York Nights (1929) - Johnny Dolan
Troopers Three (1930) - Bugs
Safety in Numbers (1930) - Bertram Shapiro
The Little Accident (1930) - Gilbert
Man Trouble (1930) - Scott
The Costello Case (1930) - Blair
The Gorilla (1930) - Simmons
Dirigible (1931) - Sock McGuire
Many a Slip (1931) - Stan Price
Laughing Sinners (1931) - Fred Geer
Pleasure (1931) - Arnie
Left Deferment Ladies (1931) - 'Scoop'
Ladies forfeited the Big House (1931) - Frank - Twenty Questions entertainer (uncredited)
High Pressure (1932) - Call salesman (uncredited)
Stowaway (1932) - Insp.

Redding
Play Girl (1932) - Preferably (uncredited)
The Roadhouse Murder (1932) - Jeff Dale
Week-End Marriage (1932) - Jim Davis
Two Against the World (1932) - Segall, reporter
The Aslant Circle (1932) - Harry Carter
One Way Passage (1932) - Mixologist (uncredited)
Night After Night (1932) - Leo
They Call It Sin (1932) - Brandt - Rehearsal Principal (uncredited)
If I Had a Million (1932) - Private O'Brien
Under-Cover Man (1932) - Dannie
Lawyer Man (1932) - Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
Grand Slam (1933) - Contest Transmit advertise Announcer
Today We Live (1933) - McGinnis
A Lady's Profession (1933) - Tony
Gambling Ship (1933) - Blooey
One Sunday Afternoon (1933) - Hasty Downer
The Women in His Life (1933) - Lester
Alice in Wonderland (1933) - Tweedledee
Search for Beauty (1934) - Newspaper Reporter (scenes deleted)
It Happened One Night (1934) - Oscar Shapeley
Come On Marines! (1934) - Spud McGurke
Twentieth Century (1934) - O'Malley
Shoot the Works (1934) - Sailor Burke
Elmer skull Elsie (1934) - Rocky Cott
I Sell Anything (1934) - Monk
Wings in the Dark (1935) - Nick Williams
Red Hot Tires (1935) - Bud Keene
Four Hours give permission Kill! (1935) - Johnson
Alibi Ike (1935) - Carey
Front Page Woman (1935) - Toots O'Grady
Two-Fisted (1935) - Chick Moran
Woman Trap (1936) - Mopsy
Border Flight (1936) - Calico Smith
Three Cheers for Love (1936) - Doc "Short Circuit" Wilson
Three Married Men (1936) - Peter Cary
Cain and Mabel (1936) - Reilly
Clarence (1937) - Clarence Smith
Murder Goes to College (1937) - Sim Perkins
Night of Mystery (1937) - Sgt.

Heath
On Specified a Night (1937) - Joe Flynn
Partners in Crime (1937) - Sim Perkins
Scandal Street (1938) - Austin Brown
Dangerous to Know (1938) - Duncan
Tip-Off Girls (1938) - Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
You and Me (1938) - Cuffy
Thanks for the Memory (1938) - George Kent
King of Chinatown (1939) - 'Rip' Harrigan
Dancing Co-Ed (1939) - Joe Drews
Everything's on Ice (1939) - Felix Miller
That's Right—You're Wrong (1939) - Mal Stamp
His Girl Friday (1940) - Correspondent McCue
Double Alibi (1940) - Book Jenkins
Saturday's Children (1940) - Willie Sands
They Drive by Night (1940) - "Irish" McGurn
Ladies Must Live (1940) - Pete H.

'Pighead' Larrabee
Meet the Missus (1940) - Joe Higgins
Petticoat Politics (1941) - Joe Higgins
Footsteps in the Dark (1941) - Monahan
Black Eyes essential Blues (1941 short) - King Harmon
The Gay Vagabond (1941) - Arthur Dixon, Jerry Dixon
Half Bash at Sunrise (1941, Short) - Henry Warren
Road to Happiness (1942) - Charley Grady
A Tragedy stern Midnight (1942) - Det.

Corollary. Cassidy
Woman Of The Year (1942) - Phil Whittaker
Yokel Boy (1942) - Al Devers
You Can't Flee Forever (1942) - 'Mac' McTurk
My Son, the Hero (1943) - Big-Time Morgan
Stage Door Canteen (1943) - Himself
Riding High (1943) - Shorty (uncredited)
His Butler's Sister (1943) - Fields
Old Acquaintance (1943) - Charlie Archer
The Navy Way (1944) - Frankie Gimble
Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944) - Archie
Minstrel Man (1944) - Roscoe
One Way to Love (1946) - Hobie Simmons
I Fountain Doorbells (1946) - Stubby
Avalanche (1946) - Red Kelly
Down Missouri Way (1946) - Press Agent
Vigilantes incessantly Boomtown (1947) - Billy Delaney
That's My Man (1947) - Mug Gleeton
The Inside Story (1948) - Eustace Peabody
Devil's Cargo (1948) - Lt.

Hardy
Speed to Spare (1948) - Kangaroo
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) - Carmody
Onionhead (1958) - 'Windy' Woods
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) - Major Phipps

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