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Roscoe Karnes
Roscoe Karns
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Man's Favorite Sport?
as Major Phipps
Onionhead
as 'Windy' Woods
Devil's Cargo
as Lt. Hardy
The Inside Story
as Eustace Peabody
Speed to Spare
as Kangaroo
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Officer Carmody
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Bill Delaney
That's My Man
as Toby Gleeton
Avalanche
as Red Kelly
I Ring Doorbells
as Stubby
TV Shows
The Lucy Show
as Mr. Foley · 1 ep.
Hennesey
as Capt. Walter Shafer · 96 ep.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ed Church · 1 ep.
December Bride
as Charley Allen · 1 ep.
Rocky King, Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King · 248 ep.
Inside Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King · 4 ep.
