Where to watch Roscoe Karns in the UK
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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 …
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- The Lucy Show (1962) as Mr. Foley
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Ed Church
- December Bride (1954) Cast
- Hennesey (1959) as Capt. Walter Shafer
- It Happened One Night (1934) as Oscar Shapeley
- Rocky King, Detective (1950) as Police Inspector Rocky King
- Wings (1927) as Lieutenant Cameron
- His Girl Friday (1940) as McCue
- Woman of the Year (1942) as Phil Whittaker
- The Ten Commandments (1923) as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million (1932) as Private O'Brien
- Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) as Major Phipps
- Today We Live (1933) as McGinnis
- The Jazz Singer (1927) as Agent (uncredited)
- They Drive by Night (1940) as Irish McGurn
- Twentieth Century (1934) as Owen O'Malley
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) as Tweedledee
- Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Roscoe Karns
- King of Chinatown (1939) as Rip Harrigan
- Night of Mystery (1937) as Sergeant Heath
- Riding High (1943) as Shorty
- Lawyer Man (1932) as Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
- Inside Detective (1950) as Police Inspector Rocky King
- A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Cassidy
- Night After Night (1932) as Leo
- Dangerous to Know (1938) as Duncan
- Double Alibi (1940) as Jeremiah Jenkins
- Wings in the Dark (1935) as Nick Williams
- The Woman in Red (1935) as Man in court room (uncredited)
- Grand Slam (1933) as Contest Radio Announcer
- One Sunday Afternoon (1933) as Snappy Downer
- Thanks for the Memory (1938) as George Kent
- Ladies of the Big House (1931) as Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)
- I Sell Anything (1934) as Monk
- Dirigible (1931) as Sock McGuire
- Old Acquaintance (1943) as Charlie Archer
- You and Me (1938) as Cuffy
- They Call It Sin (1932) as Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
- Border Flight (1936) as Calico Smith
- Laughing Sinners (1931) as Fred Geer
- His Butler's Sister (1943) as Fields
- Woman Trap (1936) as Mopsy
- The Women in His Life (1933) as Aloysius Lester
- Front Page Woman (1935) as Toots O'Grady
- Play Girl (1932) as Gambler (uncredited)
- One Way Passage (1932) as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
- That's My Man (1947) as Toby Gleeton
- Beggars of Life (1928) as Lame Hoppy
- Many a Slip (1931) as Stan Price
- Footsteps in the Dark (1941) as Monahan
- Week-End Marriage (1932) as Jim Davis
- Partners in Crime (1937) as Sim Perkins
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939) as Joe Drews
- Cain and Mabel (1936) as Reilly
- Gambling Ship (1933) as Blooey
- Troopers Three (1930) as Bugs
- Scandal Street (1938) as Austin Brown
- Onionhead (1958) as 'Windy' Woods
- Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) as Officer Carmody
- Shoot the Works (1934) as Sailor Burke
- Two Against the World (1932) as Segall, reporter
- Road to Happiness (1941) as Charley Grady
- You Can't Escape Forever (1942) as 'Mac' McTurk
- Little Accident (1930) as Gilbert
- New York Nights (1929) as Johnny Dolan
- High Pressure (1932) as Telephone Salesman (uncredited)
- Three Married Men (1936) as Peter Cary
- You'd Be Surprised (1926) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Inside Story (1948) as Eustace Peabody
- Two-Fisted (1935) as Chick Moran
- The Navy Way (1944) as Frankie Gimble
- Everything's on Ice (1939) as Felix Miller
- Murder Goes to College (1937) as Sim Perkins
- Yokel Boy (1942) as Al Devers
- Minstrel Man (1944) as Lasses White
- Four Hours to Kill! (1935) as Johnson
- Clarence (1937) as Clarence Smith
- Under-Cover Man (1932) as Dannie
- The Trail of '98 (1928) as Man on Ship (uncredited)
- The Flying Fleet (1929) as Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Most-watched Roscoe Karns films currently: It Happened One Night (1934), Wings (1927), His Girl Friday (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), The Ten Commandments (1923).
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Selected TV credits: The Lucy Show (1962), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957), December Bride (1954), Hennesey (1959), Rocky King, Detective (1950).
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