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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 Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night (1934), quickly followed by one of his best performances as the boozy press agent Owen O'Malley in Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century. (Six years later, he co-starred as one of the reporters in another Hawks classic, His Girl Friday.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with Lynne Overman as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College and Partners in Crime. From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in that series. From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Admiral Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale. His final film was another Hawks comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?, in 1964. Karns was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roscoe Karns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Man's Favorite Sport?
as Major Phipps

The Lucy Show
as Mr. Foley

Hennesey
as Capt. Walter Shafer

Onionhead
as 'Windy' Woods

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ed Church

December Bride
Rocky King, Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King
Inside Detective
as Police Inspector Rocky King

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Officer Carmody

Speed to Spare
as Kangaroo

Devil's Cargo
as Lt. Hardy

The Inside Story
as Eustace Peabody

That's My Man
as Toby Gleeton

Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Bill Delaney

Avalanche
as Red Kelly

I Ring Doorbells
as Stubby

One Way to Love
as Hobie Simmons

Hi, Good Lookin'!
as Archie

The Navy Way
as Frankie Gimble

Minstrel Man
as Lasses White

Old Acquaintance
as Charlie Archer

His Butler's Sister
as Fields

Riding High
as Shorty

Stage Door Canteen
as Roscoe Karns

My Son, The Hero
as Big-Time Morgan

You Can't Escape Forever
as 'Mac' McTurk

Yokel Boy
as Al Devers

Woman of the Year
as Phil Whittaker

A Tragedy at Midnight
as Cassidy

Road to Happiness
as Charley Grady

Half Shot at Sunrise
as Henry Warren

The Gay Vagabond
as Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon
Black Eyes and Blues
as Alfred Harmon

Footsteps in the Dark
as Monahan

Petticoat Politics
as Joe Higgins

Meet the Missus
as Joe Higgins

Ladies Must Live
as Pete Larrabee

They Drive by Night
as Irish McGurn

Saturday's Children
as Willie Sands

Double Alibi
as Jeremiah Jenkins

His Girl Friday
as McCue

That's Right – You're Wrong
as Mal Stamp

Everything's on Ice
as Felix Miller

Dancing Co-Ed
as Joe Drews

King of Chinatown
as Rip Harrigan

Thanks for the Memory
as George Kent

You and Me
as Cuffy

Tip-Off Girls
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan

Dangerous to Know
as Duncan

Scandal Street
as Austin Brown

Partners in Crime
as Sim Perkins

On Such a Night
as Joe Flynn

Night of Mystery
as Sergeant Heath

Murder Goes to College
as Sim Perkins
Clarence
as Clarence Smith

Cain and Mabel
as Reilly

Three Married Men
as Peter Cary

Border Flight
as Calico Smith

Woman Trap
as Mopsy

Two-Fisted
as Chick Moran