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American actor (1891–1970)
Roscoe Karns
Born (1891-09-07 ) September 7, 1891Died February 6, 1970(1970-02-06) (aged 78 ) Occupation Actor Years active 1915–1964 Spouse
(m. 1920–1970) Children 2; including Roscoe Todd
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.
Acting career [ edit ]
Karns began acting with a San Diego stock company when he was still in high school.『I’ve never earned a dime outside of show business. I can't even claim having a newspaper route as a kid,』he claimed.[1]
Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as Wings Beggars of Life Claudette Colbert in the Oscar -winning comedy It Happened One Night [2] Howard Hawks ' Twentieth Century His Girl Friday Lynne Overman as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College Partners in Crime
By the late 1940s Karns was finding it difficult to obtain movie roles, and was considering retiring, but he contacted a friend who worked for the DuMont Television Network , and he was asked to consider coming to New York City to act on television.[1] DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective Todd Karns , also appeared in that series.[3]
From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Captain (then Admiral) Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale.[4]
His final film was another Hawks comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?
Personal life [ edit ]
Roscoe and Mary Karns in 1954
Roscoe Karns was born September 7, 1891, in San Bernardino, California. He married Mary M. Frasco in 1920, and was the father of two children – Mary Karns Hart, and Roscoe Todd Karns , Jr. He was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, in Los Angeles, on December 18, 1969[5] [2]
Filmography [ edit ]
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
The Family Honor
Life of the Party
The Man Tamer (1921) - Bradley P. Caldwell Jr
Too Much Married (1921) - Bob Holiday
Her Own Money
The Trouper
Afraid to Fight
Conquering the Woman
Other Men's Daughters
Down to the Ship to See (1923, Short) - Jack
The Ten Commandments
Bluff (1924) - Jack Hallowell
The Midnight Express
The Foolish Virgin
The Overland Limited
Dollar Down
You'd Be Surprised
Ritzy
Wings
Ten Modern Commandments
The Jazz Singer
Beau Sabreur
The Trail of '98
Something Always Happens
The Desert Bride
The Vanishing Pioneer
Warming Up
Jazz Mad
Win That Girl
Beggars of Life
Moran of the Marines
Object: Alimony
The Shopworn Angel
The Flying Fleet
Copy (1929 short) - City Editor John Mack
This Thing Called Love
New York Nights
Troopers Three
Safety in Numbers
The Little Accident
Man Trouble
The Costello Case
The Gorilla
Dirigible
Many a Slip
Laughing Sinners
Pleasure
Left Over Ladies
Ladies of the Big House
High Pressure
Stowaway
Play Girl
The Roadhouse Murder
Week-End Marriage
Two Against the World
The Crooked Circle
One Way Passage
Night After Night
They Call It Sin
If I Had a Million
Under-Cover Man
Lawyer Man
Grand Slam
Today We Live
A Lady's Profession
Gambling Ship
One Sunday Afternoon
The Women in His Life
Alice in Wonderland
Search for Beauty
It Happened One Night
Come On Marines!
Twentieth Century
Shoot the Works
Elmer and Elsie
I Sell Anything
Wings in the Dark
Red Hot Tires
Four Hours to Kill!
Alibi Ike
Front Page Woman
Two-Fisted
Woman Trap
Border Flight
Three Cheers for Love
Three Married Men
Cain and Mabel
Clarence
Murder Goes to College
Night of Mystery
On Such a Night
Partners in Crime
Scandal Street
Dangerous to Know
Tip-Off Girls
You and Me
Thanks for the Memory
King of Chinatown
Dancing Co-Ed
Everything's on Ice
That's Right—You're Wrong
His Girl Friday
Double Alibi (1940) - Jeremiah Jenkins
Saturday's Children
They Drive by Night
Ladies Must Live
Meet the Missus
Petticoat Politics
Footsteps in the Dark
Black Eyes and Blues (1941 short) - Alfred Harmon
The Gay Vagabond
Half Shot at Sunrise (1941, Short) - Henry Warren
Road to Happiness
A Tragedy at Midnight
Woman Of The Year
Yokel Boy
You Can't Escape Forever
My Son, the Hero (1943) - Big-Time Morgan
Stage Door Canteen
Riding High
His Butler's Sister
Old Acquaintance
The Navy Way
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Minstrel Man
One Way to Love
I Ring Doorbells
Avalanche
Down Missouri Way
Vigilantes of Boomtown
That's My Man
The Inside Story
Devil's Cargo
Speed to Spare
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Onionhead
Man's Favorite Sport?
References [ edit ]
^ a b The Actor Hollywood Forgot: Roscoe Karns Has Outlasted All Other TV Detectives, TV Guide , July 31, 1953, pages 20 to 22.
^ a b Roscoe Karns, Actor, Dies at 77; TV Navy Doctor in ‘Hennesey’, New York Times , February 8, 1970, page 8
^ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present , page 532, Ballantine Books, 1979
^ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present , pages 258 & 259, Ballantine Books, 1979
^ Veteran Actor Roscoe Karns Dies At 76, The Sacramento Bee , February 8, 1970, page 6
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