Roscoe Karns
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roscoe Karns (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective from 1950 to 1954. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in the series. He was born in San Bernardino, California and died in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roscoe Karns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Sep 7, 1891 In San Bernardino, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the series Inside Detective
- Latest Project:
- Movie Man's Favorite Sport? 1964-01-31
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Inside Detective | 2025 | |
| Movie | Man's Favorite Sport? | Major Phipps | 1964-01-31 |
| Series | Hennesey | 1959-09-28 | |
| Movie | Onionhead | 'Windy' Woods | 1958-10-25 |
| Movie | Devil's Cargo | Lt. Hardy | 1948-04-01 |
| Movie | The Inside Story | Eustace Peabody | 1948-03-14 |
| Movie | Speed to Spare | Kangaroo | 1948-05-14 |
| Movie | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Officer Carmody | 1948-07-16 |
| Movie | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Bill Delaney | 1947-02-15 |
| Movie | That's My Man | Toby Gleeton | 1947-06-01 |
| Movie | One Way to Love | Hobie Simmons | 1946-01-08 |
| Movie | Avalanche | Red Kelly | 1946-06-30 |
| Movie | I Ring Doorbells | Stubby | 1946-02-28 |
| Movie | Minstrel Man | Lasses White | 1944-01-02 |
| Movie | Hi, Good Lookin'! | Archie | 1944-03-22 |
| Movie | The Navy Way | Frankie Gimble | 1944-02-26 |
| Movie | Old Acquaintance | Charlie Archer | 1943-11-27 |
| Movie | My Son, The Hero | Big-Time Morgan | 1943-04-05 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Roscoe Karns | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | His Butler's Sister | Fields | 1943-11-26 |
| Movie | Riding High | Shorty | 1943-11-11 |
| Movie | A Tragedy at Midnight | Cassidy | 1942-02-02 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | 'Mac' McTurk | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | Woman of the Year | Phil Whittaker | 1942-02-05 |
| Movie | Yokel Boy | Al Devers | 1942-03-13 |
| Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Monahan | 1941-03-08 |
| Movie | The Gay Vagabond | Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon | 1941-05-12 |
| Movie | Road to Happiness | Charley Grady | 1941-12-19 |
| Movie | His Girl Friday | McCue | 1940-01-18 |
| Movie | Meet the Missus | Joe Higgins | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Double Alibi | Jeremiah Jenkins | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Saturday's Children | Willie Sands | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | Ladies Must Live | Pete Larrabee | 1940-07-27 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Irish McGurn | 1940-07-26 |
| Movie | King of Chinatown | Rep Harrigan | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | That's Right – You're Wrong | Mal Stamp | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | Dancing Co-Ed | Joe Drews | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Everything's on Ice | Felix Miller | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | Dangerous to Know | Duncan | 1938-03-11 |
| Movie | Scandal Street | Austin Brown | 1938-02-11 |
| Movie | Tip-Off Girls | Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan | 1938-04-01 |
| Movie | Thanks for the Memory | George Kent | 1938-11-11 |
| Movie | You and Me | Cuffy | 1938-06-01 |
| Movie | Clarence | Clarence Smith | 1937-02-12 |
| Movie | Murder Goes to College | Sim Perkins | 1937-02-24 |
| Movie | Night of Mystery | Sergeant Heath | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | Woman Trap | Mopsy | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Three Married Men | Peter Cary | 1936-09-24 |
| Movie | Cain and Mabel | Reilly | 1936-09-26 |
| Movie | Border Flight | Calico Smith | 1936-05-29 |
| Movie | Red Hot Tires | Bud Keene | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | The Woman in Red | Man in court room (uncredited) | 1935-02-16 |
| Movie | Wings in the Dark | Nick Williams | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Four Hours to Kill! | Johnson | 1935-04-11 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted | Chick Moran | 1935-10-03 |
| Movie | Front Page Woman | Toots O'Grady | 1935-07-11 |
| Movie | Alibi Ike | Carey | 1935-06-15 |
| Movie | It Happened One Night | Oscar Shapeley | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Come On, Marines! | Spud McGurke | 1934-03-23 |
| Movie | Twentieth Century | Owen O'Malley | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | I Sell Anything | Monk | 1934-10-20 |
| Movie | Shoot the Works | Sailor Burke | 1934-07-18 |
| Movie | A Lady's Profession | Tony | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | Today We Live | McGinnis | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | Grand Slam | Contest Radio Announcer | 1933-02-22 |
| Movie | Gambling Ship | Blooey | 1933-06-23 |
| Movie | The Women in His Life | Aloysius Lester | 1933-12-08 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Tweedledee | 1933-12-18 |
| Movie | One Sunday Afternoon | Snappy Downer | 1933-09-01 |
| Movie | Week-End Marriage | Jim Davis | 1932-06-18 |
| Movie | The Roadhouse Murder | Dale | 1932-04-28 |
| Movie | Stowaway | Insp. Redding | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | Two Against the World | Segall, reporter | 1932-09-03 |
| Movie | Play Girl | Gambler (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
| Movie | One Way Passage | S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited) | 1932-10-04 |
| Movie | Under-Cover Man | Dannie | 1932-12-02 |
| Movie | Lawyer Man | Merritt - Reporter (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
| Movie | The Crooked Circle | Harry Carter | 1932-09-25 |
| Movie | If I Had a Million | Private O'Brien | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | They Call It Sin | Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited) | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Night After Night | Leo | 1932-10-29 |
| Movie | Laughing Sinners | Fred Geer | 1931-05-30 |
| Movie | Dirigible | Sock McGuire | 1931-02-01 |
| Movie | Pleasure | Arnie | 1931-09-01 |
| Movie | Left Over Ladies | 'Scoop' | 1931-09-30 |
| Movie | Ladies of the Big House | Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
| Movie | Troopers Three | Bugs | 1930-02-23 |
| Movie | Safety in Numbers | Bertram Shapiro | 1930-05-30 |
| Movie | Little Accident | Gilbert | 1930-08-03 |
| Movie | The Gorilla | Simmons | 1930-11-02 |
| Movie | The Costello Case | Blair | 1930-10-14 |
| Movie | Man Trouble | Scott | 1930-08-24 |
| Movie | The Flying Fleet | Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1929-01-19 |
| Movie | New York Nights | Johnny Dolan | 1929-12-28 |
| Movie | Copy | City Editor John Mack | 1929-10-11 |
| Movie | The Desert Bride | Pvt. Terry | 1928-03-26 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Pioneer | Ray Hearn | 1928-06-23 |
| Movie | The Trail of '98 | Man on Ship (uncredited) | 1928-03-20 |
| Movie | Beau Sabreur | Buddy | 1928-01-22 |
| Movie | Beggars of Life | Lame Hoppy | 1928-09-22 |
| Movie | The Shopworn Angel | Dance Director | 1928-12-29 |
| Movie | Jazz Mad | Sol Levy | 1928-11-18 |
| Movie | Moran of the Marines | Swatty | 1928-10-13 |
| Movie | Win That Girl | Johnny Norton II | 1928-09-16 |
| Movie | Warming Up | Hippo | 1928-08-04 |
| Movie | Wings | Lieutenant Cameron | 1927-08-12 |
| Movie | The Jazz Singer | Agent (uncredited) | 1927-10-06 |
| Movie | You'd Be Surprised | Party Guest | 1926-09-24 |
| Movie | The Midnight Express | Switch Hogan | 1924-06-01 |
| Movie | The Ten Commandments | The Boy in the Rain (uncredited) | 1923-11-23 |
| Movie | The Life of the Party | Sam Perkins | 1920-11-21 |
| Movie | The Family Honor | Dal Tucker | 1920-03-15 |