Roscoe Karns
ActorWriterSoundtrack
- Born
- September 7, 1891
- Died
- February 6, 1970
On stage since age 15, Roscoe Karns parlayed his machine-gun delivery and street-wise demeanor (although many thought of him as a New Yorker, he was actually from San Bernardino, California) into character roles in dozens of films from the 1920s to the 1960s. His peak period, though, was in the…
Writer
| Rocky King, Detective(1950) |
Actor
| Man's Favorite Sport?(1964)as Major Phipps |
| The Lucy Show(1962)as Mr. Foley |
| Hennesey(1959)as Capt. Walter Shafer, Adm. Walter Shafer, Admiral Shafer |
| December Bride(1954)as Charley Allen, Dad Hodges |
| Onionhead(1958)as 'Windy' Woods |
Soundtrack
| Red Hot Tires(1935) |
| The Women in His Life(1933) |
| One Sunday Afternoon(1933) |
| Today We Live(1933) |
| Laughing Sinners(1931) |
Self
| Hold That Camera(1950)as Detective, Self, Self - Rocky King |
| Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play(1941)as Self |
Archive Footage
| Biography(1987)as Self |
| The Republic Pictures Story(1991)as Joe Higgins (clip from Meet the Missus (1940)) |
| Columbia Laff Hour(1956) |
Credit Score: Roscoe Karns
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Happened One Night | 52.00 | 1934 | • | 8.1 | 5 | 5 | 119737 | ||
| 2 | Woman of the Year | 7.50 | 1942 | • | 7.1 | 1 | 2 | 11796 | ||
| 3 | His Girl Friday | 5.00 | 1940 | • | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 67911 | ||
| 4 | Twentieth Century | 4.88 | 1934 | • | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 7847 | ||
| 5 | They Drive by Night | 3.75 | 1940 | • | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 10044 | ||
| 6 | Saturday's Children | 3.25 | 1940 | • | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 673 | ||
| 7 | Cain and Mabel | 3.25 | 1936 | • | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 2199 | ||
| 8 | One Way Passage | 3.00 | 1932 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 4960 | |||
| 9 | Wings | 3.00 | 1929 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | 16280 | |||
| 10 | Night After Night | 2.50 | 1932 | • | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1377 |