Roscoe Karns

actor (1891-1970)

Roscoe Karns was an American actor who appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking characters, and his rapid-fire delivery enlivened many comedies and crime thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 30 films (1920–1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1920	The Family Honor	King Vidor	50 min		B&W
1922	CONQUERING THE WOMAN.	King Vidor	60 min		B&W
1925	DOLLAR DOWN.	Truart Film Corp.			B&W
1927	TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp			B&W
1927	The Jazz Singer	Vitaphone Corp \| Warner Bros Pictures (1923-1967)	1:29:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1928	BEAU SABREUR.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp	70 min		B&W
1928	BEGGARS OF LIFE.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp			B&W
1928	SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp	5 reels		B&W
1928	THE TRAIL OF '98 ▶	Clarence Brown	87 min	16mm	B&W
1929	THE TRAIL OF '98.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.	10 reels		B&W
1929	Wings.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp	13 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1931	DIRIGIBLE.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	10 reels		B&W
1932	If I had a million	Blackhawk	9	16mm	B&W	sound
1932	One Way Passage	Tay Garnett	69 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	It happened one night	1934) (A Columbia Picture	1:45:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	11 reels.	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	Four Hours to Kill!	Mitchell Leisen	70 min		B&W
1935	FRONT PAGE WOMAN.	Vitaphone Corp.	9 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	WINGS IN THE DARK.	Paramount Productions Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1937	MURDER GOES TO COLLEGE.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1939	KING OF CHINATOWN.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	6 reels		B&W
1940	Meet The Missus.	Malcolm St. Clair	7 reels		B&W
1941	Petticoat Politics.	Erle C. Kenton	7 reels		B&W
1941	The Gay Vagabond.	William Morgan	7 reels		Color
1942	Woman Of The Year.	George Stevens	12 reels		B&W	sound
1948	The Inside story	Allan Dwan			B&W
1948	The Inside Story.	Allan Dwan	87 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	The inside story. ▶	Jam Handy Organization Inc.	14 min.	16mm	Color	sound
1958	ONIONHEAD	Norman Taurog	111 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1963	Man's Favorite Sport?	Universal Pictures Co. Inc. Laurel Productions Inc. & Gibraltar Productions Inc.	120 min	35mm	Color	sound