Acting
Roscoe Karns
- Career
Active from 1915 to 1964, with a break from 1951 to 1963, busiest in 1928 with 10 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 38top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
It Happened One Night87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.4
- Violence2.1, average 4.1
- Psychological3.7, average 5.5
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Nostalgic Charm 3
- 1930s Setting 3
- Classic Film 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Sharp Dialogue 2
- Showbiz 2
- Pre-Code Hollywood 2
- Crime Investigation 2
- Intriguing Characters 2
- Classic Romantic Comedy 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Neil HamiltonActorSomething Always Happens, Two Against the World, Laughing Sinners, One Sunday Afternoon, Ten Modern Commandments
Hobart CavanaughActorThat's Right – You're Wrong, Wings in the Dark, A Tragedy at Midnight, Cain and Mabel, I Sell Anything
Ruth DonnellyActorPetticoat Politics, The Gay Vagabond, Cain and Mabel, Meet the Missus, Alibi Ike
Alan MowbrayActorYokel Boy, On Such a Night, Two Against the World, Left Over Ladies
William FrawleyActorThree Cheers for Love, Shoot the Works, Alibi Ike, Three Married Men
Paul HarveyActorYou Can't Escape Forever, A Tragedy at Midnight, Alibi Ike, Speed to Spare
Gary CooperActorThe Shopworn Angel, Today We Live, Beau Sabreur, One Sunday Afternoon
Zasu PittsActorThis Thing Called Love, Poor Relations, Little Accident, The Crooked Circle
George RaftActorThey Drive by Night, You and Me, Night After Night, Under-Cover Man
Spencer ChartersActorPetticoat Politics, Gambling Ship, Meet the Missus, The Crooked Circle- EErnest MillerCinematographerYokel Boy, A Tragedy at Midnight, Meet the Missus, Troopers Three
Clarence MuseActorDirigible, Red Hot Tires, New York Nights
Movies and TV shows
1411960s
2 titles · average score 56
GoodWatch score 65as Major Phipps
GoodWatch score 47TV show · as Mr. Foley
1950s
6 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch score 78TV show · as Capt. Walter Shafer
GoodWatch score 52as 'Windy' Woods
GoodWatch score 72TV show · as Ed Church
GoodWatch score 70TV show · as Charley Allen
TV show · as Police Inspector Rocky King
TV show · as Police Inspector Rocky King
1940s
33 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch score 57as Lt. Hardy
as Toby Gleeton
as Red Kelly
as Big-Time Morgan
GoodWatch score 74as Charlie Archer
GoodWatch score 57as Cassidy
as Al Devers
as Joe Higgins
as Henry Warren
GoodWatch score 75as Irish McGurn
as Pete Larrabee
as Joe Higgins
1930s
64 titles · average score 59
as Felix Miller
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
as Clarence Smith
as Sergeant Heath
as Sim Perkins
as Mopsy
GoodWatch score 66as Toots O'Grady
GoodWatch score 57as Nick Williams
GoodWatch score 58as Bud Keene
GoodWatch score 87as Oscar Shapeley
as Spud McGurke
GoodWatch score 58as Sock McGuire
1920s
33 titles · average score 67
as City Editor John Mack
GoodWatch score 55as Johnny Dolan
as Swatty
as Hippo
as Dance Director
as Buddy
GoodWatch score 79as Lieutenant Cameron
as Gene Meadows
as Shorty Thompson
as Bradley P. Caldwell Jr
GoodWatch score 59as Sam Perkins
as Dal Tucker
1910s
3 titles
as Henry
as The Sheriff
as The Girl's Father