Acting
Roscoe Karns
- Titles
- 135movies6TV shows
- 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 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.5average 3.7
- Situational Comedy4.5average 2.7
- Romance5.7average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay5.5average 3.7
- Wholesome5.1average 3.3
- Physical Comedy3.3average 2.4
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.1, average 4.2
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.4
- Psychological3.7, average 5.6
- Scare0.9, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Historical Setting 3
- 1930s Setting 3
- Classic Film 3
- Nostalgic Charm 3
- Classic Screwball Comedy 2
- Pre-Code Hollywood 2
- Sharp Witty Dialogue 2
- Romantic Entanglements 2
- Physical Comedy 2
- Showbiz 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Neil HamiltonActorSomething Always Happens, One Sunday Afternoon, Two Against the World, Ten Modern Commandments, Laughing Sinners
Hobart CavanaughActorThat's Right – You're Wrong, Wings in the Dark, A Tragedy at Midnight, Cain and Mabel, I Sell Anything
Ruth DonnellyActorPetticoat Politics, Cain and Mabel, Alibi Ike, The Gay Vagabond, Meet the Missus
George RaftActorThey Drive by Night, You and Me, Night After Night, Under-Cover Man
Alan MowbrayActorYokel Boy, On Such a Night, Two Against the World, Left Over Ladies
Gary CooperActorToday We Live, One Sunday Afternoon, The Shopworn Angel, Beau Sabreur
Spencer ChartersActorPetticoat Politics, Gambling Ship, The Crooked Circle, Meet the Missus
William FrawleyActorThree Cheers for Love, Alibi Ike, Shoot the Works, Three Married Men
Zasu PittsActorLittle Accident, The Crooked Circle, This Thing Called Love, Poor Relations
Paul HarveyActorYou Can't Escape Forever, A Tragedy at Midnight, Alibi Ike, Speed to Spare- EErnest MillerCinematographerYokel Boy, A Tragedy at Midnight, Troopers Three, Meet the Missus
Florence VidorActorConquering the Woman, The Family Honor, Poor Relations
Movies and TV shows
1411960s
2 titles · average score 56
as Major Phipps
TV show · as Mr. Foley
1950s
6 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Capt. Walter Shafer
as 'Windy' Woods
TV show · as Ed Church
TV show · as Charley Allen
TV show · as Police Inspector Rocky King
TV show · as Police Inspector Rocky King
1940s
33 titles · average score 65
as Lt. Hardy
as Toby Gleeton
as Red Kelly
as Stubby
as Big-Time Morgan
as Charlie Archer
as Cassidy
as 'Mac' McTurk
as Joe Higgins
as Henry Warren
as Irish McGurn
as Joe Higgins
1930s
64 titles · average score 59
as Felix Miller
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
as Clarence Smith
as Sim Perkins
as Mopsy
as Toots O'Grady
as Nick Williams
as Bud Keene
as Oscar Shapeley
as Owen O'Malley
as Spud McGurke
as Blair
1920s
33 titles · average score 67
as City Editor John Mack
as Johnny Dolan
as Harry Bertrand
as Swatty
as Dance Director
as Buddy
as Hippo
as Pvt. Terry
as Gene Meadows
as Bradley P. Caldwell Jr
as Sam Perkins
as Dal Tucker
1910s
3 titles
as Henry
as The Girl's Father
as The Sheriff