Acting
Roscoe Karns
- Titles
- 132movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1915 to 1964, with a break from 1951 to 1963, busiest in 1928 with 10 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 37top 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.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.6
- Romance5.6average 3.8
- Situational Comedy4.4average 2.7
- Wholesome4.9average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Physical Comedy3.2average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.2
- Violence2.2, average 4.3
- Psychological3.9, average 5.6
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Nostalgic Charm 3
- Historical Setting 3
- 1930s Setting 3
- Sharp Dialogue 2
- Showbiz 2
- Romantic Entanglements 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Classic Film 2
- Screwball Comedy 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Crime Investigation 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Neil HamiltonActorTwo Against the World, Something Always Happens, One Sunday Afternoon, Laughing Sinners, Ten Modern Commandments
Hobart CavanaughActorA Tragedy at Midnight, That's Right – You're Wrong, Wings in the Dark, Cain and Mabel, I Sell Anything
Ruth DonnellyActorCain and Mabel, Petticoat Politics, Alibi Ike, The Gay Vagabond, Meet the Missus
George RaftActorThey Drive by Night, You and Me, Night After Night, Under-Cover Man
Zasu PittsActorThis Thing Called Love, Little Accident, The Crooked Circle, Poor Relations
Gary CooperActorToday We Live, The Shopworn Angel, One Sunday Afternoon, Beau Sabreur
William FrawleyActorThree Cheers for Love, Shoot the Works, Alibi Ike, Three Married Men
Alan MowbrayActorOn Such a Night, Two Against the World, Yokel Boy, Left Over Ladies
Spencer ChartersActorGambling Ship, Petticoat Politics, The Crooked Circle, Meet the Missus
Paul HarveyActorYou Can't Escape Forever, A Tragedy at Midnight, Alibi Ike, Speed to Spare- EErnest MillerCinematographerA Tragedy at Midnight, Yokel Boy, Troopers Three, Meet the Missus
Romaine FieldingActorA Western Governor's Humanity, From Champion to Tramp, Ten Modern Commandments
Movies and TV shows
1381960s
2 titles · average score 56
65
as Major Phipps
47
TV show · as Mr. Foley
1950s
6 titles · average score 68
78
TV show · as Capt. Walter Shafer
52
as 'Windy' Woods
72
TV show · as Ed Church
70
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
57
as Lt. Hardy
as Toby Gleeton
as Red Kelly
as Stubby
as Big-Time Morgan
74
as Charlie Archer
57
as Cassidy
60
as 'Mac' McTurk
as Joe Higgins
as Henry Warren
75
as Irish McGurn
as Joe Higgins
1930s
64 titles · average score 59
as Felix Miller
as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
as Austin Brown
as Sim Perkins
as Joe Flynn
as Clarence Smith
as Mopsy
66
as Toots O'Grady
57
as Nick Williams
58
as Bud Keene
87
as Oscar Shapeley
as Spud McGurke
1920s
30 titles · average score 67
as City Editor John Mack
55
as Johnny Dolan
as Harry Bertrand
as Swatty
as Dance Director
as Buddy
as Hippo
as Pvt. Terry
79
as Lieutenant Cameron
as Gene Meadows
59
as Sam Perkins
as Dal Tucker
1910s
3 titles
as Henry
as The Sheriff
as The Girl's Father